sŭbŏles | sŏbŏles (noun F) : (less correctly ), , sub- 2. oleo, olesco
* A sprout, shoot, offshoot, twig, spray: suboles ab olescendo, id est crescendo, ut adulescentes quoque et adultae et indoles dicitur,Fest. p. 309 Müll.
* Lit. (very rare; syn. surculus), of plants: ulmum serere ex subolibus,Col. 5, 6, 2: caepa, quae non habuit suboles adhaerentes,id. 12, 10; Plin. 17, 10, 12, § 65 et saep. —Of the hair: ex subolibus parvuli (capilli) demittebantur, Varr. ap. Non. 456, 7: cum capillus frequenti subole cumulat verticem,App. M. 2, p. 218, 36.
* Transf., of men and beasts, offspring, progeny, posterity, issue, stock, race, lineage (class.; mostly poet.; cf. Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 153; syn.: proles, progenies): censores populi aevitates, suboles, familias pecuniasque censento,Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 7: propagatio et suboles,id. Off. 1, 17, 54; Lucr. 4, 1232; cf.: (rex Superum) subolem priori Dissimilem populo promittit origine mirā,Ov. M. 1, 251: cara deum suboles, magnum Jovis incrementum,Verg. E. 4, 49: hem subolem sis vide!Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 102: suboles juventutis,Cic. Phil. 2, 22, 54: robur et suboles militum interiit, Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 1: milites, favete nomini Scipionum, suboli imperatorum vestrorum,Liv. 26, 41, 22: fortunati patris matura suboles,id. 40, 6: stirpis,id. 39, 24: si qua mihi de te suscepta fuisset Ante fugam suboles,Verg. A. 4, 328: diva (Lucina), producas subolem,Hor. C. S. 17: Romae suboles,the race of Rome,id. C. 4, 3, 14: Archytae,Prop. 4 (5), 1, 77. Sarmatae, Medorum suboles,Plin. 6, 7, 7, § 19: haec suboles nomen habuit Epigoni,Just. 12, 4, 11: stirpem regiae subolis delere,id. 16, 1, 15. —Of the gods: per suboles subolum multiplicata semper innumerabilitas ampliatur,Arn. 3, 9 Hildebr.—Of beasts: lascivi suboles gregis,Hor. C. 3, 13, 8: capellae,Col. 7, 6, 8: armentorum,Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 31.