(verb) : sub-sterno, strāvi, strātum, 3
* To strew, scatter, spread, or lay under or beneath (class.; cf. subicio).
* Lit.: segetem ovibus,Cato, R. R. 37, 2: verbenas,Ter. And. 4, 3, 12: casias et nardi lenis aristas,Ov. M. 15, 398; Plin. 20, 14, 56, § 158: folia,id. 20, 21, 84, § 226: semina hordei,Col. 5, 9, 9: fucum marinum,to spread underneath, lay as a ground - color,Plin. 26, 10, 66, § 103 (syn. sublino): se (mulier), to submit, in mal. part., Cat. 64, 403: substratus Numida mortuo Romano,stretched out under, lying under,Liv. 22, 51, 9: pelage late substrata, spread out or extended beneath, Lucr. 6, 619; 4, 411: si forte lacus substratus Averni'st,id. 6, 746; cf.: natura insidians pontum substravit avaris,Prop. 3 (4), 7, 37. pullos,i. e. to furnish them with a couch,Plin. 10, 33, 49, § 93.—Absol.: male substravisse pecori,Plin. 18, 23, 53, § 194.— Impers. pass.: pecori diligenter substernatur,Cato, R. R. 37, 2.
* Transf., to bestrew, spread over, cover any thing: solum paleis,Varr. R. R. 1, 57, 2: gallinae nidos mollissime substernunt,Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 129: fundamenta carbonibus,Plin. 36, 14, 21, § 95.
* Trop., to spread out, submit for examination, acceptance, etc.; to give up, surrender, prostitute: omne concretum atque corporeum animo,Cic. Univ. 8: delicias,Lucr. 2, 22; cf.: pudicitiam alicui,Suet. Aug. 68; Val. Max. 2, 7, 14.