subtēmen | subtegmen (noun N) : (), , contr. from subteximen, subtecmen, from sub-texo
* That which is wrought or woven in, the woof, weft of a web: inseritur medium radiis subtemen acutis, etc.,Ov. M. 6, 56; Varr. L. L. 5, § 113 Müll.; Verg. A. 3, 483; Vitr. 10, 1 med.; Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 81; 13, 12, 24, § 79.
* Meton. (pars pro toto), any thing spun, thread, yarn (rare, and mostly poet.): subtemen tenue nere,Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 20: nere,Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 52; Front. Nep. Am. 2 med.: Tyrium,Tib. 4, 1, 121; Stat. Th. 7, 656: picto bracae,Val. Fl. 6, 227: croceo vestes,id. 8, 234.—Of the threads of the Fates: unde tibi reditum certo subtemine Parcae Rupere,Hor. Epod. 13, 15: ducere subtemina,Cat. 64, 328: rubrum,Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 260: auratum,Nemes. Cyg. 91.