subdue Copy link Outline I. To make subject1. subjĭcio, 32. rĕdigo, ēgi, actum, 33. subjungo, xi, ctum, 34. sŭbĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3II. To bring under oneself1. dŏmo, ui, ĭtum, 12. dēbello, 1 (to s. by war3. opprĭmo, 34. cŏhĭbeo, 2 • subdue: I. To make subject: 1. subjĭcio, 3: v. to subject. 2. rĕdigo, ēgi, actum, 3: to s. Gaul to the power of the Roman people, Galliam sub P. R. imperium r., Caes. B. G. 5, 29. 3. subjungo, xi, ctum, 3: he s.d many cities to the imperial sway of the R. P., multas urbes sub imperium P. R. ditionemque subjunxit, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 21. 4. sŭbĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3: to s. a third of the world, tertiam partem orbis terrarum s., Cic. Rosc. Am. 36, 103: to s. cities and nations, urbes atque nationes s., Sall. C. 2: Britain has been discovered and s.d, inventa Britannia et subacta, Tac. Agr. 33: to s. the earth with iron, s. terram ferro, Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45. II. To bring under oneself: 1. dŏmo, ui, ĭtum, 1: to s. the soil with harrows, terram rastris d., Virg. Aen. 9, 608: to keep one's passions s.d, domitas habere libidines, Cic. de Or. 1, 43, 194. 2. dēbello, 1 (to s. by war: rare): to s. the proud, d. superbos, Virg. Aen. 6, 854. 3. opprĭmo, 3: vinco, 3: sŭpĕro, 1: v. to suppress, conquer, overcome. Or expr. by suae ditionis facere, cf. Liv. 21, 53, ad fin.: in potestatem suam redigere: in ditionem suam r.: v. to reduce. 4. cŏhĭbeo, 2: coerceo, 2: refraeno, 1: frango, 3: v. to restrain: to s. thoroughly, perdŏmo, 1, dēvinco, 3. Phr.: a s.d style of oratory, summissa oratio, Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183: in a s.d voice, suppressa voce, Cic. Sull. 10, 30: s.d spirits, animus jacens, Cic. Am. 16, 59.