break in Copy link Outline 1. dŏmo, ui, ĭtum, 12. sŭbĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3 • break in: to tame, horses, etc. 1. dŏmo, ui, ĭtum, 1: to b. in oxen for the plough, tauros aratro d., Col.: oxen easy to be broken in, ad domandum proni boves, Varr. 2. sŭbĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3: to b. in bullocks, juvencos s., Col. Phr.: there is little trouble in b.ing them in, exiguus in domitura labor eorum, Col.: oxen that are thoroughly broken in, boves perdomiti, Col. to b. in a bullock thoroughly to the plough, juvencum aratro consuescere, Col.: v. also to beat in, crush.