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Latin
Etymology
From sub- + agō (“I drive”).
Pronunciation
Verb
subigō (present infinitive subigere, perfect active subēgī, supine subāctum); third conjugation
- to bring or get (under)
- to plough or cultivate
- Synonyms: colō, incolō
- to sharpen or whet
- to put down, overcome, conquer, subjugate, subject or subdue
- Synonyms: subiciō, dēvincō, vincō, pācō, conquestō, superō, expugnō, domō, cohibeō, prōflīgō, ēvincō, caedō, exsuperō, obruō, pellō, opprimō, obnoxiō, premō, fundō
- to incite, impel; force, compel, constrain to any thing
- Synonyms: perpellō, cōgō, concieō, compellō, impellō
Conjugation
Descendants
References
- “subigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “subigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- subigo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to subjugate a nation: populum perdomare, subigere