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Latin
Etymology
From sub- (“under, beneath; behind”) + legō (“gather, choose”).
Pronunciation
Verb
sublegō (present infinitive sublegere, perfect active sublēgī, supine sublēctum); third conjugation
- to gather or pick up or from below, gather or search for underneath
- to take away secretly or by stealth; listen to secretly
- to choose or elect in the place of another, appoint, substitute
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References
- “sublego”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sublego”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sublego in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.