subigo

Latin

Etymology

From sub- +‎ agō (I drive).

Pronunciation

Verb

subigō (present infinitive subigere, perfect active subēgī, supine subāctum); third conjugation

  1. to bring or get (under)
  2. to plough or cultivate
    Synonyms: colō, incolō
  3. to sharpen or whet
  4. 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
  5. to incite, impel; force, compel, constrain to any thing
    Synonyms: perpellō, cōgō, concieō, compellō, impellō

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Romanian: soage

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[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to subjugate a nation: populum perdomare, subigere