perdomui
Dictionary entries
- Entry →perdomo, perdomare, perdomui, perdomitus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
tame/subdue thoroughly, break in (animals); conquer/subjugate completely;; crush (grain)/knead (dough) thoroughly; work/break up (soil) thoroughly;
sg. perf. act. ind. 1st
Examples
XIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...permisit aetas, terram manibus subegi, et difficultatem labore perdomui, et invito solo nonnihil tamen fecunditatis expressi. cito labitur..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from ACHILLEID
"...aetas, quaeque fuit, Dolopas cum Scyria litora adortos perdomui, fregique vadis, quae signa triumphi vidistis celsa murorum..."