I.to bind or tie under, bind on beneath (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn. subligo).
I. Lit.: “antennis velum,” Ov. M. 11, 483: “cingula mammae,” Verg. A. 1, 492: “tenui de vimine circlos Cervici,” id. G. 3, 167: “subnectit fibula vestem,” id. A. 4, 139: “fragmentum clavi collo,” Plin. 28, 4, 11, § 46: “specieque comam subnexus utrāque,” wreathed, garlanded, Stat. S. 5, 3, 113 et saep.—
II. Trop., to add, subjoin in speaking: “ut inventioni judicium subnecterent,” Quint. 3, 3, 5 Spald.: “deinde proxima subnectens,” id. 7, 10, 7: “subnectit et hanc fabulam,” Just. 43, 4, 4; so, “dedecus,” Val. Max. 2, 6, 15: “callide subnectit, confictas a se epistulas esse,” Just. 14, 1, 11.