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ē-dŏmo , ŭi, ĭtum, 1, v. a.,
I.to tame completely, conquer, overcome, vanquish, subdue (rare; mostly poet. and in postAug. prose).
II. Transf.: “pastinaca edomita, opp. agrestis,Col. 9, 4, 5: “aes igni,to melt, Plin. 33, 3, 20, § 65: “ramum oleae curvando,id. 17, 19, 30, § 137: vitiosam naturam ab eo sic edomitam et compressam esse doctrina, ut, etc., * Cic. Fat. 5, 10 (al. domitam): “feritatem,Col. 11, 3, 37; Lact. 4, 25, 8: nefas, * Hor. C. 4, 5, 22: “labores,Sil. 3, 531: “lumina,to lull to sleep, id. 10, 343.
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    • Cicero, De Fato, 5
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 9.4.5
    • Ovid, Fasti, 4
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