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per-dŏmo , ŭi, ĭtum, āre, v. a.
I. To tame or subdue thoroughly, to subjugate completely, to conquer, vanquish, overcome, etc. (Aug.; “syn. subigo): ad perdomandum Latium exercitum circumducere,” Liv. 8, 13: “Hispaniam,” id. 28, 12: “Apulia perdomita,” id. 9, 20: “gentes,” Vell. 2, 95, 2: “regionem,” Just. 2, 3, 15: “urbes,” Luc. 2, 644: “serpentes, tauros feroces,” to tame, subdue, Ov. H. 12, 163; id. M. 1, 447: “boves,” Col. 6, 2.—
B. Transf., to work thoroughly, to knead: “farinam assiduā tractatione,” Sen. Ep. 90, 23; cf.: perdomitam saxo Cererem, prepared, i. e. ground, Stat. Th. 1, 524.—
II. Trop.: “ut nono demum sulco (solum) perdometur,” Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 10.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 1.447
    • Ovid, Epistulae, 12.163
    • Lucan, Civil War, 2.644
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 5.6.10
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 28, 12
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 8, 13
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 9, 20
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 90.23
    • Statius, Thebias, 1
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 6.2
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