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.