Substerno, substernis, substráui, substrátum pe. pro. substérnere. Ter. To straw or lay vnder any thing, as rushes, &c.His substerni oportet frondem, aliúdue quid in cubilia, quo mollius conquiescant. Varro. Substernere nidos mollissimè.Cic.To lay verie soft thingsin the botome of their uestes.Substernere semina hordei, Col.To caste into the earth barly seede. Substernere herbam ouibus. Cato. Brachia substernens collo. Cætull. Laying vnder.Substernere alicui suam pudicitiam. Suet. To abandon hir selfe to a man.Substernere animo omnia.Cic.To make all things inferiour and sublect to the minde.Delicias multas substernere. Lucret.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
sub-sterno, strāvi, strātum, 3, v. a., to strew, scatter, spread, or lay under or beneath (class.; cf. subicio). I.Lit.: segetem ovibus, Cato, R. R. 37, 2: verbenas, Ter. And. 4, 3, 12: casias et nardi lenis aristas, Ov. M. 15, 398; Plin. 20, 14, 56, 158: folia, id. 20, 21, 84, 226: semina hordei, Col. 5, 9, 9: fucum marinum,
to spread underneath
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lay as a ground - color
, Plin. 26, 10, 66, 103 (syn. sublino): se (mulier), to submit, in mal. part., Cat. 64, 403: substratus Numida mortuo Romano,
stretched out under
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lying under
, Liv. 22, 51, 9: pelage late substrata, spread out or extended beneath, Lucr. 6, 619; 4, 411: si forte lacus substratus Averni'st, id. 6, 746; cf.: natura insidians pontum substravit avaris, Prop. 3 (4), 7, 37: pullos, i. e.
to furnish them with a couch
, Plin. 10, 33, 49, 93.—Absol.: male substravisse pecori, Plin. 18, 23, 53, 194.— Impers. pass.: pecori diligenter substernatur, Cato, R. R. 37, 2.—B.Transf., to bestrew, spread over, cover any thing: solum paleis, Varr. R. R. 1, 57, 2: gallinae nidos mollissime substernunt, Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 129: fundamenta carbonibus, Plin. 36, 14, 21, 95.—II.Trop., to spread out, submit for examination, acceptance, etc.; to give up, surrender, prostitute: omne concretum atque corporeum animo, Cic. Univ. 8: delicias, Lucr. 2, 22; cf.: pudicitiam alicui, Suet. Aug. 68; Val. Max. 2, 7, 14.