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MorphologyDictionary- Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary
- Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
- subtēmen (subtegmen), ĭnis, n. [contr. from subteximen, subtecmen, from sub-texo], that which is wrought or woven in, the woof, weft of a web:
inseritur medium radiis subtemen acutis, etc.
, Ov. M. 6, 56; Varr. L. L. 5, 113 Müll.; Verg. A. 3, 483; Vitr. 10, 1 med.; Plin. 11, 24, 28, 81; 13, 12, 24, 79.—II. Meton. (pars pro toto), any thing spun, thread, yarn (rare, and mostly poet.): subtemen tenue nere
, Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 20: nere
, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 52; Front. Nep. Am. 2 med.: Tyrium
, Tib. 4, 1, 121; Stat. Th. 7, 656: picto bracae
, Val. Fl. 6, 227: croceo vestes
, id. 8, 234.—Of the threads of the Fates: unde tibi reditum certo subtemine Parcae Rupere
, Hor. Epod. 13, 15: ducere subtemina
, Cat. 64, 328: rubrum
, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 260: auratum
, Nemes. Cyg. 91.
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