subjectĭo, ōnis, f. [id.], a laying, putting, or placing under.I.Lit.A. In gen.: rerum sub aspectum paene subjectio, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 202: totius rei sub oculos subjectio, Gell. 10, 3, 7; Quint. 9, 2, 40.—B. In partic. 1.A representation, Vitr. 9, 8; 9, 9.—2.A substituting, forging: testamentorum, Liv. 39, 18.—II.A subjugation, reduction to obedience: provinciarum, Oros. 3, 14 fin.: mentium, Ambros. in Psa. 118, Serm. 12, 27: in omni subjectione,
in all submissiveness
, Vulg. 1 Tim. 2, 11; the state of slavery, Jornand. Get. 32.— III.Trop., an annexing, subjoining.A. In gen.: rationis, Auct. Her. 4, 17, 24.— Plur., Vitr. 9, 7, 7; 9, 8, 1.—B. In partic., rhet. t. t. (a).An answer subjoined by an orator to a question which he has just asked, Auct. Her. 4, 23, 33; Quint. 9, 3, 98. —(b).An added explanation, Auct. Her. 2, 18, 28.