edomo

ē-dŏmo, ŭi, ĭtum, 1, v. a., to tame completely, conquer, overcome, vanquish, subdue (rare; mostly poet. and in postAug. prose).

I.

Prop.:

(Roma) edomito sustulit orbe caput,

Ov. F. 4, 256; cf. id. A. A. 3, 114.—

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.