sublego

sub-lĕgo, lēgi, lectum, 3, v. a.

I.

To gather from below, to gather or search for underneath, to gather up:

(puer) sublegit quodcumque jaceret inutile quodque Posset cenantes offendere,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 12:

baca tempestatibus in terram decidit et necesse est eam sublegere,

Col. 12, 52, 1:

ficum viridem,

id. 12, 17, 1.—

B.

In partic., to catch up secretly or by stealth.

1.

Lit.:

liberos,

to kidnap, Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 44.—

2.

Trop.:

clam alicujus sermonem,

to overhear, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 98; so, sermonem hinc, Turp. ap. Non. 332, 30 (Com. Fragm. 5 Rib.):

carmina,

Verg. E. 9, 21.—

II.

To choose or elect in the place of another, to substitute:

collegae, qui una lecti: et qui in eorum locum suppositi, sublecti: additi, allecti,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 66 Müll.; Plebisc. Viator. tab. 1, line 41; tab. 2, line 4;

10: in demortuorum locum,

Liv. 23, 23:

in numerum patriciorum,

Tac. A. 11, 25:

senatum,

Just. 3, 3, 2:

principes Latinorum in ordinem suum,

Val. Max. 6, 4, 1.