subtero

sub-tĕro, trīvi, trītum, 3, v. a., to rub off or wear away underneath; to rub, bruise, or grind to pieces (rare;

not in Cic.): boves ne pedes subterant,

Cato, R. R. 72; so,

pedes,

Col. 6, 15, 2; Plin. 28, 16, 62, § 221:

ungulas,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 73:

jumenta cito subteruntur,

Sen. Ep. 51, 9:

salis sextarium subterito, et subtritum, etc.,

pound, triturate, Col. 12, 5, 1:

caepam aridam,

id. 12, 5, 56; 2, 10, 25; Plin. 20, 20, 82, § 218; 30, 9, 23, § 80.