per-dŏmo, ŭi, ĭtum, āre, v. a.
I To tame or subdue thoroughly , to subjugate completely , to conquer , vanquish , overcome , etc. (Aug.; syn. subigo): ad perdomandum Latium exercitum circumducere, Liv. 8, 13: Hispaniam, id. 28, 12: Apulia perdomita, id. 9, 20: gentes, Vell. 2, 95, 2: regionem, Just. 2, 3, 15: urbes, Luc. 2, 644: serpentes, tauros feroces, to tame , subdue , Ov. H. 12, 163; id. M. 1, 447: boves, Col. 6, 2.—
B Transf., to work thoroughly , to knead : farinam assiduā tractatione, Sen. Ep. 90, 23; cf.: perdomitam saxo Cererem, prepared , i. e. ground , Stat. Th. 1, 524.—
II Trop.: ut nono demum sulco (solum) perdometur, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 10.