subactio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

sŭbactĭo, ōnis, f. [subigo].

I Lit., a working through , working up , preparing (rare): harena fluviatica bacillorum subactionibus in tectorio recipit soliditatem, Vitr. 2, 4 fin. : subactiones ciborum, Arn. 3, 107.—*

II Trop., preparation , discipline : subacto mihi ingenio opus est ... subactio autem est usus, auditio, lectio, litterae, Cic. de Or. 2, 30, 131.

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