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.