sub-lĭno, lēvi, lĭtum, 3, v. a., to besmear or anoint beneath, to lay on as a groundcolor, to prime with any thing (ante-class. and post-Aug.).
I Lit.: chrysocollam atramento, Plin. 33, 5, 27, § 90: caeruleum, id. 35, 6, 26, § 45: argentum vivum, id. 33, 6, 32, § 100: sanguinem lacertae, id. 30, 9, 23, § 80.—
II Transf.
A To put underneath , underlay (syn. substerno): maceriam calce, Cato R. R. 15, 1: tertium (genus sardonychis) argenteis bracteis sublinitur, etc., Plin. 37, 7, 31, § 105.—
B Sublinere os alicui, to befool , cheat , bamboozle (the allusion being to the practice of smearing the face of a sleeping person; cf. Non. 45, 21) (Plautinian): pulchre os sublevit patri, Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 19; id. Mil. 2, 1, 32; 2, 1, 75; 2, 5, 57; id. Aul. 4, 6, 2; id. Capt. 3, 4, 123; id. Merc. 2, 4, 17; 3, 4, 46; id. Ps. 2, 4, 29; id. Trin. 2, 4, 157; id. Ep. 3, 3, 48; 3, 4, 55.