subo

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

sŭbo, āre, v. n., to be in heat.

I Prop. of sows, Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 181.—

II Transf.

A Of other animals, Lucr. 4, 1199; Ap. Mag. p. 298, 22.—

B Of women, Hor. Epod. 12, 11; Tert. Apol. 46; 14; Hier. ap. Jovin. 1, 38; 2, 36.

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