to bring up from below (on the shoulder, by ship, etc.), to bring , carry , convey , transport to a place (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): asini, qui tibi subvectabant rure huc virgas ulmeas, Plaut.As. 2, 2, 74: saxa umeris, Verg.A. 11, 131: saxa, Sil. 4, 21: onera, Col. 6, praef. 3: panaria candidasque mappas, Stat.S. 1, 6, 32: corpora cymbā, Verg.A. 6, 303: naves, quae frumentum Tiberi subvectassent, Tac.A. 15, 43.