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perdŏmĭtor, ōris, m. [perdomo], a tamer, subduer (eccl. Lat.): mortis, Prud. Cath. 4, 12.

per-dŏmo, ŭi, ĭtum, āre, v. a.

  1. I. To tame or subdue thoroughly, to subjugate completely, to conquer, vanquish, overcome, etc. (Aug.; syn. subigo): ad perdomandum Latium exercitum circumducere, Liv. 8, 13: Hispaniam, id. 28, 12: Apulia perdomita, id. 9, 20: gentes, Vell. 2, 95, 2: regionem, Just. 2, 3, 15: urbes, Luc. 2, 644: serpentes, tauros feroces, to tame, subdue, Ov. H. 12, 163; id. M. 1, 447: boves, Col. 6, 2.
    1. B. Transf., to work thoroughly, to knead: farinam assiduā tractatione, Sen. Ep. 90, 23; cf.: perdomitam saxo Cererem, prepared, i. e. ground, Stat. Th. 1, 524.
  2. II. Trop.: ut nono demum sulco (solum) perdometur, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 10.