Lewis & Short

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sub-lĕgo, lēgi, lectum, 3, v. a.

  1. 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.
    1. B. In partic., to catch up secretly or by stealth.
      1. 1. Lit.: liberos, to kidnap, Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 44.
      2. 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.
  2. 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.