sub-sterno, strāvi, strātum, 3, v. a., to strew, scatter, spread, or lay under or beneath (class.; cf. subicio). I. Lit.: segetem ovibus
, Cato, R. R. 37, 2: verbenas
, Ter. And. 4, 3, 12: casias et nardi lenis aristas
, Ov. M. 15, 398; Plin. 20, 14, 56, 158: folia
, id. 20, 21, 84, 226: semina hordei
, Col. 5, 9, 9: fucum marinum
, to spread underneath
, lay as a ground - color
, Plin. 26, 10, 66, 103 (syn. sublino): se (mulier), to submit, in mal. part., Cat. 64, 403: substratus Numida mortuo Romano
, stretched out under
, lying under
, Liv. 22, 51, 9: pelage late substrata, spread out or extended beneath, Lucr. 6, 619; 4, 411: si forte lacus substratus Averni'st
, id. 6, 746; cf.: natura insidians pontum substravit avaris
, Prop. 3 (4), 7, 37: pullos
, i. e. to furnish them with a couch
, Plin. 10, 33, 49, 93.—Absol.: male substravisse pecori
, Plin. 18, 23, 53, 194.— Impers. pass.: pecori diligenter substernatur
, Cato, R. R. 37, 2.—B. Transf., to bestrew, spread over, cover any thing: solum paleis
, Varr. R. R. 1, 57, 2: gallinae nidos mollissime substernunt
, Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 129: fundamenta carbonibus
, Plin. 36, 14, 21, 95.—II. Trop., to spread out, submit for examination, acceptance, etc.; to give up, surrender, prostitute: omne concretum atque corporeum animo
, Cic. Univ. 8: delicias
, Lucr. 2, 22; cf.: pudicitiam alicui
, Suet. Aug. 68; Val. Max. 2, 7, 14.