sŭbo

āre, v. n.

I. to be in heat.

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

II. Transf.

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

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

Lewis & Short

A Latin Dictionary, 1879

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