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Edom, indecl. m.
- I. Esau, elder son of the patriarch Isaac: Esau, ipse est Edom, Vulg. Gen. 36, 1 al.; Isid. Orig. 7, 6, 33.
- II. A nation descended from Esau, Vulg. Num. 20, 14; id. 4 Reg. 3, 26 et saep.
- III. Transf., the country of the Edomites, Vulg. Num. 21, 4 et saep.
Ē-dŏmĭno, āvi, 1, v. a., to control absolutely; pass., Arn. 5, no. 11 init.
* ē-dŏmĭto, āre, v. freq. a., to tame completely, thoroughly, Ven. Carm. 9, 1, 143.
ē-dŏmo, ŭi, ĭtum, 1, v. a., to tame completely, conquer, overcome, vanquish, subdue (rare; mostly poet. and in postAug. prose).
- I. Prop.: (Roma) edomito sustulit orbe caput, Ov. F. 4, 256; cf. id. A. A. 3, 114.
- II. Transf.: pastinaca edomita, opp. agrestis, Col. 9, 4, 5: aes igni, to melt, Plin. 33, 3, 20, § 65: ramum oleae curvando, id. 17, 19, 30, § 137: vitiosam naturam ab eo sic edomitam et compressam esse doctrina, ut, etc., * Cic. Fat. 5, 10 (al. domitam): feritatem, Col. 11, 3, 37; Lact. 4, 25, 8: nefas, * Hor. C. 4, 5, 22: labores, Sil. 3, 531: lumina, to lull to sleep, id. 10, 343.