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verb transitive

sub-lūco

2nd PP sub-lūcāre · conj. 1st
to trim; cut away; thin out •
to trim, cut away, thin out the branches of a tree, to admit light: sublucare arbores est ramos earum supputare, et veluti subtus lucem mittere, Fest. p. 348 Müll.: arbor ... nisi a domino sublucari non potest, isque conveniendus est ut eam sublucet, Paul. Sent. 5, 6, 13; cf. colluco.
Perseus ID: n45973 Key: subluco