redux ducis (abl. reduce; poet. also reducī, O.), adj. re-+DVC-, that brings back, guiding back: Iuppiter, O.: unde, nisi te reduce, nulli ad penatīs suos iter est, Cu.

—Led back, brought back, come back, returned: tu reducem me in patriam facis, you restore me, T.: quid me reducem esse voluistis? i. e. from exile: reduces in patriam ad parentes facere, L.: navi reduce, L.: Gratatur reduces, V.