Definition of duco
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Orthography ID = 1004994
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LEM
dūcō, dūcere, dūxī, ductus
DVC-
verb (3rd conjugation)
  1. to lead, conduct, guide, direct, draw, bring, fetch, escort
  2. [of a road or path] to lead, conduct
  3. [with se] to betake oneself, go
  4. [of offenders] to take, arrest, lead away, drag, carry off
  5. [of a wife] to lead home, take, marry
  6. [of a commander] to lead, guide, cause to move, march
Abbreviations
dūcō ūxī (dūxtī, Ct., Pr.), uctus, ere DVC-, to lead, conduct, guide, direct, draw, bring, fetch, escort: secum mulierculas: vix quā singuli carri ducerentur, Cs.: Curru Victorem, H.: ducente deo, under the conduct of, V.: mucronem, from the scabbard, V.: ferrum vaginā, O.: bracchia (of the bow), bend, V.: sors ducitur: ductus Neptuno sorte sacerdos, for Neptune, V.: pondus aratri, draw, O.: remos, row, O.: lanas, spin, O.: ubera, milk, O.: frena manu, govern, O.: ilia, i. e. be broken-winded, H.: os, make wry faces: te magna inter praemia, to great glory, V.: sibi quisque ducere, trahere, appropriate, S.

— Of a road or path, to lead, conduct: quā te ducit via, V.: iter ad urbem, O.: via quae sublicio ponte ducit ad laniculum, L.

— With se, to betake oneself, go: se duxit foras, T.

—Of offenders, to take, arrest, lead away, drag, carry off: in ius debitorem, L.: duci in carcerem: ad mortem: Fuficium duci iussit, to be imprisoned: ductum se ab creditore in ergastulum, Cs.

—Of a wife, to lead home, take, marry: inopem (uxorem) domum. T.: uxorem filiam Scipionis: filiam Orgetorigis in matrimonium, Cs.: ex quā domo in matrimonium, L.: tibi ducitur uxor, V.: qui ducat abest, the bridegroom, O.: Conlegam Lepidum, wedded, H.

—Of a commander, to lead, guide, cause to move, march: locis apertis exercitum, Cs.: cohortīs ad eam partem, etc., Cs.: sex legiones expeditas, led forward, Cs.: navem contra praedones: per triumphum alquem ante currum (of a prisoner): quam in partem aut quo consilio ducerentur, march, Cs.: ducit quam proxime ad hostem potest, moves, L.

— To lead, command, be commander of: quā in legatione duxit exercitum: primum pilum ad Caesarem, in Caesar's army, Cs.: exercitūs partem ipse ducebat, S.: agmina, V.

—To lead, be leader of, be the head of, be first in: familiam: ordines: toros, O.

—To take in, inhale, drink, quaff, imbibe: spiritum: tura naribus, H.: pocula, H.: somnos, V.: ab ipso animum ferro, H.

— To produce, form, construct, make, fashion, shape, mould, cast, dispose: parietem per vestibulum sororis, to erect: muros, H.: vallum ex castris ad aquam, Cs.: voltūs de marmore, V.: aera, H.: (litteram) in pulvere, draw, O.: mores, Iu.: alapam sibi gravem, Ph.: epos, spin out, H.: carmen, O.: Pocula ducentia somnos, H.

— Of processions, etc., to conduct, marshal, lead, accompany: funus: triumphos, V.: choros, H.: ludos et inania honoris, Ta.

— To receive, admit, take, get, assume: ubi primum ducta cicatrix (i. e. obducta), L.: rimam, O.: colorem, V.: pallorem, to grow pale, O.: Cānentem senectam, V.: nomina, H.

— Fig., to lead, guide, draw, conduct: quo te sapientia duceret, H.: Ad strepitum citharae cessatum ducere curam (i. e. ut cessat), H.: Triste per augurium pectora, i. e. fill with forebodings, V.: totum poema, carries off, i. e. makes acceptable, H.: series rerum ducta ab origine gentis, followed, V.

—To draw, deduce, derive: ab aliquā re totius vitae exordium: ab dis inmortalibus principia: genus Olympo, V.: utrumque (amor et amicitia) ductum est ab amando.

—To lead, move, incite, induce, allure, charm: me ad credendum: ducit te species, H.: Quo ducit gula, H.: lumina in errorem, O.: si quis earum (statuarum) honore ducitur.

— To mislead, cheat, deceive: me istis dictis, T.: lino et hamis piscīs, O.

—In time, to draw out, extend, protract, prolong, spend: bellum, Cs.: in ducendo bello tempus terere, L.: longas in fletum voces, V.: rem prope in noctem, Cs.: ut ita tempus duceretur, ut, etc.: vitam, live long, V.: ubi se diutius duci intellexit, put off, Cs.: aetatem in litteris, spend.

— To calculate, compute, reckon: quoniam XC medimnūm duximus.

— To reckon, consider, hold, account, esteem, regard: eum hominem, T.: filium adsistere turpe ducunt, Cs.: pericula parvi esse ducenda: ea pro falsis ducit, S.: si quis despicatui ducitur: deorum numero eos ducunt Cs.: modestiam in conscientiam, construe as, S.: nil rectum nisi quod placuit sibi, H.: Sic equidem ducebam animo futurum, V.: omnia tua in te posita esse: quae mox usu fore ducebat, expected, S.

—To regard, care for, have respect to (only with rationem): suam quoque rationem ducere, one's own advantage: non ullius rationem sui commodi.
 
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