duco

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

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 creditorein 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 poëma, 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.: luminain 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 ducuntCs.: 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.