con-dūco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. and n.
I Act., to draw, bring , or lead together, to assemble, collect (class. in prose and poetry).
A In gen.
1 Of persons (esp. freq. of the collecting, assembling of troops in any place): milites de castellis ad castra, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 514, 7: populum in forum, Varr. ib. p. 274, 20: exercitum in unum locum, Caes. B. G. 2, 2: eo copias omnes, id. B. C. 3, 13 fin. : copias suas, id. B. G. 6, 31 init. ; cf. auxilia, Liv. 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8: dispersas suorum copias, Tac. H. 4, 71: virgines unum in locum, Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 3: omnis clientes suos eodem, Caes. B. G. 1, 4: milites in unum, Sall. J. 51, 3; cf. Tac. A. 4, 47.—
2 Of inanimate objects: vineas, Cic. Phil. 8, 6, 17: nubila, Ov. M. 1, 572 al. —
B Esp.,
1 Intens., to connect, unite , by bringing together, = cogo, colligo.
a Prop. (so several times in Lucr., elsewhere rare): partes in unum, Lucr. 1, 398; 3, 533; cf. id. 1, 651; 6, 968; Vitr. 8, 1 fin. : cortice ramos, Ov. M. 4, 375: lac, to coagulate, curdle , Col. 7, 8, 1: conducere musculum aut laxare, to contract , Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, n. 8: ubi sunt nervi, interiores conducunt membra, Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 218: vulnera cerā, to close up , Val. Fl. 1, 479 al.—
b Trop.: propositionem et assumptionem in unum, Cic. Inv. 1, 40, 73; cf. Quint. 5, 14, 9: omnia probra in deorum maledicta, Arn. 4, p. 146: dies adeo conductus, i. e. short , Sol. 22.—
2 T. t. of the lang. of business, to hire, take on lease, to farm (correlative of locare; cf. Dig. 19, 2, 1; very freq. and class.).
a To hire for one's use, to hire, rent, employ; of things: aedes aliquas mihi, Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 17; Suet. Tib. 35; cf.: domum in Palatio, Cic. Cael. 7, 18; id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 7: hortum, id. Fam. 16, 18, 2: qui colonus habuit conductum de Caesenniā fundum, id. Caecin. 32, 94: habitationem in annum, Dig. 19, 2, 19: ad certum tempus, ib. 19, 2, 14: insulam, ib. 19, 2, 30: conduxi domum a te, Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 2: nummos, to borrow , Hor. S. 1, 2, 9; cf. pecuniam, Juv. 11, 46.—Esp., of persons: ille qui me conduxit, ubi conduxit, abduxit domum, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 11: cocum, id. Ps. 3, 2, 10 and 15; id. Aul. 2, 4, 1: fidicinam, quae cantaret sibi, id. Ep. 2, 3, 10: meretricem, id. Bacch. 5, 1, 11; cf. id. Am. 1, 1, 131; Nep. praef. § 4; and poet.: torum, Ov. Am. 1, 10, 44: consulem vestrum ad caedem faciendam, Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9: praeceptores publice, Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 6: choragum, Suet. Aug. 70: homines, Caes. B. G. 2, 1; so, militem (the Gr. ξενολογεῖν), to hire soldiers , Curt. 3, 1, 1; 3, 9, 2 al.; cf. the foll. subst.—With ut or quin : aliquem uti taceat, to hire, bribe, employ , Cato ap. Gell. 1, 15, 10; cf.: tribus non conduci possim libertatibus, quin, etc., could not be hired , Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 68; cf. Lucil. ap. Non. p. 274, 21: mercede aliquem, Cic. Off. 2, 6, 22: mercede diurnā conductus, Hor. S. 2, 7, 18: pictorem magno pretio, Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1.— Subst .
α conducti , ōrum, m., hirelings, mercenary soldiers , Hor. A. P. 431; Nep. Dat. 8, 2; cf. Liv. 30, 7, 10; 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8 al.—Hence, poet.: bella conducta, carried on by mercenary troops , Sil. 5, 196. —
β conductum , i, n., any thing hired , esp. a house, dwelling , etc., Cic. Clu. 62, 175; Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 3; Petr. 9, 4; Dig. 9, 3, 1; cf.: locati conducti, ib. 19, 2 tit.: actio ex conducto, an action upon a lease or contract , ib. 19, 2, 19, §§ 4 and 8 al.—
b To undertake any service (building, transportation, the customs, etc.), to contract for, farm : caedundum illum (agnum) ego conduxi, Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 31; cf.: caedundos agnos, id. Capt. 4, 2, 39: redemptor, qui columnam illam de Cottā conduxerat faciendam, Cic. Div. 2, 21, 47: locare faciendum quod ego conduxeram, Dig. 19, 2, 48; so, mulierem vehendam nave, ib. 19, 2, 19: aliquem docendum, ib. 19, 2, 13, § 3; 13, 6, 19: praebenda, quae ad exercitum opus essent, to undertake the supplies , Liv. 23, 48, 11: vectigalia, to farm , Cic. Att. 1, 17, 9; Liv. 43, 16, 2: tabulas in Italiam portandas, Vell. 1, 13, 4; so, portorium, Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 47 al. —
II Neutr., to contribute to something by being useful, to be of use or profitable, to profit, serve , etc. (syn.: convenit, utile est; class.; used only in the 3d pers. of the sing. and plur.); constr. with in, ad aliquid , the dat., or absol .
α With in : quod tuam in rem bene conducat, Plaut. Cist. 3, 4; so, maxime in rempublicam, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 274, 29: in commune, Tac. A. 2, 38.—
β With ad : ad ventris victum, Plaut. Capt. 4, 3, 6: ad vitae commoditatem, Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9.—
γ With dat. (so most freq.): huic aetati non conducit latebrosus locus, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 22: maxime rei publicae, Cic. Prov. Cons. 1, 1; id. Off. 3, 27, 101: neque homini infanti injuste facta conducunt, id. Fin. 1, 16, 52; Col. 9, 1, 3: omnibus, Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 49: tuae laudi, id. Fam. 13, 48: nostris rationibus, id. Att. 1, 1, 2: maxime sibi, Quint. 11, 1, 12: alvo citae (vinum), Plin. 23, 1, 23, § 41: proposito, Hor. A. P. 195 et saep.: imbres non conducunt vitibus, Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 14.—
δ Absol. : dubitare non possumus. quin ea maxime conducant, quae sunt rectissima, Cic. Fam. 5, 19, 2: conducere arbitror talibus auris tuas vocibus undique circumsonare, id. Off. 3, 2, 5.—Hence, P. a. as subst.; v. I. C. 2. β fin. supra.— Adv.: condūcenter , becomingly, fitly , Gell. 16, 12, 4.