dēductus, a, um, P. a.
A Drawn inwards, bent inwards (only post-Aug.), said of the nose: nasum et a summo eminentiorem et ab imo deductiorem, Suet. Aug. 79: nasus deductus, Lampr. Diadum. 3.—
B (Acc. to no. II. B. 3.) Slender, weak (ante-class., and once in Verg.): deducta tunc voce leo, with a weak, subdued voice , Lucil. ap. Non. 289, 16: deducta voce, Afran. and Cornificius ap. Macr. Sat. 6, 4: carmen, a humble strain , opp. to canere reges et proelia, Verg. E. 6, 5 ( tenue translatio a lana, quae deducitur in tenuitatem , Serv.); cf. also Macr. Sat. 6, 4, and Quint. 8, 2, 9.☞ In Cic. Leg. 2, 20, 50, deductio, not deducta, is the true reading.