ductor, ōris, m. [duco],
I a leader , commander , chief , general (class.; a favorite word of Vergil, used by him more than 20 times; cf.: dux, imperator, princeps, praetor, praefectus, etc.): exercitus, * Cic. Tusc. 1, 37; Liv. 1, 28: itineris, a guide , id. 7, 41; 10, 21 fin. ; Verg. A. 2, 14; 8, 6; 129 et saep.; cf. apum (in their battles), id. G. 4, 88; of the leaders in warlike games, id. A. 5, 133; 249; Suet. Tib. 6: classis, a pilot , Verg. A. 6, 334; Ov. M. 12, 574: aquarum Tibris, the king of rivers , Stat. S. 3, 5, 112. —
II One who extends , draws out : ferreus, poet. for iron - worker , Auct. Priap. 32, 13; cf. Vulg. Num. 10, 31.