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|lshtext=<b>in-ductĭo</b>: ōnis, f. id.,<br /><b>I</b> a [[leading]] or [[bringing]] [[into]], introducing, [[admission]] ([[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: nos aquarum inductionibus terris fecunditatem damus, Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 152: horum (juvenum in [[circum]]), [[introduction]], [[exhibition]], Liv. 44, 9, 5; so on the [[stage]]: ficta personarum, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 205: prima trullis frequentetur [[inductio]], a plastering, Pall. 1, 15.—Of a [[striking]] [[out]], erasing of [[writing]] (cf. [[induco]], 1. C. 3.): lituras, inductiones, superductiones [[ipse]] feci, Dig. 28, 4, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., concr.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An [[awning]] [[drawn]] [[over]] a [[theatre]] to [[protect]] the [[audience]] from the [[sun]], Vitr. 10 praef.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A fomentation, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 27, 216.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen. (acc. to [[induco]] II. B. 2. b.), a [[purpose]], [[resolution]], [[inclination]], [[intention]]: animi, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 11, 32; id. Fam. 1, 8, 2: cedet [[profecto]] virtuti [[dolor]] et animi inductione languescet, id. Tusc. 2, 13, 31.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., rhet. t. t.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Induction, a [[mode]] of [[reasoning]] from [[known]] particulars to generals, the Gr. [[ἐπαγωγή]],> Cic. Top. 10, 42; id. Inv. 1, 31, 51; Quint. 5, 10, 73; 5, 11, 2 sq.: erroris, id. 9, 1, 31.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Personarum ficta, = προσωποποιΐα,> the [[introduction]] of a [[fictitious]] [[person]], Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 205.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Erroris [[inductio]], = [[ἀποπλάνησις]],> a [[leading]] [[into]] [[error]], misguiding, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 205.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An [[assumption]], [[supposition]], Prisc. 1144 P.
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