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|lshtext=<b>prō-dūco</b>: xi, ctum, 3 (produxe, for produxisse, Ter Ad. 4, 2, 22), v. a.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[lead]] or [[bring]] [[forth]], to [[lead]] [[forward]] or [[out]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit. ([[class]].): fidicinam [[intus]], Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 40: aliquem [[foras]] [[ante]] [[aedes]], id. Capt. 2, 2, 2: aliquem e latebris, Petr. 126: castris omnem exercitum, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 62: copias pro castris, Caes. B. G. 1, 48.—Esp.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> To [[bring]] [[before]] the [[people]], [[senate]], or a [[court]]: aliquem in conspectum populi Romani, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 122: quempiam in contionem, id. Pis. 6, 14: cum tribunis [[plebis]] Curionem et Octavium consules produxisset, id. Brut. 60, 217; Liv. 27, 7, 4: harum rerum omnium auctores testesque, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 131: [[productus]] pro rostris, to [[give]] [[evidence]], Suet. Jul. 20 fin.: producti in [[circo]] Flaminio in contionem, Cic. Sest. 14, 33: in judicium, to [[bring]] [[before]] a [[court]], id. Verr. 2, 1, 43, § 113: aliquem in Sestium, id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 1: aliquem ad necem, id. Verr. 2, 5, 60, § 157.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Of an [[actor]], to [[represent]], [[perform]]: [[nihil]] ab hoc (Roscio) pravum et perversum produci posse arbitrabantur, Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 30. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> To [[expose]] for [[sale]]: ancillam produxit, vendidit, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 54: servos, id. Heaut. 1, 1, 92; Suet. Gram. 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>d</b> To [[draw]] or [[place]] one [[thing]] [[before]] [[another]] ([[poet]].): producere [[malo]] [[aliquam]] moram, Ter. And. 3, 5, 9: [[scamnum]] [[lecto]], Ov. A. A. 2, 211: [[nubila]] menti, Stat. S. 5, 3, 13.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>e</b> To [[draw]] or [[stretch]] [[out]], to [[lengthen]] [[out]], [[extend]] ([[poet]]. and [[post]]-Aug.): pelles dentibus, Mart. 9, 74, 1: [[ferrum]] incude, Juv. 15, 165: [[supercilium]] madidā fuligine tactum, id. 2, 94: lineas ex argento nigras, Plin. 33, 6, 31, § 98.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>f</b> To [[conduct]] to a [[place]]: non tu eum rus [[hinc]] [[modo]] Produxe aiebas? Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 22.—<br /> To [[conduct]] to the [[grave]], sc. a [[corpse]] or a [[funeral]] [[procession]] ([[poet]].): nec te, tua funera, [[mater]] Produxi, Verg. A. 9, 486: [[longum]] [[funus]] ad tumulos, Luc. 2, 298.—<br /> To [[lead]] or [[bring]] [[along]], to [[bring]] [[away]]: qui et procurrentem retrahat, et cunctantem producat, to [[drag]] [[forward]], Col. 6, 2, 9.—<br /> To [[bring]] to [[light]], [[disclose]], [[expose]]: occulta ad patres produxit crimina [[servus]], Juv. 8, 266. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[bring]] [[forth]], [[bring]] [[into]] the [[world]], to [[bear]] or [[beget]]: ego is [[sum]] qui te produxi [[pater]], Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 129: liberos, id. Capt. 3, 5, 105; Lucil. ap. Non. 373, 2: magnanimos nos [[natura]] produxit, Sen. Ep. 104, 23: [[quam]] te Thersitae similem producat [[Achilles]], Juv. 8, 271.— Of [[other]] subjects, to [[produce]], [[make]] (postAug.): cibis utendum est carnem producentibus, Cels. 8, 7, 7: cum folia producere incipiunt fici, Pall. 4, 10, 30.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; = [[adduco]] in [[indicium]], to [[bring]] [[forth]] to [[trial]], Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 32 (Zumpt); Quint. 11, 3, 174.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[make]] to [[grow]], to [[advance]], [[promote]] ([[poet]].): subolem. Hor. C. S. 17.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In [[pronunciation]], to [[lengthen]], [[prolong]] ([[class]].): [[inclitus]] dicimus brevi primā litterā, [[insanus]] productā, Cic. Or. 48, 159: syllabam, Ov. P. 4, 12, 13; Quint. 1, 5, 18.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> To [[bring]] [[forward]] (to [[distinction]]), to [[raise]], [[promote]], [[advance]] ([[class]].): producere aliquem ad [[aliquam]] dignitatem. Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52: aliquem omni genere honoris, Liv. 40, 56: quem tu non pro illius dignitate produxeras, Cic. Dom. 9, 21: a quibus producti sunt, exsistunt eorum ipsorum tyranni, advanced to [[power]], id. Rep. 1, 44, 68: beneficia, quae non producunt, nec honestiorem faciunt, Sen. Ben. 2, 9, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> To [[lead]], [[induce]] one to do [[any]] [[thing]]: producti sumus, ut loqueremur, Auct. Her. 1, 3, 5: [[productus]] ad aliquid faciendum, Plin. 9, 35, 59, § 122.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> To [[draw]] or [[drag]] [[out]], to [[lengthen]] [[out]], [[prolong]], [[protract]] ([[class]].): producere pauperi vitam ad miseriam, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 59: cenam, Hor. S. 1, 5, 70: [[convivium]] ad multam noctem [[vario]] sermone, Cic. Sen. 14, 46: sermonem in multam noctem, id. Rep. 6, 10, 10: sermonem longius, id. Brut. 71, 251: [[Varro]] .. vitam Naevii producit longius, i. e. represents him as having lived [[longer]], id. ib. 15, 60: somnum [[ultra]] primam lucem, Suet. Aug. 78: rem in hiemem, Caes. B. G. 4, 30: animas, lives, Juv. 15, 94.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[put]] [[off]], to [[amuse]], [[delude]] one [[with]] [[fallacious]] promises: aliquem falsā spe producere, Ter. And. 4, 1, 25: aliquem conditionibus, Cic. Quint. 8, 30.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> Of [[time]], to [[pass]], [[spend]] ([[poet]].): cyathos sorbillans diem, Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 52.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>E</b> To [[bring]] up, [[educate]]: audientem [[dicto]], [[mater]], produxisti filiam, Plaut. As. 3, 1, 40: principes liberos, Tac. Or. 28: laevo monitu pueros avaros, Juv. 14, 228.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>F</b> To [[make]], [[devise]], [[produce]], [[bring]] [[into]] [[use]]: nova (vocabula) quae [[genitor]] produxerit [[usus]], Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 119.—<br /> To [[plant]], [[cultivate]]: quicunque [[primum]] te produxit, [[arbor]], Hor. C. 2, 13, 3.—Hence, prōductus, a, um, P. a., lengthened, [[long]], prolonged, protracted, etc. ([[class]].): productiore [[cornu]] sinistro, [[drawn]] [[out]], extended, Tac. A. 13, 40 Halm: productissimum [[flagellum]], Col. 3, 10: commoditates corporis tam productae temporibus, Cic. Fin. 4, 12, 29: dolores longinquitate producti, id. Tusc. 5, 40, 117: [[exitus]] (orationis), id. de Or. 2. 53, 213: productiora [[alia]], et [[quasi]] immoderatius excurrentia, [[too]] [[long]], id. Or. 53, 178; so, producta [[syllaba]] (opp. [[short]]), id. ib. 48, 159: [[nomen]], formed by prolongation, id. N. D. 2, 26, 66: [[neve]] [[minor]], neu [[sit]] [[quinto]] productior actu Fabula, [[longer]], Hor. A. P. 189.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Subst.: prōducta, ōrum, n., [[preferable]] things (a transl. of the Gr. τἁ [[προηγμένα]]>): in vitā non ea, quae primario [[loco]] sunt, sed ea, quae [[secundum]] locum obtinent, [[προηγμένα]]>, id est producta nominantur; quae vel ita appellemus (id erit [[verbum]] e verbo), vel [[promota]], et remota, vel, ut [[dudum]] diximus, [[praeposita]], vel praecipua; et [[illa]] rejecta, Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52; cf. Sen. Ep. 74, 17.—Hence, adv.: prōductē, in a lengthened [[manner]], [[long]] ([[class]].): producte dicere litteram, opp. [[breviter]], Cic. Or. 48, 159: producte dicere syllabam, opp. [[correpte]], Gell. 2, 17, 5.—Comp.: [[syllaba]] productius pronunciata, Gell. 4, 17, 8.
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