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|lshtext=<b>dūco</b>: xi, ctum, 3 (<br /><b>I</b> imp. duc; [[but]] duce, Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 18; id. Most. 1, 4, 11; id. Poen. 5, 4, 59; id. Rud. 2, 3, 55; id. Trin. 2, 2, 103; id. Truc. 2, 5, 26.—Perf. sync.: duxti, Varr. ap. Non. 283, 32; Cat. 91, 9; Prop. 1, 3, 27), v. a. cf. Goth. tiuh-an; O. H. Germ. zieh-an, to [[draw]]; Germ. -zog, in Herzog, [[commander]], duke, to [[lead]], [[conduct]], [[draw]], [[bring]] [[forward]], in all senses; [[very]] freq. [[passing]] [[over]] [[into]] the signif. of the compounds abducere, deducere, adducere, producere, etc., and of the [[synonyms]] agere, trahere, movere, etc. ([[very]] freq.).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br /> <b>A</b> In gen.: quo sequar? quo ducis [[nunc]] me? Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 2: duc hos [[intro]], id. Am. 2, 2, 224; id. Aul. 2, 6, 13: duc ac demonstra mihi, id. Cist. 2, 3, 36: suas [[secum]] mulierculas sunt in [[castra]] ducturi, Cic. Cat. 2, 10 fin.; cf. Caes. B. G. 5, 5 fin. et saep.: ([[difficile]] [[iter]]) vix [[qua]] [[singuli]] carri ducerentur, id. ib. 1, 6, 1; cf. [[plaustra]], Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 34: aquam ducere, [[Cato]] ap. [[Charis]]. p. 192 P.; so, aquam per fundum ejus, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 4: spiritum naribus, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 5: so, spiritum per siccas [[fauces]], Sen. Ben. 3, 8; cf.: aërem spiritu, Cic. N. D. 2, 6 fin.: animam spiritu, id. ib. 2, 54, 136; and in gen.: spiritum, for to [[live]], id. Fam. 10, 1; cf.: vitam et spiritum, id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 33: tura naribus, to [[inhale]], Hor. C. 4, 1, 22: sucos nectaris, to [[drink]] in [[full]] [[draughts]], to [[quaff]], id. ib. 3, 3, 34; cf. pocula, id. ib. 1, 17, 22; and: Liberum, id. ib. 4, 12, 14.—Poet.: jucunda oblivia vitae (referring to the waters of [[Lethe]]), Hor. S. 2, 6, 62 (cf. Verg. A. 6, 714 sq.) et saep.: mucronem, to [[draw]] from the [[scabbard]], Verg. A. 12, 378; cf.: [[ferrum]] vaginā, Ov. F. 4, 929: ensem [[vagina]], Sil. 8, 342; [[but]]: ensem duxerat [[faber]], had [[beaten]] [[out]], [[forged]], Tib. 1, 3, 48: sortem, Cic. Div. 2, 33; Verg. A. 6, 22; [[hence]], also transf. of [[that]] [[which]] is [[drawn]] by [[lot]], Cic. Div. 1, 18, 34; id. Rep. 1, 34; Suet. Caes. 12; Tac. A. 1, 54; 3, 28 al.: [[pondus]] aratri, to [[draw]], Ov. M. 7, 119: remos, to [[row]], id. ib. 1, 294; cf. id. ib. 4, 353: numerosa brachia, in [[dancing]], id. Am. 2, 4, 29: lanas, to [[spin]], id. ib. 4, 34; cf. [[stamina]], id. ib. 4, 221: ubera, to [[milk]], id. ib. 9, 358: frena manu, to [[guide]], [[govern]], id. ib. 15, 518: [[vela]], to [[haul]] (= navigare), Prop. 1, 6, 2: [[manus]], of [[swimming]], id. 3, 20, 2: [[ilia]], to [[draw]] the flanks [[together]], [[become]] [[broken]]-winded, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 9: os, to [[draw]] [[awry]], to [[make]] [[wry]] faces, Cic. Or. 25 fin.; Quint. 9, 3, 101; cf. [[vultum]], Ov. M. 2, 774; id. P. 4, 8, 13; Mart. 1, 41 et saep.: non [[equus]] [[impiger]] Curru ducet Achaico Victorem, to [[draw]] [[along]], Hor. C. 4, 3, 5; cf. id. Ep. 1, 1, 93.—Absol.: sibi [[quisque]] ducere, trahere, rapere, to [[take]] to one's [[self]], [[appropriate]], Sall. J. 41, 5.—<br /> <b>B</b> Esp.<br /> <b>1</b> To [[lead]], [[conduct]], as a [[way]] or [[road]]: via ducit (te), in urbem? Verg. E. 9, 1; cf. Plin. Ep. 7, 5; Verg. A. 1, 401; Ov. F. 2, 679: [[Brundisium]] Minuci [[melius]] via ducat an Appi, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 20: via ad undas, Ov. M. 3, 602: via ad [[infernas]] [[sedes]], id. ib. 4, 433; cf.: [[iter]] ad urbem, id. ib. 437; Curt. 3, 28, 19; Sen. Prov. 6, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 1; Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 111; Quint. 5, 9, 14; Liv. 5, 40, 8 al.—<br /> <b>2</b> Se, in colloq. lang., to betake one's [[self]], go: jam me ad regem [[recta]] ducam, Plaut. Am. 4, 3, 8; id. Aul. 4, 8, 8; id. Bacch. 4, 2, 11; Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 7: [[Balbus]] duxit se a Gadibus, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 1.—<br /> <b>3</b> A [[legal]] t. t., to [[take]], [[lead]] [[away]], [[drag]], [[carry]] [[off]] a [[person]] [[before]] [[court]], to [[prison]], to [[punishment]], etc.: POST. DEINDE. MANVS. INIECTIO. ESTO. IN. IVS. DVCITO, XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 45; so, in jus, Liv. 2, 27: illos duci in carcerem jubent, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 30: aliquem in carcerem, Suet. Caes. 20: in vincula, id. ib. 79: ad mortem, Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 1; Nep. Phoc. 4, 3; and absol.: ducite, ubi capiat, etc., Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 65; Sen. de Ira, 1, 16, 14; Suet. Calig. 27; Plin. Ep. 10, 97, 3 al.: NI. IVDICATVM. FACIT. AVT. QVIS. ENDO. EM. IVRE. VINDICIT. SECVM. DVCITO. VINCITO, etc., XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 45: decreta ejus modi: SI PETIT DUCAS. C. Fuficium duci jussit petitorem, to be imprisoned, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 12, § 31; so of a [[debtor]] ([[addictus]]) [[who]] is led [[off]] as a [[slave]], Novat. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 63, 255; Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 87; Cic. Fl. 20 fin.; Liv. 6, 14 sq.; cf. id. 2, 23 med.; cf. prov.: stultitiast venatum ducere invitas [[canes]], Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 83. —<br /> <b>4</b> Uxorem, to [[lead]] a [[wife]] [[home]], i. e. to [[marry]]: bona [[uxor]] si ea deducta est, etc. ... Verum egon eam ducam domum, Quae, etc.? Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 91: uxorem domum, id. Aul. 2, 1, 40; Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 68: filiam Orgetorigis in [[matrimonium]], Caes. B. G. 1, 9, 3; cf. Liv. 4, 4: eum uxorem ducturum esse aliam, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 105: uxorem (or [[aliquam]], filiam alicujus, etc.), id. Aul. 2, 1, 48; id. Cas. prol. 69 et saep.; Ter. And. 1, 1, 128; 2, 1, 21 et saep.; Cic. Sest. 3; Caes. B. G. 1, 53, 4; id. B. C. 3, 110, 2; Verg. E. 8, 29; Vulg. Marc. 10, 11 et saep.—Absol.: si tu negaris ducere, Ter. And. 2, 3, 5; 2, 3, 9; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 76; Liv. 4, 4 al.: jugum ducere cum infidelibus, i. e. to be [[yoked]] in [[marriage]], Vulg. 2 Cor. 6, 14.—Rarely for nubere: si [[ignorans]] statum Erotis ut liberum duxisti, isque [[postea]] [[servus]] est judicatus, etc., Imp. Antonin. ap. Cod. Just. 5, 18, 3.—In the [[comic]] poets, of [[taking]] [[home]] prostitutes, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 35; 4, 2, 44; id. Men. 1, 2, 15; id. Stich. 5, 4, 48; id. Truc. 3, 2, 10 et saep.—<br /> <b>5</b> In milit. lang.<br /> <b>a</b> Said of a [[commander]], to [[lead]], to [[cause]] to [[move]], to [[march]] his [[army]] in [[any]] [[direction]]: locis apertis exercitum ducere, Caes. B. G. 1, 41, 4; cf. id. B. C. 1, 64 fin.; 1, 68, 1: exercitum ab Allobrogibus in Segusianos, id. B. G. 1, 10 fin.: exercitum in fines Suessionum, id. ib. 2, 12, 1; cf. id. ib. 4, 38, 3; 5, 18, 1: exercitum (legiones, etc.) in Bellovacos, id. ib. 2, 13, 1; 5, 24, 2 et saep.; cf. Tac. A. 2, 57: cohortes ad eam partem munitionum, quae, etc., Caes. B. C. 3, 62, 2: exercitum Uticam, id. ib. 2, 26, 1: reliquas copias [[contra]] Labienum, id. B. G. 7, 61 fin. et saep.—In [[pass]]., of the soldiers, to [[march]], [[move]]: [[quam]] in partem aut quo consilio ducerentur, Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 2.—And in [[act]]., absol., of the [[general]] [[himself]], to [[march]], [[move]] (a favorite [[expression]] of Liv.; not in Caes. or Sall.): ([[Mettus]]) ducit, [[quam]] [[proxime]] ad hostem potest, Liv. 1, 23; 1, 27; 9, 35; 22, 18 et saep.—Hence,<br /> <b>b</b> In gen., to [[lead]], [[command]] an [[army]] or ([[more]] freq.) a [[division]]: [[qua]] in legatione duxit exercitum, Cic. Mur. 9, 20; so, exercitum, Nep. Eum. 13, 1; id. Epam. 7, 3: qui superiore [[anno]] [[primum]] [[pilum]] duxerat, Caes. B. G. 5, 35, 6; 6, 38, 1; id. B. C. 3, 91, 1: ordinem, id. ib. 1, 13, 4; 3, 104, 3; Suet. Vesp. 1: partem exercitūs, Sall. J. 55, 4 et saep.—Rarely, to [[lead]] a [[division]] in [[front]], in [[advance]]: consuetudine sua [[Caesar]] [[sex]] legiones expeditas ducebat: [[post]] eas ... [[inde]], etc., Caes. B. G. 2, 19, 2; [[hence]] also, to [[march]] in [[front]], [[take]] the [[lead]], said of the [[division]] [[that]] forms the [[van]]: [[pars]] equitum et auxiliariae cohortes ducebant, mox prima [[legio]], etc., Tac. A. 1, 51; cf. id. ib. 1, 64 fin.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> Transf. [[beyond]] the milit. [[sphere]], to [[lead]], to be [[leader]], [[head]], [[chief]], [[first]] in [[any]] [[thing]]: accedit [[etiam]], [[quod]] familiam ducit, Cic. Fam. 7, 5 fin. Manut.; so, familiam, id. Phil. 5, 11, 30; id. Fin. 4, 16, 45: ordines, id. Phil. 1, 8, 20: classem (discipulorum), Quint. 1, 2, 24 Spald.: [[funus]], Hor. Epod. 8, 12: toros, Ov. F. 6, 668 et saep.—<br /> <b>c</b> To [[conduct]] as prisoners in a [[triumph]]: per triumphum, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 26, § 67: in [[triumpho]], Plin. 7, 43, 45, § 139, v. [[triumphus]].—<br /> <b>6</b> With the [[accessory]] [[idea]] of [[creation]], [[formation]], to [[produce]], form, [[construct]], [[make]], [[fashion]], [[shape]], [[dispose]] (cf.: [[struo]], [[pono]], [[condo]], [[fundo]]): parietem per [[vestibulum]] alicujus, to [[erect]], Cic. Mil. 27 fin.; cf. muros, Hor. C. 4, 6, 23: [[vallum]] ex castris ad aquam, Caes. B. C. 1, 73, 2: fossam, id. B. G. 7, 72, 1; 7, 73, 2: arcum, Ov. M. 3, 160: lateres de [[terra]], Vitr. 2, 3: vivos [[vultus]] de marmore ([[with]] excudere spirantia [[aera]]), Verg. A. 6, 849; cf. id. ib. 7, 634; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 240; Varr. ap. Non. 283, 32; Plin. 7, 37, 38, § 125; Quint. 10, 3, 18 Spald.; Juv. 7, 237; [[hence]], [[poet]]. also: [[epos]], Hor. S. 1, 10, 44: [[carmen]], Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 18; 3, 14, 32: [[versus]], id. ib. 5, 12, 63 et saep.: liniam ex colore, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 81; Quint. 2, 6, 2; cf. orbem, id. 11, 3, 118: alvum, to [[bring]] [[forth]] by clysters, Cels. 2, 12; 4, 4 et saep.: alapam alicui, qs. to [[fetch]] one a [[box]] on the [[ear]], Phaedr. 5, 3, 2; cf. colaphum, Quint. 6, 3, 83 Spald.: pugnum, Dig. 47, 10, 4 et saep.; so esp. of processions, dances, etc.: [[funus]], Cic. Quint. 15 fin.; Ov. M. 14, 746; Verg. G. 4, 256; cf. exsequias, Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 154: pompam, Ov. H. 12, 152; id. F. 6, 405; id. M. 13, 699: choros, Tib. 2, 1, 56; Hor. C. 1, 4, 5; 4, 7, 6 et saep.; cf. choreas, Ov. M. 8, 582; 14, 520.—<br /> <b>7</b> To [[receive]], [[admit]], [[take]] [[any]] [[thing]] (not [[ante]]-Aug.): cicatricem, Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 66; Liv. 29, 32, 12: rimam, Ov. M. 4, 65: situm, to [[grow]] [[rusty]], Quint. 1, 2, 18: formam, Ov. M. 1, 402: colorem, id. ib. 3, 485; cf. pallorem, to [[grow]] [[pale]], id. ib. 8, 760: nomina, Hor. C. 3, 27, 76: notam, id. ib. 4, 2, 59 et saep.<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br /> <b>A</b> In gen., to [[lead]], [[guide]], [[draw]], [[conduct]]: progredimur quo ducit quemque [[voluntas]], Lucr. 2, 258; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 27; 1, 6, 57: ad strepitum citharae cessatum ducere curam, id. ib. 1, 2, 31: [[Liber]] vota bonos ducit ad [[exitus]], id. C. 4, 8, 34; cf. Quint. 12, 1, 26: per quaedam parva [[sane]] ducant (futurum oratorem), id. 1, 10, 5; cf. id. 1, 1, 27; 1, 5, 58.—Prov.: ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt, Sen. Ep. 107.—<br /> <b>B</b> In partic.<br /> <b>1</b> To [[draw]], [[deduce]], [[derive]] its [[origin]] or [[beginning]] from, [[any]] [[thing]]: ab [[aliqua]] re totius vitae ducere [[exordium]], Cic. Fin. 5, 7, 18; cf.: [[exordium]] a nostra [[persona]], Quint. 3, 8, 8; 4, 1, 7: [[principium]] disputationis a principe investigandae veritatis, Cic. N. D. 2, 21 fin.: belli [[initium]] a [[fame]], id. Att. 9, 9, 2; cf. Quint. 1, 1, 21: initia causasque omnium ex quatuor temporum mutationibus, Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49: originem ab Isocrate, Quint. 2, 15, 4; 1, 6, 38; Hor. C. 3, 17, 5 al.: ingressionem non ex oratoriis disputationibus, sed, etc., Cic. Or. 3, 11: honestum ab iis rebus, id. Off. 1, 18, 60; id. Or. 39, 135: [[nomen]] ex quo, id. Ac. 11, 41; cf.: [[nomen]] a Graeco, Quint. 1, 6, 3; 3, 7, 1; Hor. S. 2, 1, 66 et saep.; cf. also: utrumque (sc. [[amor]] et [[amicitia]]) ductum (al. [[dictum]]) est ab [[amando]], Cic. Lael. 27; id. Fin. 2, 24, 78.—<br /> <b>2</b> To [[lead]] a [[person]], as regards his [[will]] or opinions, in [[any]] [[direction]]; to [[move]], [[incite]], [[induce]], [[allure]], in a [[good]] or [[bad]] [[sense]] ([[most]] freq. in the [[pass]].): ita me ad credendum tua ducit [[oratio]], Cic. Tusc. 2, 18: nos ducit scholarum [[consuetudo]], Quint. 4, 2, 28; 5, 11, 19; cf. id. 9, 1, 21: ducit te [[species]], Hor. S. 2, 2, 35 et saep.: declamatores quosdam perversa ducit [[ambitio]], ut, etc., Quint. 10, 7, 21.—In the [[pass]].: si [[quis]] statuarum honore aut [[gloria]] ducitur, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 58 fin.: eloquentiae laude, id. Or. 32, 115: quaestu et lucro, id. Tusc. 5, 3, 9: hoc errore ut, etc., id. Off. 1, 41; cf.: litteris eorum et urbanitate, ut, etc., id. Rosc. Am. 41, 120: omnes trahimur et ducimur ad cognitionis et scientiae cupiditatem, id. Off. 1, 6 et saep.—<br /> <b>b</b> In a [[bad]] [[sense]], to [[cheat]], [[deceive]], Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 26; id. Capt. 4, 2, 7; Ter. And. 4, 1, 20; id. Ph. 3, 2, 15; Prop. 2, 17, 1 (3, 8, 1 M.); Ov. H. 19, 13; id. M. 3, 587 ([[with]] decipere).—<br /> <b>3</b> With [[regard]] to [[time]], to [[draw]] [[out]], [[extend]], [[protract]], [[prolong]]: [[bellum]], Caes. B. G. 1, 38, 4; id. B. C. 2, 18, 6; 2, 37, 5 sq.; Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 2; Liv. 22, 25 et saep.; cf.: [[bellum]] longius, Caes. B. C. 1, 64, 2; 3, 42, 3: [[bellum]] in hiemem, id. ib. 1, 61, 3: eam rem longius, id. B. G. 7, 11, 4; cf.: rem [[prope]] in noctem, id. B. C. 3, 51, 7: rem [[leniter]], Liv. 3, 41 et saep. Also transf., of [[time]] itself: [[tempus]], Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 11; Nep. Them. 7: diem ex [[die]], Caes. B. G. 1, 16, 4; and of persons [[who]] are [[put]] [[off]], delayed: ubi se [[diutius]] duci intellexit, id. ib. 1, 16, 5.—Less freq. ([[mostly]] [[poet]].),<br /> <b>b</b> In gen., of [[time]], to [[pass]], [[spend]], [[enjoy]]: aetatem in litteris, Cic. Fin. 5, 19, 50; so, aetatem, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 202: vitam, id. Epod. 17, 63; Sen. Ep. 45, 10; cf. Verg. A. 2, 641 ([[where]], [[shortly]] [[before]], vitam producere): noctes, Prop. 1, 11, 5; Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 13: somnos, Verg. A. 4, 560.—<br /> <b>4</b> In mercant. lang., to [[calculate]], [[compute]], [[reckon]]: [[age]] [[nunc]] summam [[sumptus]] duc, Lucil. ap. Non. 283, 30: minimum ut sequamur, [[quoniam]] XC. medimnūm milia duximus, accedant eo, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 49; id. Att. 6, 1, 5 and 16; 6, 2, 7; Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 11; Gell. 1, 20, 5.—<br /> <b>b</b> Transf. [[beyond]] the mercant. [[sphere]].<br /> <b>(a)</b> Rationem alicujus, to [[consider]], [[calculate]], [[care]] for one's [[advantage]] or [[interest]] (a favorite [[expression]] of [[Cicero]]): duxi meam rationem, [[quam]] [[tibi]] [[facile]] me probaturum arbitrabar, Cic. Att. 8, 11 D, § 7; so, suam [[quoque]] rationem, to [[have]] [[respect]] to one's [[own]] [[advantage]], id. Verr. 2, 1, 48; and: non minorem aratorum [[quam]] populi rationem, Suet. Aug. 42 fin.: salutis meae rationem, Cic. Fam. 7, 3: rationem officii, non commodi, id. Sest. 10, 23; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 44, 128: unius cujusque temporis ducta [[ratio]] est, id. Div. in Caecil. 4, 16: rationem officii [[atque]] existimationis, id. Quint. 16, 53.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> In gen., to [[reckon]], [[consider]], [[hold]], [[account]], [[esteem]] as [[any]] [[thing]] (cf. [[aestimo]] and [[existimo]]; [[very]] freq. in [[prose]] and [[poetry]]): parvi id ducebat, Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 24: pro [[nihilo]] aliquid, Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 85; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 16 fin.; id. Tusc. 5, 32, 90; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 20, 28: ea pro falsis ducit, Sall. C. 3, 2; cf.: innocentiam pro [[malevolentia]], id. ib. 12, 1: vos eritis judices, Laudin' an [[vitio]] duci id [[factum]] oportuit, Ter. Ad. prol. 5; so, aliquid honori, Sall. J. 11, 3: aliquid laudi, Nep. praef. § 4: aliquem despicatui, Cic. Fl. 27, 65: [[nihil]] [[praeter]] virtutem in bonis ducere (for [[which]], [[shortly]] [[after]], in bonis habere = numerare), Cic. Fin. 3, 3; aliquem in [[numero]] hostium, id. Verr. 2, 5, 25 fin.; Caes. B. G. 6, 32, 1; cf. ib. 6, 23, 8; [[without]] in, ib. 6, 21, 2; cf.: aliquem [[loco]] affinium, Sall. J. 14, 1 Kritz. N. cr.: aliquid testimonii [[loco]], Quint. 5, 9, 10: tutelae nostrae duximus, cum Africo [[bello]] urgerentur, Liv. 21, 41; cf.: officii duxit exorare filiae patrem, etc., Suet. Tib. 11: faceret, [[quod]] e republica fideque sua duceret, id. ib. 25, 7 et saep.: [[malum]] cum amici tuum ducis [[malum]], Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 48; cf.: [[Archytas]] iracundiam seditionem quandam animi [[vere]] ducebat, Cic. Rep. 1, 38: eorum, quos idoneos ducebat, [[consilium]] habet, Sall. J. 62, 4: nil rectum [[nisi]] [[quod]] placuit sibi ducunt, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 83.— With acc. and inf.: sic [[equidem]] ducebam [[animo]] rebarque futurum, Verg. A. 6, 690: ut omnia tua in te posita esse ducas humanosque [[casus]] virtute inferiores putes, Cic. Lael. 2, 7, 19 fin.; id. Rep. 1, 2; 1, 17; 1, 38; 3, 9 ([[three]] times); Sall. J. 93, 5; Liv. 22, 14, 6; 22, 59, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 3, 2; 4, 30, 2; 6, 18 et saep.—[[Here]] [[too]] [[probably]] belongs the [[much]] [[disputed]] [[passage]]: ludos et inania honoris [[medio]] rationis [[atque]] abundantiae duxit (= ludos publicos cum aliis rebus quae ad inania honoris [[pertinent]], duxit, i. e. existimavit habendos et ponendos in [[medio]] rationis [[atque]] abundantiae, ut [[inter]] rationem, quae [[plane]] spernit inania, et abundantiam, quae [[eadem]] ostentat, media via incederet), he [[thought]] [[right]] to [[manage]] [[them]] in a [[middle]] [[course]] [[between]] [[reason]] and profusion, Tac. Agr. 6 fin., v. Dübner and Orell. ad h. l. | |lshtext=<b>dūco</b>: xi, ctum, 3 (<br /><b>I</b> imp. duc; [[but]] duce, Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 18; id. Most. 1, 4, 11; id. Poen. 5, 4, 59; id. Rud. 2, 3, 55; id. Trin. 2, 2, 103; id. Truc. 2, 5, 26.—Perf. sync.: duxti, Varr. ap. Non. 283, 32; Cat. 91, 9; Prop. 1, 3, 27), v. a. cf. Goth. tiuh-an; O. H. Germ. zieh-an, to [[draw]]; Germ. -zog, in Herzog, [[commander]], duke, to [[lead]], [[conduct]], [[draw]], [[bring]] [[forward]], in all senses; [[very]] freq. [[passing]] [[over]] [[into]] the signif. of the compounds abducere, deducere, adducere, producere, etc., and of the [[synonyms]] agere, trahere, movere, etc. ([[very]] freq.).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br /> <b>A</b> In gen.: quo sequar? quo ducis [[nunc]] me? Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 2: duc hos [[intro]], id. Am. 2, 2, 224; id. Aul. 2, 6, 13: duc ac demonstra mihi, id. Cist. 2, 3, 36: suas [[secum]] mulierculas sunt in [[castra]] ducturi, Cic. Cat. 2, 10 fin.; cf. Caes. B. G. 5, 5 fin. et saep.: ([[difficile]] [[iter]]) vix [[qua]] [[singuli]] carri ducerentur, id. ib. 1, 6, 1; cf. [[plaustra]], Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 34: aquam ducere, [[Cato]] ap. [[Charis]]. p. 192 P.; so, aquam per fundum ejus, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 4: spiritum naribus, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 5: so, spiritum per siccas [[fauces]], Sen. Ben. 3, 8; cf.: aërem spiritu, Cic. N. D. 2, 6 fin.: animam spiritu, id. ib. 2, 54, 136; and in gen.: spiritum, for to [[live]], id. Fam. 10, 1; cf.: vitam et spiritum, id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 33: tura naribus, to [[inhale]], Hor. C. 4, 1, 22: sucos nectaris, to [[drink]] in [[full]] [[draughts]], to [[quaff]], id. ib. 3, 3, 34; cf. pocula, id. ib. 1, 17, 22; and: Liberum, id. ib. 4, 12, 14.—Poet.: jucunda oblivia vitae (referring to the waters of [[Lethe]]), Hor. S. 2, 6, 62 (cf. Verg. A. 6, 714 sq.) et saep.: mucronem, to [[draw]] from the [[scabbard]], Verg. A. 12, 378; cf.: [[ferrum]] vaginā, Ov. F. 4, 929: ensem [[vagina]], Sil. 8, 342; [[but]]: ensem duxerat [[faber]], had [[beaten]] [[out]], [[forged]], Tib. 1, 3, 48: sortem, Cic. Div. 2, 33; Verg. A. 6, 22; [[hence]], also transf. of [[that]] [[which]] is [[drawn]] by [[lot]], Cic. Div. 1, 18, 34; id. Rep. 1, 34; Suet. Caes. 12; Tac. A. 1, 54; 3, 28 al.: [[pondus]] aratri, to [[draw]], Ov. M. 7, 119: remos, to [[row]], id. ib. 1, 294; cf. id. ib. 4, 353: numerosa brachia, in [[dancing]], id. Am. 2, 4, 29: lanas, to [[spin]], id. ib. 4, 34; cf. [[stamina]], id. ib. 4, 221: ubera, to [[milk]], id. ib. 9, 358: frena manu, to [[guide]], [[govern]], id. ib. 15, 518: [[vela]], to [[haul]] (= navigare), Prop. 1, 6, 2: [[manus]], of [[swimming]], id. 3, 20, 2: [[ilia]], to [[draw]] the flanks [[together]], [[become]] [[broken]]-winded, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 9: os, to [[draw]] [[awry]], to [[make]] [[wry]] faces, Cic. Or. 25 fin.; Quint. 9, 3, 101; cf. [[vultum]], Ov. M. 2, 774; id. P. 4, 8, 13; Mart. 1, 41 et saep.: non [[equus]] [[impiger]] Curru ducet Achaico Victorem, to [[draw]] [[along]], Hor. C. 4, 3, 5; cf. id. Ep. 1, 1, 93.—Absol.: sibi [[quisque]] ducere, trahere, rapere, to [[take]] to one's [[self]], [[appropriate]], Sall. J. 41, 5.—<br /> <b>B</b> Esp.<br /> <b>1</b> To [[lead]], [[conduct]], as a [[way]] or [[road]]: via ducit (te), in urbem? Verg. E. 9, 1; cf. Plin. Ep. 7, 5; Verg. A. 1, 401; Ov. F. 2, 679: [[Brundisium]] Minuci [[melius]] via ducat an Appi, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 20: via ad undas, Ov. M. 3, 602: via ad [[infernas]] [[sedes]], id. ib. 4, 433; cf.: [[iter]] ad urbem, id. ib. 437; Curt. 3, 28, 19; Sen. Prov. 6, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 1; Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 111; Quint. 5, 9, 14; Liv. 5, 40, 8 al.—<br /> <b>2</b> Se, in colloq. lang., to betake one's [[self]], go: jam me ad regem [[recta]] ducam, Plaut. Am. 4, 3, 8; id. Aul. 4, 8, 8; id. Bacch. 4, 2, 11; Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 7: [[Balbus]] duxit se a Gadibus, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 1.—<br /> <b>3</b> A [[legal]] t. t., to [[take]], [[lead]] [[away]], [[drag]], [[carry]] [[off]] a [[person]] [[before]] [[court]], to [[prison]], to [[punishment]], etc.: POST. DEINDE. MANVS. INIECTIO. ESTO. IN. IVS. DVCITO, XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 45; so, in jus, Liv. 2, 27: illos duci in carcerem jubent, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 30: aliquem in carcerem, Suet. Caes. 20: in vincula, id. ib. 79: ad mortem, Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 1; Nep. Phoc. 4, 3; and absol.: ducite, ubi capiat, etc., Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 65; Sen. de Ira, 1, 16, 14; Suet. Calig. 27; Plin. Ep. 10, 97, 3 al.: NI. IVDICATVM. FACIT. AVT. QVIS. ENDO. EM. IVRE. VINDICIT. SECVM. DVCITO. VINCITO, etc., XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 45: decreta ejus modi: SI PETIT DUCAS. C. Fuficium duci jussit petitorem, to be imprisoned, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 12, § 31; so of a [[debtor]] ([[addictus]]) [[who]] is led [[off]] as a [[slave]], Novat. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 63, 255; Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 87; Cic. Fl. 20 fin.; Liv. 6, 14 sq.; cf. id. 2, 23 med.; cf. prov.: stultitiast venatum ducere invitas [[canes]], Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 83. —<br /> <b>4</b> Uxorem, to [[lead]] a [[wife]] [[home]], i. e. to [[marry]]: bona [[uxor]] si ea deducta est, etc. ... Verum egon eam ducam domum, Quae, etc.? Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 91: uxorem domum, id. Aul. 2, 1, 40; Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 68: filiam Orgetorigis in [[matrimonium]], Caes. B. G. 1, 9, 3; cf. Liv. 4, 4: eum uxorem ducturum esse aliam, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 105: uxorem (or [[aliquam]], filiam alicujus, etc.), id. Aul. 2, 1, 48; id. Cas. prol. 69 et saep.; Ter. And. 1, 1, 128; 2, 1, 21 et saep.; Cic. Sest. 3; Caes. B. G. 1, 53, 4; id. B. C. 3, 110, 2; Verg. E. 8, 29; Vulg. Marc. 10, 11 et saep.—Absol.: si tu negaris ducere, Ter. And. 2, 3, 5; 2, 3, 9; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 76; Liv. 4, 4 al.: jugum ducere cum infidelibus, i. e. to be [[yoked]] in [[marriage]], Vulg. 2 Cor. 6, 14.—Rarely for nubere: si [[ignorans]] statum Erotis ut liberum duxisti, isque [[postea]] [[servus]] est judicatus, etc., Imp. Antonin. ap. Cod. Just. 5, 18, 3.—In the [[comic]] poets, of [[taking]] [[home]] prostitutes, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 35; 4, 2, 44; id. Men. 1, 2, 15; id. Stich. 5, 4, 48; id. Truc. 3, 2, 10 et saep.—<br /> <b>5</b> In milit. lang.<br /> <b>a</b> Said of a [[commander]], to [[lead]], to [[cause]] to [[move]], to [[march]] his [[army]] in [[any]] [[direction]]: locis apertis exercitum ducere, Caes. B. G. 1, 41, 4; cf. id. B. C. 1, 64 fin.; 1, 68, 1: exercitum ab Allobrogibus in Segusianos, id. B. G. 1, 10 fin.: exercitum in fines Suessionum, id. ib. 2, 12, 1; cf. id. ib. 4, 38, 3; 5, 18, 1: exercitum (legiones, etc.) in Bellovacos, id. ib. 2, 13, 1; 5, 24, 2 et saep.; cf. Tac. A. 2, 57: cohortes ad eam partem munitionum, quae, etc., Caes. B. C. 3, 62, 2: exercitum Uticam, id. ib. 2, 26, 1: reliquas copias [[contra]] Labienum, id. B. G. 7, 61 fin. et saep.—In [[pass]]., of the soldiers, to [[march]], [[move]]: [[quam]] in partem aut quo consilio ducerentur, Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 2.—And in [[act]]., absol., of the [[general]] [[himself]], to [[march]], [[move]] (a favorite [[expression]] of Liv.; not in Caes. or Sall.): ([[Mettus]]) ducit, [[quam]] [[proxime]] ad hostem potest, Liv. 1, 23; 1, 27; 9, 35; 22, 18 et saep.—Hence,<br /> <b>b</b> In gen., to [[lead]], [[command]] an [[army]] or ([[more]] freq.) a [[division]]: [[qua]] in legatione duxit exercitum, Cic. Mur. 9, 20; so, exercitum, Nep. Eum. 13, 1; id. Epam. 7, 3: qui superiore [[anno]] [[primum]] [[pilum]] duxerat, Caes. B. G. 5, 35, 6; 6, 38, 1; id. B. C. 3, 91, 1: ordinem, id. ib. 1, 13, 4; 3, 104, 3; Suet. Vesp. 1: partem exercitūs, Sall. J. 55, 4 et saep.—Rarely, to [[lead]] a [[division]] in [[front]], in [[advance]]: consuetudine sua [[Caesar]] [[sex]] legiones expeditas ducebat: [[post]] eas ... [[inde]], etc., Caes. B. G. 2, 19, 2; [[hence]] also, to [[march]] in [[front]], [[take]] the [[lead]], said of the [[division]] [[that]] forms the [[van]]: [[pars]] equitum et auxiliariae cohortes ducebant, mox prima [[legio]], etc., Tac. A. 1, 51; cf. id. ib. 1, 64 fin.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> Transf. [[beyond]] the milit. [[sphere]], to [[lead]], to be [[leader]], [[head]], [[chief]], [[first]] in [[any]] [[thing]]: accedit [[etiam]], [[quod]] familiam ducit, Cic. Fam. 7, 5 fin. Manut.; so, familiam, id. Phil. 5, 11, 30; id. Fin. 4, 16, 45: ordines, id. Phil. 1, 8, 20: classem (discipulorum), Quint. 1, 2, 24 Spald.: [[funus]], Hor. Epod. 8, 12: toros, Ov. F. 6, 668 et saep.—<br /> <b>c</b> To [[conduct]] as prisoners in a [[triumph]]: per triumphum, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 26, § 67: in [[triumpho]], Plin. 7, 43, 45, § 139, v. [[triumphus]].—<br /> <b>6</b> With the [[accessory]] [[idea]] of [[creation]], [[formation]], to [[produce]], form, [[construct]], [[make]], [[fashion]], [[shape]], [[dispose]] (cf.: [[struo]], [[pono]], [[condo]], [[fundo]]): parietem per [[vestibulum]] alicujus, to [[erect]], Cic. Mil. 27 fin.; cf. muros, Hor. C. 4, 6, 23: [[vallum]] ex castris ad aquam, Caes. B. C. 1, 73, 2: fossam, id. B. G. 7, 72, 1; 7, 73, 2: arcum, Ov. M. 3, 160: lateres de [[terra]], Vitr. 2, 3: vivos [[vultus]] de marmore ([[with]] excudere spirantia [[aera]]), Verg. A. 6, 849; cf. id. ib. 7, 634; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 240; Varr. ap. Non. 283, 32; Plin. 7, 37, 38, § 125; Quint. 10, 3, 18 Spald.; Juv. 7, 237; [[hence]], [[poet]]. also: [[epos]], Hor. S. 1, 10, 44: [[carmen]], Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 18; 3, 14, 32: [[versus]], id. ib. 5, 12, 63 et saep.: liniam ex colore, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 81; Quint. 2, 6, 2; cf. orbem, id. 11, 3, 118: alvum, to [[bring]] [[forth]] by clysters, Cels. 2, 12; 4, 4 et saep.: alapam alicui, qs. to [[fetch]] one a [[box]] on the [[ear]], Phaedr. 5, 3, 2; cf. colaphum, Quint. 6, 3, 83 Spald.: pugnum, Dig. 47, 10, 4 et saep.; so esp. of processions, dances, etc.: [[funus]], Cic. Quint. 15 fin.; Ov. M. 14, 746; Verg. G. 4, 256; cf. exsequias, Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 154: pompam, Ov. H. 12, 152; id. F. 6, 405; id. M. 13, 699: choros, Tib. 2, 1, 56; Hor. C. 1, 4, 5; 4, 7, 6 et saep.; cf. choreas, Ov. M. 8, 582; 14, 520.—<br /> <b>7</b> To [[receive]], [[admit]], [[take]] [[any]] [[thing]] (not [[ante]]-Aug.): cicatricem, Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 66; Liv. 29, 32, 12: rimam, Ov. M. 4, 65: situm, to [[grow]] [[rusty]], Quint. 1, 2, 18: formam, Ov. M. 1, 402: colorem, id. ib. 3, 485; cf. pallorem, to [[grow]] [[pale]], id. ib. 8, 760: nomina, Hor. C. 3, 27, 76: notam, id. ib. 4, 2, 59 et saep.<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br /> <b>A</b> In gen., to [[lead]], [[guide]], [[draw]], [[conduct]]: progredimur quo ducit quemque [[voluntas]], Lucr. 2, 258; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 27; 1, 6, 57: ad strepitum citharae cessatum ducere curam, id. ib. 1, 2, 31: [[Liber]] vota bonos ducit ad [[exitus]], id. C. 4, 8, 34; cf. Quint. 12, 1, 26: per quaedam parva [[sane]] ducant (futurum oratorem), id. 1, 10, 5; cf. id. 1, 1, 27; 1, 5, 58.—Prov.: ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt, Sen. Ep. 107.—<br /> <b>B</b> In partic.<br /> <b>1</b> To [[draw]], [[deduce]], [[derive]] its [[origin]] or [[beginning]] from, [[any]] [[thing]]: ab [[aliqua]] re totius vitae ducere [[exordium]], Cic. Fin. 5, 7, 18; cf.: [[exordium]] a nostra [[persona]], Quint. 3, 8, 8; 4, 1, 7: [[principium]] disputationis a principe investigandae veritatis, Cic. N. D. 2, 21 fin.: belli [[initium]] a [[fame]], id. Att. 9, 9, 2; cf. Quint. 1, 1, 21: initia causasque omnium ex quatuor temporum mutationibus, Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49: originem ab Isocrate, Quint. 2, 15, 4; 1, 6, 38; Hor. C. 3, 17, 5 al.: ingressionem non ex oratoriis disputationibus, sed, etc., Cic. Or. 3, 11: honestum ab iis rebus, id. Off. 1, 18, 60; id. Or. 39, 135: [[nomen]] ex quo, id. Ac. 11, 41; cf.: [[nomen]] a Graeco, Quint. 1, 6, 3; 3, 7, 1; Hor. S. 2, 1, 66 et saep.; cf. also: utrumque (sc. [[amor]] et [[amicitia]]) ductum (al. [[dictum]]) est ab [[amando]], Cic. Lael. 27; id. Fin. 2, 24, 78.—<br /> <b>2</b> To [[lead]] a [[person]], as regards his [[will]] or opinions, in [[any]] [[direction]]; to [[move]], [[incite]], [[induce]], [[allure]], in a [[good]] or [[bad]] [[sense]] ([[most]] freq. in the [[pass]].): ita me ad credendum tua ducit [[oratio]], Cic. Tusc. 2, 18: nos ducit scholarum [[consuetudo]], Quint. 4, 2, 28; 5, 11, 19; cf. id. 9, 1, 21: ducit te [[species]], Hor. S. 2, 2, 35 et saep.: declamatores quosdam perversa ducit [[ambitio]], ut, etc., Quint. 10, 7, 21.—In the [[pass]].: si [[quis]] statuarum honore aut [[gloria]] ducitur, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 58 fin.: eloquentiae laude, id. Or. 32, 115: quaestu et lucro, id. Tusc. 5, 3, 9: hoc errore ut, etc., id. Off. 1, 41; cf.: litteris eorum et urbanitate, ut, etc., id. Rosc. Am. 41, 120: omnes trahimur et ducimur ad cognitionis et scientiae cupiditatem, id. Off. 1, 6 et saep.—<br /> <b>b</b> In a [[bad]] [[sense]], to [[cheat]], [[deceive]], Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 26; id. Capt. 4, 2, 7; Ter. And. 4, 1, 20; id. Ph. 3, 2, 15; Prop. 2, 17, 1 (3, 8, 1 M.); Ov. H. 19, 13; id. M. 3, 587 ([[with]] decipere).—<br /> <b>3</b> With [[regard]] to [[time]], to [[draw]] [[out]], [[extend]], [[protract]], [[prolong]]: [[bellum]], Caes. B. G. 1, 38, 4; id. B. C. 2, 18, 6; 2, 37, 5 sq.; Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 2; Liv. 22, 25 et saep.; cf.: [[bellum]] longius, Caes. B. C. 1, 64, 2; 3, 42, 3: [[bellum]] in hiemem, id. ib. 1, 61, 3: eam rem longius, id. B. G. 7, 11, 4; cf.: rem [[prope]] in noctem, id. B. C. 3, 51, 7: rem [[leniter]], Liv. 3, 41 et saep. Also transf., of [[time]] itself: [[tempus]], Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 11; Nep. Them. 7: diem ex [[die]], Caes. B. G. 1, 16, 4; and of persons [[who]] are [[put]] [[off]], delayed: ubi se [[diutius]] duci intellexit, id. ib. 1, 16, 5.—Less freq. ([[mostly]] [[poet]].),<br /> <b>b</b> In gen., of [[time]], to [[pass]], [[spend]], [[enjoy]]: aetatem in litteris, Cic. Fin. 5, 19, 50; so, aetatem, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 202: vitam, id. Epod. 17, 63; Sen. Ep. 45, 10; cf. Verg. A. 2, 641 ([[where]], [[shortly]] [[before]], vitam producere): noctes, Prop. 1, 11, 5; Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 13: somnos, Verg. A. 4, 560.—<br /> <b>4</b> In mercant. lang., to [[calculate]], [[compute]], [[reckon]]: [[age]] [[nunc]] summam [[sumptus]] duc, Lucil. ap. Non. 283, 30: minimum ut sequamur, [[quoniam]] XC. medimnūm milia duximus, accedant eo, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 49; id. Att. 6, 1, 5 and 16; 6, 2, 7; Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 11; Gell. 1, 20, 5.—<br /> <b>b</b> Transf. [[beyond]] the mercant. [[sphere]].<br /> <b>(a)</b> Rationem alicujus, to [[consider]], [[calculate]], [[care]] for one's [[advantage]] or [[interest]] (a favorite [[expression]] of [[Cicero]]): duxi meam rationem, [[quam]] [[tibi]] [[facile]] me probaturum arbitrabar, Cic. Att. 8, 11 D, § 7; so, suam [[quoque]] rationem, to [[have]] [[respect]] to one's [[own]] [[advantage]], id. Verr. 2, 1, 48; and: non minorem aratorum [[quam]] populi rationem, Suet. Aug. 42 fin.: salutis meae rationem, Cic. Fam. 7, 3: rationem officii, non commodi, id. Sest. 10, 23; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 44, 128: unius cujusque temporis ducta [[ratio]] est, id. Div. in Caecil. 4, 16: rationem officii [[atque]] existimationis, id. Quint. 16, 53.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> In gen., to [[reckon]], [[consider]], [[hold]], [[account]], [[esteem]] as [[any]] [[thing]] (cf. [[aestimo]] and [[existimo]]; [[very]] freq. in [[prose]] and [[poetry]]): parvi id ducebat, Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 24: pro [[nihilo]] aliquid, Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 85; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 16 fin.; id. Tusc. 5, 32, 90; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 20, 28: ea pro falsis ducit, Sall. C. 3, 2; cf.: innocentiam pro [[malevolentia]], id. ib. 12, 1: vos eritis judices, Laudin' an [[vitio]] duci id [[factum]] oportuit, Ter. Ad. prol. 5; so, aliquid honori, Sall. J. 11, 3: aliquid laudi, Nep. praef. § 4: aliquem despicatui, Cic. Fl. 27, 65: [[nihil]] [[praeter]] virtutem in bonis ducere (for [[which]], [[shortly]] [[after]], in bonis habere = numerare), Cic. Fin. 3, 3; aliquem in [[numero]] hostium, id. Verr. 2, 5, 25 fin.; Caes. B. G. 6, 32, 1; cf. ib. 6, 23, 8; [[without]] in, ib. 6, 21, 2; cf.: aliquem [[loco]] affinium, Sall. J. 14, 1 Kritz. N. cr.: aliquid testimonii [[loco]], Quint. 5, 9, 10: tutelae nostrae duximus, cum Africo [[bello]] urgerentur, Liv. 21, 41; cf.: officii duxit exorare filiae patrem, etc., Suet. Tib. 11: faceret, [[quod]] e republica fideque sua duceret, id. ib. 25, 7 et saep.: [[malum]] cum amici tuum ducis [[malum]], Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 48; cf.: [[Archytas]] iracundiam seditionem quandam animi [[vere]] ducebat, Cic. Rep. 1, 38: eorum, quos idoneos ducebat, [[consilium]] habet, Sall. J. 62, 4: nil rectum [[nisi]] [[quod]] placuit sibi ducunt, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 83.— With acc. and inf.: sic [[equidem]] ducebam [[animo]] rebarque futurum, Verg. A. 6, 690: ut omnia tua in te posita esse ducas humanosque [[casus]] virtute inferiores putes, Cic. Lael. 2, 7, 19 fin.; id. Rep. 1, 2; 1, 17; 1, 38; 3, 9 ([[three]] times); Sall. J. 93, 5; Liv. 22, 14, 6; 22, 59, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 3, 2; 4, 30, 2; 6, 18 et saep.—[[Here]] [[too]] [[probably]] belongs the [[much]] [[disputed]] [[passage]]: ludos et inania honoris [[medio]] rationis [[atque]] abundantiae duxit (= ludos publicos cum aliis rebus quae ad inania honoris [[pertinent]], duxit, i. e. existimavit habendos et ponendos in [[medio]] rationis [[atque]] abundantiae, ut [[inter]] rationem, quae [[plane]] spernit inania, et abundantiam, quae [[eadem]] ostentat, media via incederet), he [[thought]] [[right]] to [[manage]] [[them]] in a [[middle]] [[course]] [[between]] [[reason]] and profusion, Tac. Agr. 6 fin., v. Dübner and Orell. ad h. l. | ||
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|gf=<b>dūcō</b>,⁶ dūxī, ductum, ĕre,<br /> <b>I</b> tirer,<br /><b>1</b> tirer hors de : [[ducto]] mucrone Virg. En. 12, 378, avec l’épée nue ; [[vagina]] [[ferrum]] Ov. F. 4, 929, tirer l’épée du fourreau ; sortes Cic. Div. 2, 70, tirer les sorts ; [[aliquid]], aliquem sorte Cic. Div. 1, 34 ; Rep. 1, 50, tirer qqch., qqn au sort<br /><b>2</b> attirer, tirer à soi : volucrem [[laqueo]], piscem hamo Ov. H. 19, 13, prendre un oiseau au lacet, un poisson à l’hameçon ; remos Ov. M. 1, 294, manier les [[rames]] || colorem Ov. M. 3, 485 ; formam Ov. M. 1, 402, prendre une couleur, une forme ; cicatricem Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 66, se cicatriser ( Liv. 29, 32, 12 ) || [fig.] : duci oratione Cic. Br. 188, être gagné, séduit par un discours ; eloquentiæ laude Cic. Or. 115, être attiré par la gloire de l’éloquence (Verr. 2, 2, 143 ; Tusc. 5, 9)<br /><b>3</b> faire rentrer, tirer en dedans de soi : [[spiritum]] naribus [[Varro]] R. 2, 3, 5, aspirer l’air par le nez ; aerem spiritu Cic. Nat. 2, 18 ; animam spiritu Cic. Nat. 2, 136, respirer l’air || pocula Lesbii Hor. O. 1, 17, 22, déguster (savourer) des coupes de vin de [[Lesbos]] (cf. 4, 12, 14 )<br /><b>4</b> tirer en long, en [[large]], mener : fossam Cæs. G. 7, 72, 1, mener (tracer) un fossé ; parietem [[per]] [[vestibulum]] alicujus Cic. Mil. 75, mener un mur à travers le vestibule de qqn, cf. Cæs. C. 1, 73, 2 ; orbem Quint. 11, 3, 118, tracer un cercle || vivos [[vultus]] de marmore Virg. En. 6, 847, tirer du marbre des figures vivantes<br /><b>5</b> tirer, étirer les fils [filer] : Ov. M. 4, 34 ; 4, 221 ; Catul. 64, 342, etc. || [poét.] composer des vers] : Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 18 ; 3, 14, 32 ; 5, 12, 63 ; Hor. S. 1, 10, 44<br /><b>6</b> étirer, étendre : digitulos alicujus Sen. Ep. 66, 53. étirer les doigts de qqn || [fig.] : ætatem in litteris Cic. Fin. 5, 50, [[passer]] sa vie dans les lettres ; cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 202 ; Sen. Ep. 45, 10 || prolonger : vitam Virg. En. 2, 641, prolonger sa vie ; somnos Virg. En. 4, 560, prolonger son sommeil ; noctem Plin. Min. Ep. 6, 31, 13, prolonger la nuit || traîner en longueur : [[bellum]] Cæs. G. 1, 38, 4, traîner la guerre en longueur ; [[prope]] in noctem rem Cæs. C. 3, 51, 6, prolonger une affaire presque jusqu’à la nuit ; [[tempus]] Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 31, traîner le temps en longueur ; diem ex [[die]] ducere Cæs. G. 1, 16, 4 ; 5, remettre de jour en jour ; aliquem ducere Cæs. G. 1, 16, 5, remettre qqn, l’amuser<br /><b>7</b> tirer de travers, contourner, contracter : os Cic. Or. 86, grimacer, cf. Quint. 9, 3, 101 ; Ov. M. 2, 774<br /><b>8</b> [fig.] tirer de, faire découler de : [avec ex ] officia quæ ex communitate ducuntur Cic. Off. 1, 153, les devoirs qui découlent de la société, cf. Fin. 2, 78 ; de Or. 2, 321 ; Br. 318, etc.; [avec ab ] [[officium]] [[quod]] a communitate ducitur Cic. Off. 1, 153, le devoir qui découle de la société ; [[Janus]], [[quod]] ab eundo [[nomen]] [[est]] ductum Cic. Nat. 2, 67, [[Janus]] dont le nom vient du verbe [[ire]] (aller) ; [[Penates]], [[sive]] a [[penu]] [[ducto]] nomine [[sive]] ab eo [[quod]] [[penitus]] insident Cic. Nat. 2, 68, les Pénates, dont le nom [[est]] tiré soit de [[penus]] [tout ce qui sert à la nourriture de l’homme] soit du fait qu’ils occupent [[penitus]], le fond des demeures<br /><b>9</b> compter : [[nonaginta]] [[medimnum]] [[milia]] duximus Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 116, nous avons compté quatre-vingt-dix [[mille]] médimnes, cf. Att. 6, 1, 5 ; 6, 2, 7 ; [[Varro]] R. 3, 16, 11 ; rationem ducere, v. [[ratio]] ; [[non]] [[duco]] in [[hac]] ratione [[eos]] (aratores) quibus... Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 116, je ne [[compte]] pas dans ce calcul les agriculteurs à qui... || [d’où] : aliquem in [[numero]] hostium Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 64 ; [[aliquid]] in bonis Cic. Fin. 3, 10, compter qqn au nombre des ennemis, qqch. parmi les biens ; [[vos]] [[loco]] affinium Sall. J. 14, 1, vous considérer comme des parents ; [[innocentia]] [[pro]] [[malevolentia]] duci cœpit Sall. C. 12, 1, l’intégrité commença à [[passer]] pour de la malveillance ; ne [[quis]] modestiam in conscientiam duceret Sall. J. 85, 26, pour éviter qu’on n’interprétât ma réserve comme une reconnaissance [[tacite]] de mon indignité || [[magni]], [[parvi]], [[pluris]], [[pro]] [[nihilo]], estimer beaucoup, peu, davantage, comme [[rien]] : Cic. Fin. 2, 24 ; Tusc. 5, 90 ; Verr. 2, 2, 40, etc. ; aliquem despicatui Cic. Fl. 66, tenir qqn pour méprisable, cf. Sall. J. 11, 3 ; Nep. Præf. 4 || regarder comme, estimer, croire, penser : [[hoc]] [[sibi]] pulcherrimum ducebant clientium [[fortunas]] defendere Cic. Cæcil. 66, ils regardaient comme leur tâche la [[plus]] [[belle]] de défendre les biens de leurs clients ; se magistrum equitum ducere Liv. 8, 31, se croire le maître de cavalerie ; victorem duci Nep. Ages. 3, 6, [[passer]] pour vainqueur ; vectigalia nervos [[esse]] [[rei]] publicæ [[semper]] duximus Cic. Pomp. 17, nous avons toujours cru que les revenus publics sont les nerfs de l’État, cf. Læl. 7 ; 70 ; Rep. 1, 3, etc.; Cæs. G. 1, 3, 2 ; 4, 30, 2, etc.<br /> <b>II</b> conduire,<br /><b>1</b> reliquos obsidum [[loco]] [[secum]] ducere decreverat Cæs. G. 5, 5, 4, il avait décidé de conduire les autres avec lui (d’emmener les autres) comme otages ; ([[iter]]) [[vix]] [[qua]] [[singuli]] carri ducerentur Cæs. G. 1, 6, 1, (chemin) tel que c’[[est]] à peine si les chars pouvaient y être conduits un à un ; aquam [[per]] fundum alicujus Cic. Q. 3, 1, 4, conduire (faire [[passer]]) l’eau sur la propriété de qqn ; [[non]] [[equus]] [[impiger]] curru ducet Achaico victorem Hor. O. 4, 3, 5, un cheval ardent ne le conduira pas victorieux dans l’arène sur un char grec || [[qua]] te ducit [[via]] Virg. En. 1, 401, par où te conduit le chemin, cf. B. 9, 1 ; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 20 ; Curt. 3, 11, 19 ; Sen. Prov. 6, 7, etc. || se ducere, s’emmener = partir : Pl. Amph. 1042, etc. ; [[Pollio]] d. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 1<br /><b>2</b> [t. officiel] : aliquem in carcerem Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 77 ; ad mortem Cic. Cat. 1, 1, conduire qqn en prison, à la mort, cf. Liv. 6, 14, 4 ; Nep. Phoc. 4, 3 || abs<sup>t</sup>] emmener qqn, se saisir de lui, le traîner en prison : Cic. de Or. 2, 255 ; Verr. 2, 2, 31 ; Gell. 20, 1, 45 || in [[jus]], conduire en justice [devant le préteur] : XII T. d. Gell. 20, 1, 45 || abs<sup>t</sup>] duci, être conduit au [[supplice]] : Sen. Ira 1, 18, 3 ; 4 ; 5 ; 6.<br /><b>3</b> [t. mil.] conduire une armée la mener dans telle ou telle direction : exercitum locis apertis Cæs. G. 1, 41, 4 ; exercitum ab Allobrogibus in Segusianos Cæs. G. 1, 10, 5, conduire l’armée en terrain découvert, du pays des [[Allobroges]] chez les Ségusians ; cohortes ad munitiones Cæs. C. 3, 62, 2, diriger les cohortes vers les retranchements || abs<sup>t</sup>, dans Liv.] marcher, se diriger : ducit [[quam]] [[proxime]] ad hostem potest Liv. 1, 23, 5, il s’avance le [[plus]] près possible de l’ennemi, cf. 1, 27, 4 ; 9, 35, 1, etc. || conduire, commander une armée : Cic. Mur. 20 ; Nep. Eum. 13, 1 ; Epam. 7, 3 ; [[primum]] [[pilum]] Cæs. G. 5, 35, 6, commander la première centurie du premier manipule de la première cohorte ; ordinem Cæs. C. 1, 13, 4, commander une centurie || [qqf.] marcher en tête de : Cæsar [[sex]] legiones expeditas ducebat : [[post]] eas... Cæs. G. 2, 19, 2, César s’avançait à la tête de six légions armées à la légère ; derrière elles... ; [d’où] familiam ducere, être en tête de la famille = tenir le premier rang : Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 3 ; Fin. 4, 45 ; Phil. 5, 30<br /><b>4</b> emmener comme femme chez soi, épouser : uxorem ducere filiam alicujus Cic. Sest. 7, épouser la fille de qqn ; duxit Albini filiam Cic. Sest. 6, il épousa la fille d’[[Albinus]], cf. Cæs. G. 1, 53, 4 ; filiam alicujus in [[matrimonium]] Cæs. G. 1, 9, 3, épouser la fille de qqn, cf. Cic. Clu. 190 || abs<sup>t</sup>] ducere ex plebe Liv. 4, 4, 7, prendre femme dans la plèbe<br /><b>5</b> [fig.] conduire, mener, diriger : ducere aliquem dictis Ter. Andr. 644 ; promissis Prop. 2, 17, 1, mener (abuser) qqn par de belles paroles, par des promesses [mener par le bout du nez] ; me ad credendum tua ducit [[oratio]] Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, tes [[propos]] me conduisent à croire, font en moi la conviction ; [[venio]] [[nunc]] eo, [[quo]] me [[non]] [[cupiditas]] ducit, [[sed]] [[fides]] Cic. Amer. 83, j’arrive maintenant à un point de discussion où me mènent [[non]] pas mes désirs, mais le sentiment de mon devoir, cf. Inv. 2, 166 ; [surtout au pass.] : trahimur omnes studio laudis et [[optimus]] [[quisque]] [[maxime]] [[gloria]] ducitur Cic. Arch. 26, nous sommes tous entraînés par le goût de la louange et ce sont les meilleurs qui se laissent surtout guider par la gloire ; [[nec]] quemquam [[hoc]] errore duci [[oportet]] ut... arbitretur Cic. Off. 1, 148, et il ne faut pas que personne se laisse conduire par [[cette]] idée erronée qui consiste à croire...<br /><b>6</b> conduire, ordonner, régler : alicui [[funus]] ducitur Cic. Quinct. 50, on organise à qqn des funérailles, cf. Virg. G. 4, 256 ; Ov. M. 14, 746 ; exsequias Plin. 8, 154, mener des funérailles ; pompam Ov. F. 6, 405, mener une procession ; [[choros]] Hor. O. 1, 4, 5, etc., mener des chœurs de danse ; ludos Tac. Agr. 6, organiser des jeux<br /><b>7</b> [médec.] ducere alvum Cels. Med. 2, 12, etc., relâcher le ventre, administrer un lavement. impér. arch. [[duce]] Pl. Rud. 386, etc. || formes sync. du parf. : [[duxti]] [[Varro]] Men. 201 ; Catul. 91, 9 ; Prop. 1, 3, 27 ; inf. duxe [[Varro]] Men. 329 || inf. prés. pass. ducier Ter. Eun. 572. | |||
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dūco: xi, ctum, 3 (
I imp. duc; but duce, Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 18; id. Most. 1, 4, 11; id. Poen. 5, 4, 59; id. Rud. 2, 3, 55; id. Trin. 2, 2, 103; id. Truc. 2, 5, 26.—Perf. sync.: duxti, Varr. ap. Non. 283, 32; Cat. 91, 9; Prop. 1, 3, 27), v. a. cf. Goth. tiuh-an; O. H. Germ. zieh-an, to draw; Germ. -zog, in Herzog, commander, duke, to lead, conduct, draw, bring forward, in all senses; very freq. passing over into the signif. of the compounds abducere, deducere, adducere, producere, etc., and of the synonyms agere, trahere, movere, etc. (very freq.).
I Lit.
A In gen.: quo sequar? quo ducis nunc me? Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 2: duc hos intro, id. Am. 2, 2, 224; id. Aul. 2, 6, 13: duc ac demonstra mihi, id. Cist. 2, 3, 36: suas secum mulierculas sunt in castra ducturi, Cic. Cat. 2, 10 fin.; cf. Caes. B. G. 5, 5 fin. et saep.: (difficile iter) vix qua singuli carri ducerentur, id. ib. 1, 6, 1; cf. plaustra, Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 34: aquam ducere, Cato ap. Charis. p. 192 P.; so, aquam per fundum ejus, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 4: spiritum naribus, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 5: so, spiritum per siccas fauces, Sen. Ben. 3, 8; cf.: aërem spiritu, Cic. N. D. 2, 6 fin.: animam spiritu, id. ib. 2, 54, 136; and in gen.: spiritum, for to live, id. Fam. 10, 1; cf.: vitam et spiritum, id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 33: tura naribus, to inhale, Hor. C. 4, 1, 22: sucos nectaris, to drink in full draughts, to quaff, id. ib. 3, 3, 34; cf. pocula, id. ib. 1, 17, 22; and: Liberum, id. ib. 4, 12, 14.—Poet.: jucunda oblivia vitae (referring to the waters of Lethe), Hor. S. 2, 6, 62 (cf. Verg. A. 6, 714 sq.) et saep.: mucronem, to draw from the scabbard, Verg. A. 12, 378; cf.: ferrum vaginā, Ov. F. 4, 929: ensem vagina, Sil. 8, 342; but: ensem duxerat faber, had beaten out, forged, Tib. 1, 3, 48: sortem, Cic. Div. 2, 33; Verg. A. 6, 22; hence, also transf. of that which is drawn by lot, Cic. Div. 1, 18, 34; id. Rep. 1, 34; Suet. Caes. 12; Tac. A. 1, 54; 3, 28 al.: pondus aratri, to draw, Ov. M. 7, 119: remos, to row, id. ib. 1, 294; cf. id. ib. 4, 353: numerosa brachia, in dancing, id. Am. 2, 4, 29: lanas, to spin, id. ib. 4, 34; cf. stamina, id. ib. 4, 221: ubera, to milk, id. ib. 9, 358: frena manu, to guide, govern, id. ib. 15, 518: vela, to haul (= navigare), Prop. 1, 6, 2: manus, of swimming, id. 3, 20, 2: ilia, to draw the flanks together, become broken-winded, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 9: os, to draw awry, to make wry faces, Cic. Or. 25 fin.; Quint. 9, 3, 101; cf. vultum, Ov. M. 2, 774; id. P. 4, 8, 13; Mart. 1, 41 et saep.: non equus impiger Curru ducet Achaico Victorem, to draw along, Hor. C. 4, 3, 5; cf. id. Ep. 1, 1, 93.—Absol.: sibi quisque ducere, trahere, rapere, to take to one's self, appropriate, Sall. J. 41, 5.—
B Esp.
1 To lead, conduct, as a way or road: via ducit (te), in urbem? Verg. E. 9, 1; cf. Plin. Ep. 7, 5; Verg. A. 1, 401; Ov. F. 2, 679: Brundisium Minuci melius via ducat an Appi, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 20: via ad undas, Ov. M. 3, 602: via ad infernas sedes, id. ib. 4, 433; cf.: iter ad urbem, id. ib. 437; Curt. 3, 28, 19; Sen. Prov. 6, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 1; Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 111; Quint. 5, 9, 14; Liv. 5, 40, 8 al.—
2 Se, in colloq. lang., to betake one's self, go: jam me ad regem recta ducam, Plaut. Am. 4, 3, 8; id. Aul. 4, 8, 8; id. Bacch. 4, 2, 11; Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 7: Balbus duxit se a Gadibus, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 1.—
3 A legal t. t., to take, lead away, drag, carry off a person before court, to prison, to punishment, etc.: POST. DEINDE. MANVS. INIECTIO. ESTO. IN. IVS. DVCITO, XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 45; so, in jus, Liv. 2, 27: illos duci in carcerem jubent, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 30: aliquem in carcerem, Suet. Caes. 20: in vincula, id. ib. 79: ad mortem, Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 1; Nep. Phoc. 4, 3; and absol.: ducite, ubi capiat, etc., Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 65; Sen. de Ira, 1, 16, 14; Suet. Calig. 27; Plin. Ep. 10, 97, 3 al.: NI. IVDICATVM. FACIT. AVT. QVIS. ENDO. EM. IVRE. VINDICIT. SECVM. DVCITO. VINCITO, etc., XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 45: decreta ejus modi: SI PETIT DUCAS. C. Fuficium duci jussit petitorem, to be imprisoned, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 12, § 31; so of a debtor (addictus) who is led off as a slave, Novat. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 63, 255; Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 87; Cic. Fl. 20 fin.; Liv. 6, 14 sq.; cf. id. 2, 23 med.; cf. prov.: stultitiast venatum ducere invitas canes, Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 83. —
4 Uxorem, to lead a wife home, i. e. to marry: bona uxor si ea deducta est, etc. ... Verum egon eam ducam domum, Quae, etc.? Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 91: uxorem domum, id. Aul. 2, 1, 40; Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 68: filiam Orgetorigis in matrimonium, Caes. B. G. 1, 9, 3; cf. Liv. 4, 4: eum uxorem ducturum esse aliam, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 105: uxorem (or aliquam, filiam alicujus, etc.), id. Aul. 2, 1, 48; id. Cas. prol. 69 et saep.; Ter. And. 1, 1, 128; 2, 1, 21 et saep.; Cic. Sest. 3; Caes. B. G. 1, 53, 4; id. B. C. 3, 110, 2; Verg. E. 8, 29; Vulg. Marc. 10, 11 et saep.—Absol.: si tu negaris ducere, Ter. And. 2, 3, 5; 2, 3, 9; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 76; Liv. 4, 4 al.: jugum ducere cum infidelibus, i. e. to be yoked in marriage, Vulg. 2 Cor. 6, 14.—Rarely for nubere: si ignorans statum Erotis ut liberum duxisti, isque postea servus est judicatus, etc., Imp. Antonin. ap. Cod. Just. 5, 18, 3.—In the comic poets, of taking home prostitutes, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 35; 4, 2, 44; id. Men. 1, 2, 15; id. Stich. 5, 4, 48; id. Truc. 3, 2, 10 et saep.—
5 In milit. lang.
a Said of a commander, to lead, to cause to move, to march his army in any direction: locis apertis exercitum ducere, Caes. B. G. 1, 41, 4; cf. id. B. C. 1, 64 fin.; 1, 68, 1: exercitum ab Allobrogibus in Segusianos, id. B. G. 1, 10 fin.: exercitum in fines Suessionum, id. ib. 2, 12, 1; cf. id. ib. 4, 38, 3; 5, 18, 1: exercitum (legiones, etc.) in Bellovacos, id. ib. 2, 13, 1; 5, 24, 2 et saep.; cf. Tac. A. 2, 57: cohortes ad eam partem munitionum, quae, etc., Caes. B. C. 3, 62, 2: exercitum Uticam, id. ib. 2, 26, 1: reliquas copias contra Labienum, id. B. G. 7, 61 fin. et saep.—In pass., of the soldiers, to march, move: quam in partem aut quo consilio ducerentur, Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 2.—And in act., absol., of the general himself, to march, move (a favorite expression of Liv.; not in Caes. or Sall.): (Mettus) ducit, quam proxime ad hostem potest, Liv. 1, 23; 1, 27; 9, 35; 22, 18 et saep.—Hence,
b In gen., to lead, command an army or (more freq.) a division: qua in legatione duxit exercitum, Cic. Mur. 9, 20; so, exercitum, Nep. Eum. 13, 1; id. Epam. 7, 3: qui superiore anno primum pilum duxerat, Caes. B. G. 5, 35, 6; 6, 38, 1; id. B. C. 3, 91, 1: ordinem, id. ib. 1, 13, 4; 3, 104, 3; Suet. Vesp. 1: partem exercitūs, Sall. J. 55, 4 et saep.—Rarely, to lead a division in front, in advance: consuetudine sua Caesar sex legiones expeditas ducebat: post eas ... inde, etc., Caes. B. G. 2, 19, 2; hence also, to march in front, take the lead, said of the division that forms the van: pars equitum et auxiliariae cohortes ducebant, mox prima legio, etc., Tac. A. 1, 51; cf. id. ib. 1, 64 fin.—
(b) Transf. beyond the milit. sphere, to lead, to be leader, head, chief, first in any thing: accedit etiam, quod familiam ducit, Cic. Fam. 7, 5 fin. Manut.; so, familiam, id. Phil. 5, 11, 30; id. Fin. 4, 16, 45: ordines, id. Phil. 1, 8, 20: classem (discipulorum), Quint. 1, 2, 24 Spald.: funus, Hor. Epod. 8, 12: toros, Ov. F. 6, 668 et saep.—
c To conduct as prisoners in a triumph: per triumphum, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 26, § 67: in triumpho, Plin. 7, 43, 45, § 139, v. triumphus.—
6 With the accessory idea of creation, formation, to produce, form, construct, make, fashion, shape, dispose (cf.: struo, pono, condo, fundo): parietem per vestibulum alicujus, to erect, Cic. Mil. 27 fin.; cf. muros, Hor. C. 4, 6, 23: vallum ex castris ad aquam, Caes. B. C. 1, 73, 2: fossam, id. B. G. 7, 72, 1; 7, 73, 2: arcum, Ov. M. 3, 160: lateres de terra, Vitr. 2, 3: vivos vultus de marmore (with excudere spirantia aera), Verg. A. 6, 849; cf. id. ib. 7, 634; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 240; Varr. ap. Non. 283, 32; Plin. 7, 37, 38, § 125; Quint. 10, 3, 18 Spald.; Juv. 7, 237; hence, poet. also: epos, Hor. S. 1, 10, 44: carmen, Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 18; 3, 14, 32: versus, id. ib. 5, 12, 63 et saep.: liniam ex colore, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 81; Quint. 2, 6, 2; cf. orbem, id. 11, 3, 118: alvum, to bring forth by clysters, Cels. 2, 12; 4, 4 et saep.: alapam alicui, qs. to fetch one a box on the ear, Phaedr. 5, 3, 2; cf. colaphum, Quint. 6, 3, 83 Spald.: pugnum, Dig. 47, 10, 4 et saep.; so esp. of processions, dances, etc.: funus, Cic. Quint. 15 fin.; Ov. M. 14, 746; Verg. G. 4, 256; cf. exsequias, Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 154: pompam, Ov. H. 12, 152; id. F. 6, 405; id. M. 13, 699: choros, Tib. 2, 1, 56; Hor. C. 1, 4, 5; 4, 7, 6 et saep.; cf. choreas, Ov. M. 8, 582; 14, 520.—
7 To receive, admit, take any thing (not ante-Aug.): cicatricem, Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 66; Liv. 29, 32, 12: rimam, Ov. M. 4, 65: situm, to grow rusty, Quint. 1, 2, 18: formam, Ov. M. 1, 402: colorem, id. ib. 3, 485; cf. pallorem, to grow pale, id. ib. 8, 760: nomina, Hor. C. 3, 27, 76: notam, id. ib. 4, 2, 59 et saep.
II Trop.
A In gen., to lead, guide, draw, conduct: progredimur quo ducit quemque voluntas, Lucr. 2, 258; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 27; 1, 6, 57: ad strepitum citharae cessatum ducere curam, id. ib. 1, 2, 31: Liber vota bonos ducit ad exitus, id. C. 4, 8, 34; cf. Quint. 12, 1, 26: per quaedam parva sane ducant (futurum oratorem), id. 1, 10, 5; cf. id. 1, 1, 27; 1, 5, 58.—Prov.: ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt, Sen. Ep. 107.—
B In partic.
1 To draw, deduce, derive its origin or beginning from, any thing: ab aliqua re totius vitae ducere exordium, Cic. Fin. 5, 7, 18; cf.: exordium a nostra persona, Quint. 3, 8, 8; 4, 1, 7: principium disputationis a principe investigandae veritatis, Cic. N. D. 2, 21 fin.: belli initium a fame, id. Att. 9, 9, 2; cf. Quint. 1, 1, 21: initia causasque omnium ex quatuor temporum mutationibus, Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49: originem ab Isocrate, Quint. 2, 15, 4; 1, 6, 38; Hor. C. 3, 17, 5 al.: ingressionem non ex oratoriis disputationibus, sed, etc., Cic. Or. 3, 11: honestum ab iis rebus, id. Off. 1, 18, 60; id. Or. 39, 135: nomen ex quo, id. Ac. 11, 41; cf.: nomen a Graeco, Quint. 1, 6, 3; 3, 7, 1; Hor. S. 2, 1, 66 et saep.; cf. also: utrumque (sc. amor et amicitia) ductum (al. dictum) est ab amando, Cic. Lael. 27; id. Fin. 2, 24, 78.—
2 To lead a person, as regards his will or opinions, in any direction; to move, incite, induce, allure, in a good or bad sense (most freq. in the pass.): ita me ad credendum tua ducit oratio, Cic. Tusc. 2, 18: nos ducit scholarum consuetudo, Quint. 4, 2, 28; 5, 11, 19; cf. id. 9, 1, 21: ducit te species, Hor. S. 2, 2, 35 et saep.: declamatores quosdam perversa ducit ambitio, ut, etc., Quint. 10, 7, 21.—In the pass.: si quis statuarum honore aut gloria ducitur, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 58 fin.: eloquentiae laude, id. Or. 32, 115: quaestu et lucro, id. Tusc. 5, 3, 9: hoc errore ut, etc., id. Off. 1, 41; cf.: litteris eorum et urbanitate, ut, etc., id. Rosc. Am. 41, 120: omnes trahimur et ducimur ad cognitionis et scientiae cupiditatem, id. Off. 1, 6 et saep.—
b In a bad sense, to cheat, deceive, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 26; id. Capt. 4, 2, 7; Ter. And. 4, 1, 20; id. Ph. 3, 2, 15; Prop. 2, 17, 1 (3, 8, 1 M.); Ov. H. 19, 13; id. M. 3, 587 (with decipere).—
3 With regard to time, to draw out, extend, protract, prolong: bellum, Caes. B. G. 1, 38, 4; id. B. C. 2, 18, 6; 2, 37, 5 sq.; Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 2; Liv. 22, 25 et saep.; cf.: bellum longius, Caes. B. C. 1, 64, 2; 3, 42, 3: bellum in hiemem, id. ib. 1, 61, 3: eam rem longius, id. B. G. 7, 11, 4; cf.: rem prope in noctem, id. B. C. 3, 51, 7: rem leniter, Liv. 3, 41 et saep. Also transf., of time itself: tempus, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 11; Nep. Them. 7: diem ex die, Caes. B. G. 1, 16, 4; and of persons who are put off, delayed: ubi se diutius duci intellexit, id. ib. 1, 16, 5.—Less freq. (mostly poet.),
b In gen., of time, to pass, spend, enjoy: aetatem in litteris, Cic. Fin. 5, 19, 50; so, aetatem, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 202: vitam, id. Epod. 17, 63; Sen. Ep. 45, 10; cf. Verg. A. 2, 641 (where, shortly before, vitam producere): noctes, Prop. 1, 11, 5; Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 13: somnos, Verg. A. 4, 560.—
4 In mercant. lang., to calculate, compute, reckon: age nunc summam sumptus duc, Lucil. ap. Non. 283, 30: minimum ut sequamur, quoniam XC. medimnūm milia duximus, accedant eo, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 49; id. Att. 6, 1, 5 and 16; 6, 2, 7; Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 11; Gell. 1, 20, 5.—
b Transf. beyond the mercant. sphere.
(a) Rationem alicujus, to consider, calculate, care for one's advantage or interest (a favorite expression of Cicero): duxi meam rationem, quam tibi facile me probaturum arbitrabar, Cic. Att. 8, 11 D, § 7; so, suam quoque rationem, to have respect to one's own advantage, id. Verr. 2, 1, 48; and: non minorem aratorum quam populi rationem, Suet. Aug. 42 fin.: salutis meae rationem, Cic. Fam. 7, 3: rationem officii, non commodi, id. Sest. 10, 23; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 44, 128: unius cujusque temporis ducta ratio est, id. Div. in Caecil. 4, 16: rationem officii atque existimationis, id. Quint. 16, 53.—
(b) In gen., to reckon, consider, hold, account, esteem as any thing (cf. aestimo and existimo; very freq. in prose and poetry): parvi id ducebat, Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 24: pro nihilo aliquid, Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 85; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 16 fin.; id. Tusc. 5, 32, 90; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 20, 28: ea pro falsis ducit, Sall. C. 3, 2; cf.: innocentiam pro malevolentia, id. ib. 12, 1: vos eritis judices, Laudin' an vitio duci id factum oportuit, Ter. Ad. prol. 5; so, aliquid honori, Sall. J. 11, 3: aliquid laudi, Nep. praef. § 4: aliquem despicatui, Cic. Fl. 27, 65: nihil praeter virtutem in bonis ducere (for which, shortly after, in bonis habere = numerare), Cic. Fin. 3, 3; aliquem in numero hostium, id. Verr. 2, 5, 25 fin.; Caes. B. G. 6, 32, 1; cf. ib. 6, 23, 8; without in, ib. 6, 21, 2; cf.: aliquem loco affinium, Sall. J. 14, 1 Kritz. N. cr.: aliquid testimonii loco, Quint. 5, 9, 10: tutelae nostrae duximus, cum Africo bello urgerentur, Liv. 21, 41; cf.: officii duxit exorare filiae patrem, etc., Suet. Tib. 11: faceret, quod e republica fideque sua duceret, id. ib. 25, 7 et saep.: malum cum amici tuum ducis malum, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 48; cf.: Archytas iracundiam seditionem quandam animi vere ducebat, Cic. Rep. 1, 38: eorum, quos idoneos ducebat, consilium habet, Sall. J. 62, 4: nil rectum nisi quod placuit sibi ducunt, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 83.— With acc. and inf.: sic equidem ducebam animo rebarque futurum, Verg. A. 6, 690: ut omnia tua in te posita esse ducas humanosque casus virtute inferiores putes, Cic. Lael. 2, 7, 19 fin.; id. Rep. 1, 2; 1, 17; 1, 38; 3, 9 (three times); Sall. J. 93, 5; Liv. 22, 14, 6; 22, 59, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 3, 2; 4, 30, 2; 6, 18 et saep.—Here too probably belongs the much disputed passage: ludos et inania honoris medio rationis atque abundantiae duxit (= ludos publicos cum aliis rebus quae ad inania honoris pertinent, duxit, i. e. existimavit habendos et ponendos in medio rationis atque abundantiae, ut inter rationem, quae plane spernit inania, et abundantiam, quae eadem ostentat, media via incederet), he thought right to manage them in a middle course between reason and profusion, Tac. Agr. 6 fin., v. Dübner and Orell. ad h. l.
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dūcō,⁶ dūxī, ductum, ĕre,
I tirer,
1 tirer hors de : ducto mucrone Virg. En. 12, 378, avec l’épée nue ; vagina ferrum Ov. F. 4, 929, tirer l’épée du fourreau ; sortes Cic. Div. 2, 70, tirer les sorts ; aliquid, aliquem sorte Cic. Div. 1, 34 ; Rep. 1, 50, tirer qqch., qqn au sort
2 attirer, tirer à soi : volucrem laqueo, piscem hamo Ov. H. 19, 13, prendre un oiseau au lacet, un poisson à l’hameçon ; remos Ov. M. 1, 294, manier les rames
