conductio
ῥεῖα δ' ἀρίζηλον μινύθει καὶ ἄδηλον ἀέξει, ῥεῖα δέ τ' ἰθύνει σκολιὸν καὶ ἀγήνορα κάρφει → easily he humbles the proud and raises the obscure, and easily he straightens the crooked and blasts the proud (Hesiod, Works and Days 6-8)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
conductĭo: ōnis, f. id..
I A bringing together, uniting.
A In gen. (very rare), Cic. Inv. 1, 40, 74; cf. id. ib. § 73.— Hence,
B Esp., in later medic. writers, a spasm, convulsion, σπασμός: musculorum, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 10: nervorum, id. ib. 3, 18, 177; 2, 3, 16 al.—
II A hiring, farming (rare): (fundi), Cic. Caecin. 32, 94: (vectigalium), Liv. 43, 16, 2: tota renuntiata est, Cic. Verr. 1, 6, 16 Zumpt (B. and K. condicio).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
conductĭō,¹⁶ ōnis, f. (conduco),
1 [rhét.] réunion d’arguments, récapitulation : Cic. Inv. 1, 74
2 [médec.] contraction, convulsion : nervorum (σπασμός) C. Aur. Acut. 3, 18, 177, spasme
3 location, fermage, bail : Cic. Cæc. 94.
