inductio

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in-ductĭo: ōnis, f. id.,
I a leading or bringing into, introducing, admission (class.).
I 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.—
   B Transf., concr.
   1    An awning drawn over a theatre to protect the audience from the sun, Vitr. 10 praef.—
   2    A fomentation, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 27, 216.—
II Trop.
   A 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.—
   B In partic., rhet. t. t.
   1    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.—
   2    Personarum ficta, = προσωποποιΐα,> the introduction of a fictitious person, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 205.—
   3    Erroris inductio, = ἀποπλάνησις,> a leading into error, misguiding, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 205.—
   4    An assumption, supposition, Prisc. 1144 P.