deductus
Οὐκ ἔστι λύπης χεῖρον ἀνθρώποις κακόν → Maerore nullum hominibus est peius malum → für Menschen gibt's kein größres Leid als Traurigkeit
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dēductus: a, um, P. a.
A Drawn inwards, bent inwards (only post-Aug.), said of the nose: nasum et a summo eminentiorem et ab imo deductiorem, Suet. Aug. 79: nasus deductus, Lampr. Diadum. 3.—
B (Acc. to no. II. B. 3.) Slender, weak (ante-class., and once in Verg.): deducta tunc voce leo, with a weak, subdued voice, Lucil. ap. Non. 289, 16: deducta voce, Afran. and Cornificius ap. Macr. Sat. 6, 4: carmen, a humble strain, opp. to canere reges et proelia, Verg. E. 6, 5 (tenue translatio a lana, quae deducitur in tenuitatem, Serv.); cf. also Macr. Sat. 6, 4, and Quint. 8, 2, 9.!*? In Cic. Leg. 2, 20, 50, deductio, not deducta, is the true reading.
dēductus: a, um, Part. and P. a., from deduco.
dēductus: ūs, m. deduco,
I a drawing or dragging down (rare): ponderis, App. M. 1, p. 109, 28 (in Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14, the true reading is: ductus aquarum).
