subduco

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sub-dūco: xi, ctum, 3 (
I perf. sync. subduxti, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 25; inf. subduxe, Poët. ap. Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6), v. a., to draw from under or from below.
I Without the idea of removal.
   A In gen., to draw or pull up; to lift up, raise (rare): brassicam ad nasum admoveto: ita subducito susum animam, quam plurimum poteris, Cato, R. R. 157, 15: aliquid sursum, Plaut. Aul. 2, 7, 4: cataractam funibus, Liv. 27, 28, 10: subductis (tunicis) usque ad inguen, pulled up (opp. demissis), Hor. S. 1, 2, 26: supercilia, Turp. ap. Non. 399, 30; Varr. ib. 399, 33; Sen. Ep. 48, 5; id. Ben. 1, 1, 6 al.; cf.: subducto voltu, Prop. 2, 10 (3, 1), 9.—
   B In partic., naut. t. t., to draw or haul up on land (a ship out of the water; class. and freq.): navim in pulvinarium, Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 27: longas naves in aridum, Caes. B. G. 4, 29: navis subducta in terrā, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 50: naves regiae in campo Martio subductae sunt, Liv. 45, 42: ab classe, quae Corcyrae subducta erat, id. 31, 22: classis, quae subducta esset ad Gytheum, Cic. Off. 3, 11, 49; so, naves, Caes. B. G. 5, 11; id. B. C. 2, 23; 3, 23 fin.; Liv. 27, 17, 6; 37, 10; 42, 27: classem, id. 45, 2 al.; Vulg. Luc. 5, 11.—
II With the idea of removal implied, to draw away from among; to take away, lead away, carry off; to withdraw, remove, etc. (class.; syn. subtraho).
   A In gen.: ubi bullabit vinum, ignem subducito, Cato, R. R. 105, 1: lapides ex turri, Caes. B. C. 2, 11: rerum fundamenta, Cic. Fin. 4, 15, 42: conjux fidum capiti subduxerat ensem, Verg. A. 6, 524: subduc cibum unum diem athletae, Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 40: et sucus pecori et lac subducitur agnis, Verg. E. 3, 6: pugnae Turnum, id. A. 10, 615; so, id. ib. 10, 50: aliquem manibus Graium, id. ib. 10, 81: aliquem praesenti periculo, Vell. 2, 72, 5: se pedibus (terra), Lucr. 1, 1106: se ab ipso Vulnere (fera), Ov. M. 7, 781 et saep. —
   2    Esp.
   (a)    To purge, evacuate: quoniam is cibus subduceret sensim alvum, Gell. 4, 11, 4; so, alvum, Cels. 3, 4.—
   (b)    Vela celeriter, to take in, furl, Auct. B. Alex. 45, 3: rem de judicio, Dig. 10, 2, 14.—
   B <usg type="dom" opt="n">Milit. t. t., to draw off forces from one position to another (class.): cohortes aliquot subductas ex dextro cornu post aciem circumducit, Liv. 27, 48: Numidas ex mediā acie, id. 22, 48: triarios ex postremā acie, id. 44, 37: subductis ordinibus, id. 36, 18; cf. id. 40, 30: ab his centuriones omnes lectos et evocatos ... in primam aciem subducit, Sall. C. 59, 3: copias in proximum collem subducit, Caes. B. G. 1, 24; 1, 22: milites pleno gradu in collem, Sall. J. 98, 4: agmen in aequiorem locum, Liv. 7, 34.—
   C With the idea of stealth or secrecy.
   1    To take away secretly or by stealth, to steal, hide: Atreus quam (pecudem auream) sibi Thyestem subduxe queritur, Poët. ap. Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6: alicui anulum, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 81: subducta viatica plorat, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 54: post ignem aethereā domo Subductum, id. C. 1, 3, 30: nec mihi rivalis subducit certos amores, Prop. 1, 8, 45: saccularii partem subducunt, partem subtrahunt, Dig. 47, 11, 7: obsides furto, Liv. 9, 11: cubiculum subductum omnibus ventis, secured against, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 10.—
   2    Esp., with se, me, etc., to take one's self away by stealth, withdraw, steal away: tempus est subducere hinc me, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 62: clam te subduxti mihi, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 25: de circulo se subduxit, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 1: modo se subducere ab ipso Vulnere visa fera est, Ov. M. 7, 781: se clam, Nep. Alcib. 4, 4; Auct. B. Afr. 93, 1: at nos quaerimus illa (verba), tamquam lateant semper seseque subducant, Quint. 8, prooem. § 21.—Poet.: neve terra se pedibus subducat, Lucr. 1, 1106: quā se subducere colles Incipiunt, i. e. to slope down gradually, Verg. E. 9, 7; cf. mid.: fons subducitur, i. e. loses itself, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 39.—
III Trop.
   1    Rationem, to draw up, cast up, reckon, compute, calculate, or balance an account (by subtracting one set of items from another; class.; esp. freq. in Cic.): subduxi ratiunculam, Quantum aeris mihi sit, quantumque alieni siet, Plaut. Curc. 3, 1; cf.: intus subducam ratiunculam, quantillum argenti mi siet, id. Capt. 1, 2, 89: subducamus summam, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 11; cf.: assidunt, subducunt: ad numum convenit, id. ib. 5, 21, 12.—
   2    In gen.: rationem, to deliberate, calculate: rationibus subductis summam feci cogitationum mearum, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10: Medea et Atreus ... initā subductāque ratione nefaria scelera meditantes, id. N. D. 3, 29, 71; cf.: ineundis subducendisque rationibus, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 399, 16; for which also, calculis subductis, id. Fin. 2, 19, 60: bene subductā ratione, Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 1: hoc quid intersit, si tuos digitos novi, certe habes subductum, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 31. —Hence, subductus, a, um, P. a.
   A (Acc. to I. A.) Raised, elevated, upturned: quod vituperones suos subducti supercilii carptores appellavit (Laevius), Gell. 19, 7, 16.—
   B (Acc. to II. A. 1.) Withdrawn, removed, remote, = remotus (post-Aug. and very rare): terra subductior, Mart. Cap. 6, § 591.