dē-dūco — Lewis & Short
dē-dūco, xi, ctum (
I imper.:
deduc,Cic. Rep. 1, 21, 34;
old form, deduce,Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 32), 3, v. a., to lead or bring away, to lead, fetch, bring or draw down (for syn. cf.: duco, comitor, prosequor, persequor, stipo, sequor, consequor—freq. and class.).
I Lit.
A In gen.
a Not designating a limit:
atomos de via,to turn from a straight course, Cic. Fat. 9, 18:
eum concionari conantem de rostris,Caes. B. C. 3, 21, 3:
pedes de lecto,Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 82:
suos clam ex agris,Caes. B. G. 4, 30 fin.; so,
aliquem ex ultimis gentibus,Cic. Phil. 13, 13:
lunam e curru,Tib. 1, 8, 21; cf.
the foll.: summā vestem deduxit ab orā,Ov. M. 3, 480:
cantando rigidas deducere montibus ornos,Verg. E. 6, 71: lunam caelo id. ib. 8, 69; cf.:
lunam cursu,Ov. H. 6, 85:
hunc caelo,id. F. 3, 317:
dominam Ditis thalamo,Verg. A. 6, 397:
tota carbasa malo,i. e. to spread, unfurl, by letting down, Ov. M. 11, 477; cf.
the foll.: febres corpore,Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 48:
inde boves,Ov. M. 6, 322:
transfuga duci se ad consules jubet deductusque traditurum urbem promittit,Liv. 9, 24:
Ubiis imperat, ut pecora deducant suaque omnia ex agris in oppida conferant,Caes. B. G. 6, 10, 2; cf. Liv. 21, 37: rivos, i. e. to clear out, cleanse ( = detergere, Macr. Sat. 3, 3; Col. 2, 22, 3), Verg. G. 1, 269 Heyne ad loc.; cf.:
aqua Albana deducta ad utilitatem agri suburbani,conducted off, Cic. Div. 2, 32, 69, and v. the foll.:
lunam,Prop. 1, 1, 19; cf.
Jovem,the sun, Hor. Epod. 13, 2:
crines pectine,to comb, Ov. M. 4, 311; cf.:
caesariem barbae dextrā,id. ib. 15, 656:
vela,id. ib. 3, 663:
sive aliquis molli deducit candida gestu Brachia,moves, Prop. 2, 22 (3, 15), 5 (al. diducit); imitated by Stat. Silv. 3, 5, 66 (al. diducit) et saep.—
b Stating the limit:
cito hunc deduc ad militem,Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 32:
aliquem ad aliquem,id. ib. 4, 4, 10; Cic. Lael. 1; Caes. B. G. 7, 28 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 18, 3; Sall. J. 113 fin. et saep.:
juvenem ad altos currus,Ov. M. 2, 106:
suas vestes humero ad pectora,Ov. M. 6, 405; cf.:
manum ad imum ventrem,Quint. 11, 3, 112 et saep.:
impedimenta in proximum collem,Caes. B. G. 7, 68, 2:
aquam in vias,Cato R. R. 155; Ov. M. 1, 582:
aliquem in conspectum (Caesaris),Caes. B. C. 1, 22, 2:
aliquem in arcem,Liv. 1, 18; id. 1, 58:
aliquem in carcerem,Sall. C. 55:
in arenam,Suet. Calig. 35: levis deducet pondere fratres, will bring down (the scale), Grat. Cyn. 292. —
B In partic.
I Milit. t. t., to draw off, lead off, withdraw troops from a place; to lead, conduct, bring to a place: praesidia de locis, Sisenna ap. Non. 289, 15; so with de, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 60; Caes. B. G. 5, 51, 2; Cic. Att. 7, 14 al.:
exercitum ex his regionibus,Caes. B. G. 1, 44, 19; so with ex, id. ib. 7, 87, 4 fin.; 7, 81 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 12, 3 al.:
legionem ab opere,id. ib. 3, 69; so with ab, id. ib. 2, 26, 3; Liv. 34, 35 al.:
deducta Orico legione,Caes. B. C. 3, 34:
exercitum finibus Attali,Liv. 32, 27: deducto exercitu, Caes. B. G. 6, 43, 3; 7, 20, 11; id. B. C. 3, 39 al.; cf. Oud. ad Caes. B. G. 2, 33, 2:
milites ad Ciceronem,Caes. B. G. 5, 27, 9:
tres in arcem cohortes praesidio,id. B. C. 3, 19, 5:
a Flacco inter ceteros, quos virtutis causa secum ex provincia ad triumphum deducebat, deductus sum,Liv. 42, 34:
copias ex locis superioribus in campum deducit,Caes. B. C. 2, 40 fin.:
legionibus in hiberna deductis,id. B. G. 2, 35, 3; so,
in hiberna,Liv. 26, 20; 43, 9:
in interiorem Galliam,Caes. B. G. 2, 2; cf.
in Menapios,id. ib. 4, 22, 5:
in proxima municipia,id. B. C. 1, 32:
in hiberna in Sequanos,id. B. G. 1, 54, 2:
in aciem,Liv. 3, 62:
praesidia eo,Caes. B. C. 2, 18, 5:
neque more militari vigiliae deducebantur,Sall. Jug. 44, 5; id. C. 59, 1. —
2 Pub. law t. t., to lead forth, conduct a colony to a place:
coloni, qui lege Julia Capuam deducti erant,Caes. B. C. 1, 14, 4; cf. Suet. Caes. 81:
colonos in aliquem locum,id. ib. 28:
coloniam in aliquem locum,Cic. Rep. 2, 3; 2, 4; Liv. 10, 1; 10, 13; 34, 45 (repeatedly); Suet. Tib. 4 al.:
Aquileia colonia Latina eo anno in agro Gallorum est deducta,Liv. 40, 34; cf.:
in colonia Capua deducti,Suet. Caes. 81:
ut emantur agri a privatis, quo plebs publice deducatur,Cic. Agr. 2, 25; cf. id. ib. 2, 26;
2, 34, 92: triumvir coloniis deducendis,Sall. J. 42; cf. Liv. 9, 46; 9, 28; Suet. Aug. 46 al.— Absol.:
deductis olim et nobiscum per conubium sociatis, haec patria est,Tac. H. 4, 65. —
3 Nautical t. t.
a To draw out a ship from the docks:
ex navalibus eorum unam (navem) deducit,Caes. B. C. 2, 3, 2:
deducunt socii naves,Verg. A. 3, 71.—Hence far more freq. meton., like the Gr. kaqe/lkein, to draw down a ship from the stocks into the sea; to launch, Liv. 21, 17; 41, 9; Caes. B. G. 7, 60:
neque multum abesse (naves) ab eo, quin paucis diebus deduci possent,id. ib. 5, 2, 2:
naves,id. ib. 5, 23, 2:
classem,Liv. 36, 41 al.:
naves litore,Verg. A. 4, 398:
carinas,Ov. M. 6, 144; 8, 104 et saep.—
b Rarely for subducere and the Gr. kata/gein, to draw a ship into port:
onerarias naves in portum deducunt,Caes. B. C. 1, 36, 2:
in portum,Petr. 101, 8.—
4 Weavers' t. t., to draw out, spin out the thread, yarn:
dextera tum leviter deducens fila, Catull. 64, 313: filum,Ov. M. 4, 36; id. Am. 1, 14, 7; id. H. 9, 77.—Hence, meton., to prepare a web, to weave:
vetus in tela deducitur argumentum,is interwoven, represented in weaving, Ov. M. 6, 69.—
5 t. t. of common life, to lead out, conduct, escort, accompany a person out of the house, as a mark of respect or for protection:
haec ipsa sunt honorabilia ... assurgi, deduci, reduci,Cic. de Sen. 18, 63:
cum magna multitudo optimorum virorum et civium me de domo deduceret,id. Fam. 10, 12, 2; Suet. Aug. 29:
ne deducendi sui causa populum de foro abduceret,Liv. 23, 23 fin.; cf. Tac. A. 3, 14:
a quibus (sc. equitibus Rom.) si domus nostra celebratur, si interdum ad forum deducimur, etc.,Cic. Mur. 34.—
b Esp., to conduct a young man to a public teacher:
dicam hunc a patre continuo ad me esse deductum,Cic. Cael. 4, 9; id. Lael. 1, 1; Tac. Dial. 34; Quint. 12, 11, 6; cf. ephebum in gymnasium, Petron. 85, 3.—
c Aliquam alicui, ad aliquem, to lead, conduct a bride (from her father's house) to her husband (cf. denubo):
bona uxor si ea deducta est usquam cuiquam gentium,Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 90; cf.
Catull. 68, 143: virginem juveni marito,Tib. 3, 4, 31:
uni nuptam, ad quem virgo deducta sit,Liv. 10, 23:
nullo exemplo deductae in domum patrui fratris filiae,Tac. A. 12, 5; so,
in domum,id. ib. 14, 63; so of the bridegroom himself, to take home the bride:
domum in cubiculum,Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 60:
uxorem domum,id. Hec. 1, 2, 60:
quo primum virgo quaeque deducta est,Caes. B. G. 5, 14 fin.—Absol.:
eas velut auspicibus nobilissimis populis deductas esse,Liv. 42, 12, 4; cf. Prop. 4 (5), 3, 13.—
(b) In a dishonorable sense, to bring one a concubine, Plaut. Casin. 2, 8, 36; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 34; Suet. Calig. 25; id. Caes. 50; id. Ner. 28; cf. also the foll., no. 7.—
d To lead about in a public procession, Suet. Tib. 17 fin.:
invidens privata deduci superbo non humilis mulier triumpho,Hor. Od. 1, 37, 31:
tensas,Suet. Aug. 43; id. Vesp. 5.—
e Hence, to drive out, expel = expellere: Arsinoen ex regno, Auct. B. Alex. 33:
ex possessione,Liv. 34, 58, 6. —
6 Jurid. t. t.
a Aliquem de fundo, to lead away a person from a disputed possession in the presence of witnesses (with or without force: the latter moribus, the former vi solida), in order to procure him the right of action (this was a symbolic procedure preparatory to an action): appellat Fabius, ut aut ipse Tullium deduceret aut ab eo deduceretur. Dicit deducturum se Tullius, etc., Cic. pro Tull. Fragm. § 20; id. Agr. 2, 26, 68;
placuit Caecinae constituere, quo die in rem praesentem veniretur, et de fundo Caecina moribus deduceretur, etc.,id. Caecin. 7, 20.—
b To bring before a tribunal as a witness:
multi boni ad hoc judicium deducti non sunt,Cic. Flac. 4, 9.—
c To bring to trial:
lis ad forum deducta est,Phaedr. 3, 13, 3. —
7 With the accessory idea of diminution, to withdraw, deduct, subtract, diminish:
cibum,Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 23. And as a mercantile t. t.:
addendo deducendoque videre, quae reliqui summa fiat,Cic. Off. 1, 18, 59:
ut centum nummi deducerentur,id. Leg. 2, 21, 53; cf. Cato R. R. 144 sq.:
de capite deducite, quod usuris pernumeratum est,Liv. 6, 15; cf. Suet. Caes. 42 et saep.—Hence in a double sense: Tertia deducta est (in allusion to the meaning, no. 5, c. b), Suet. Caes. 50; cf. the same account in Macr. S. 2, 2.
II Trop.
A In gen., to bring down, bring or lead away, withdraw, bring, lead: quare, si placet, deduc orationem tuam de coelo ad haec citeriora, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 85, 20, and 289, 9:
licet enim contrahere universitatem generis humani, eamque gradatim ad pauciores, postremo deducere in singulos,id. N. D. 2, 65 fin.:
aliquem de animi lenitate,id. Cat. 2, 13; cf.:
aliquem de animi pravitate,Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 10 fin.:
aliquem de sententia,Cic. Brut. 25 fin.:
aliquem de fide,Cic. Verr. 1, 9, 25 et saep.:
perterritos a timore,id. N. D. 2, 59, 148:
aliquem a tristitia, ab acerbitate,id. de Or. 2, 83 fin.:
aliquem ab humanitate, a pietate, a religione,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 6 (for which, shortly before, abducere):
aliquem a vera accusatione,id. ib. 2, 1, 6 fin.; id. Fam. 1, 1, 2 et saep.:
voluntates impellere quo velit, unde autem velit deducere,Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 30:
mos unde deductus,derived, Hor. Od. 4, 4, 19; cf.:
nomen ab Anco,Ov. F. 6, 803:
quae tandem ea est disciplina, ad quam me deducas,Cic. Acad. 2, 36:
aliquem ad fletum misericordiamque,id. de Or. 2, 45, 189:
aliquem ad eam sententiam,Caes. B. G. 2, 10, 5; 6, 10, 2:
rem ad arma,id. B. C. 1, 4 fin.; cf.:
rem ad otium,id. ib. 1, 5 fin.:
plura argumenta ad unum effectum,Quint. 9, 2, 103 et saep.:
quam in fortunam quamque in amplitudinem deduxisset (Aeduos),Caes. B. G. 7, 54, 3; so,
aliquem in eum casum,id. ib. 2, 31, 6:
aliquem in periculum,id. ib. 7, 50, 4: Quint. 4, 2, 12; cf.:
rem in summum periculum,Caes. B. G. 5, 31; id. B. C. 1, 19, 3:
rem in controversiam,id. B. G. 7, 63, 5:
aliquem in causam,Liv. 36, 5:
in societatem belli,id. 36, 7 et saep.:
huc jam deduxerat rem, ut, etc.,Caes. B. C. 1, 62; so,
rem huc, ut, etc.,id. ib. 1, 86, 3:
deduxisti totam hanc rem in duo genera solum causarum, caetera innumerabilia exercitationi reliquisti,have brought, reduced, Cic. de Or. 2, 17, 71; id. Cat. 2, 2, 4; cf.:
rem in eum locum, ut, etc.,id. Fam. 16, 12:
quem in locum,id. ib. 4, 2, 3:
ergo huc universa causa deducitur, utrum, etc.,id. Rosc. Com. 12, 34:
rerum divisio in duos articulos deducitur,Gai. Inst. 2, 2:
audi, quo rem deducam,what I aim at, what I have in view, to what conclusion I will bring the matter, Hor. S. 1, 1, 15:
Aeolium carmen ad Italos modos,transfer, transplant, id. Od. 3, 30, 14; cf.:
in patriam deducere musas,Verg. G. 3, 10. —
B In partic.
1 To mislead, seduce, entice, induce, bring one to an opinion (rare):
adolescentibus et oratione magistratus et praemio deductis,Caes. B. G. 7, 37, 6; id. B. C. 1, 7, 1:
sibi esse facile, Seuthen regem Thracum deducere, ut, etc.,Nep. Alcib. 8:
aliquem vero,from the truth, Lucr. 1, 370.—
2 To spin out a literary composition, like a thread, i. e. to elaborate, prepare, compose (poet., and in post-Aug. prose):
tenui deducta poëmata filo,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 225:
mille die versus,id. Sat. 2, 1, 4; Ov. Pont. 1, 5, 13:
carmina,id. Tr. 1, 1, 39; cf. id. ib. 5, 1, 71: nihil expositum, Juv. 7, 54:
commentarios,Quint. 3, 6, 59:
oratio deducta atque circumlata,finely spun out, id. 4, 1, 60 al.:
primaque ab origine mundi ad mea perpetuum deducite tempora carmen,Ov. M. 1, 3; cf. id. Tr. 2, 560; Hor. A. P. 129:
opus,Manil. 1, 3. —
3 (Another figure borrowed from spinning.) To make finer, thinner, weaker; to attenuate: vocem deducas oportet, ut mulieris videantur verba, Pompon. ap. Macr. Sat. 6, 4: "*)odusseu/s" ad "Ulixem" deductus est, Quint. 1, 4, 16; cf. P. a. B.—
4 To derive (of the origin of words):
nomen Christianorum a Christo deducitur,Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 14;
id. de Virg. vel. 5: diximus nomen religionis a vinculo pietatis esse deductum,Lact. 4, 28, 12; cf.:
sed et Pharnacion (cognominatur) a Pharnace rege deductum,Plin. 25, 4, 14, § 33.—
5 To remove, cure, of physical evils:
brassica de capite omnia deducet et sanum faciet,Cato R. R. 157, 6:
corpore febres, animo curas,Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 48; Cic. Fin. 5, 17, 47.—
6 To bring down (late Lat.):
deducis ad inferos,i. e. to death, Vulg. Tobiae, 13, 2; id. Gen. 42, 38; id. 1 Reg. 2, 6.—
7 Law t. t., to withhold:
cum in mancipanda proprietate (usus fructus) deducatur,Gai. Inst. 2, 33.—Hence,