per-dūco — Lewis & Short
per-dūco, xi, ctum, 3 (
I imper. perduce for perduc, Ser. Samm. 40, 754), v. a., lit., to lead or bring through; hence,
I To lead, bring, conduct, guide a person or thing to any place.
A In gen. (class.):
filium illuc,Ter. And. 1, 1, 53:
legiones ad aliquem,Cic. Fam. 12, 19, 2:
comprehensos eos ad Caesarem perduxerunt,Caes. B. G. 7, 13; cf. id. B. C. 3, 28:
legionem in Allobrogas,id. B. G. 3, 6:
Cyrum ad angustias,Just. 1, 8, 10:
nautas ad aequora,Luc. 2, 362:
ad Sullam,Suet. Caes. 74:
in theatrum,id. Ner. 13:
aliquem in conspectum alicujus,id. Tib. 65:
bovem errantem ad stabula,Verg. E. 6, 60:
tauros ad sacrificium,Amm. 24, 6.—
B In partic.
1 To draw over, bring over a woman to the acceptance of a lover:
huc Tertia perducta est,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 31; Suet. Tib. 45; id. Calig. 25; id. Vesp. 22; Hor. S. 2, 5, 77; Ov. Am. 3, 12, 11; Lact. 6, 17.—
2 To bring, carry, lead, conduct to a place;
of buildings, ditches, water (esp. freq. in Front.): a lacu Lemano ad montem Juram murum perducit,Caes. B. G. 1, 8:
munitiones ex castellis,id. B. C. 3, 44:
porticum,Liv. 35, 10:
longum opus,Luc. 3, 384:
Appia (aqua) perducta est,Front. Aquaed. 6; cf.:
tum duumviri aquae perducendae creati sunt,id. ib. 6; and:
aquas in urbem perducere,id. ib. 7; so,
Anionem in Capitolium,id. ib. 7:
virginem in agro Lucullano collectam Romam,id. ib. 10;
13 et saep.: navigabilem alveum ex portu in Nilum,Plin. 6, 29, 33, § 165.—
3 Of money, to deliver:
pecuniam,Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 80, 2.—
C Transf.
1 To spread over, bedaub, besmear with any thing (poet.):
corpus odore ambrosiae,Verg. G. 4, 415; Pers. 2, 55:
corpus stercore gallinae,Ser. Samm. 39, 739:
artus succo,id. 49, 922:
crusta perducta,Scrib. Comp. 237.—
b To rub out, erase (post-class.):
si aliquid interleverit, perduxerit,Dig. 29, 1, 20:
nomen in testamento,ib. 37, 11, 8; 28, 4, 11.—
2 To take a drink, to drink off or up, to quaff (post-class.):
cyceonis liquorem, Arn. poët. 5, 175: poculum continuo haustu,App. M. 10, 5, p. 240:
aloë ex aquae cyathis tribus frigidis perducta,Scrib. Comp. 135 fin.—
II Trop.
A In gen., to draw out, lengthen, prolong, continue, to bring, carry, guide a person or thing to a certain goal, to a certain period, etc. (class.):
res disputatione ad mediam noctem perducitur,Caes. B. G. 5, 30:
oppugnatio ad noctem perducta,Liv. 36, 23:
in noctem orationibus perductis,id. 38, 51:
ad tempus tuum,Cic. Fam. 10, 1, 2:
se medicinā usque ad longam senectam,Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 15:
aliquem ex humili loco ad summam dignitatem,Caes. B. G. 7, 39; so,
aliquem ad amplissimos honores,Cic. Lael. 20, 73:
(agri colendi studia) ad centesimum annum,id. Sen. 17, 60:
artem ad magnam gloriam,Plin. 35, 9, 36, § 61:
aliquem ad perniciem,Varr. R. R. 2, 3:
aliquid ad effectum,Dig. 33, 1, 7:
aliquid ad exitum,Cic. Inv. 2, 56, 169:
aliquid ad finem,Lucr. 2, 1117:
eo rem perduxit,brought the matter to that pass, Nep. Dion. 5, 6; cf. Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 7:
aliquid ad liquidum confessumque,Quint. 5, 14, 28.—
2 To pass, spend:
noctes,Prop. 1, 3, 39.—
B In partic., to draw or bring over, win over, to persuade, induce (to an opinion or an action, etc.;
class.): si dictis nequis perduci, ut vera haec credas,Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 41:
perducebam illam ad me suadelā meā,id. Cist. 2, 3, 24:
aliquem ad suam sententiam,Cic. Att. 16, 8, 1;
for which: aliquem in suam sententiam,Caes. B. G. 7, 4:
aliquem ad se magnis pollicitationibus,to bring over to one's side, to gain over, id. ib. 6, 11:
hominem ad HS LXXX.,to induce to pay, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 12.