introduce Copy link Outline I. To bring into a place; esp. into some one's presence1. intrōdūco, xi, ctum, 32. indūco, 3II. To introduce a character in a dialogue, etc.1. indūco, 32. fingo, nxi, ctum, 3 (to represent)III. To bring in a custom or practice1. indūco, 32. intrōdūco, 33. instĭtuo, i, ūtum, 3 (with ref. to general observances or customs)4. invĕho, xi, ctum, 3 (lit. and fig. to importIV. To make known one person to another1. intrōdūco, 3 (usu. of admission to the presence of the great)2. commendo, 1 (esp. by letter)3. trādo, ĭdi, ĭtum, 3 • introduce: I. To bring into a place; esp. into some one's presence: 1. intrōdūco, xi, ctum, 3: he i.s the soldiers by night, noctu milites introducit, Sall. Jug. 12: to be i.d into the king's presence, ad regem introduci, Curt. 6, 7, med.: Cic. 2. indūco, 3: to i. into the presence of the senate, ind. in Senatum, Plin. Ep. 2, 12, init. II. To introduce a character in a dialogue, etc.: 1. indūco, 3: I have i.d them as speaking in person, quasi ipsos induxi loquentes, Cic. Am. 1, 3: id. Tusc. 2, 11, 27. 2. fingo, nxi, ctum, 3 (to represent): cf. Quint. 9, 2, 32, sermo fingi non potest, ut non personae sermo fingatur, "conversation cannot be i.d, without a speaker being i.d too:" v. to represent. Phr.: to i. as speaker in a dialogue, in dialogum includere, Cic. Att. 13, 19, 3. III. To bring in a custom or practice: 1. indūco, 3: to i. a custom, aliquid in [nostros] mores ind., Cic. de Or. 2, 28, 121: to i. a new word, novum verbum ind., Cic. Ph. 13, 19, 43. 2. intrōdūco, 3: from this sort of a beginning the custom was i.d, ex hujuscemodi principio consuetudo introducta est, Cic. Verr. 3, 82, 189: to i. a precedent, exemplum int., Liv. (Kr.). 3. instĭtuo, i, ūtum, 3 (with ref. to general observances or customs): (Arcesilas) i.d the custom that ..., instituit ut ..., Cic. Fin. 2, 1, 2: with ellipsis of ut, Suet. Caes. 41, extr., instituit ... quotannis subsortitio fieret, "he i.d the practice," etc.: v. to institute. 4. invĕho, xi, ctum, 3 (lit. and fig. to import: with direct acc.): to i. many (new) arts, multas artes inv., Liv. 39, 8, ad init. Phr.: to i. many changes, multa mutare, novare (v. to change, innovate): words i.d from abroad, verba foris petita, Hor. S. 1, 10, 29: to i. new words, nova verba adsciscere, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 119 (v. to adopt): to i. many innovations, multa nova afferre, Nep. (R. and A.). IV. To make known one person to another: 1. intrōdūco, 3 (usu. of admission to the presence of the great): cf. Cic. Att. 1, 16, 2, introductiones adolescentulorum nobilium. 2. commendo, 1 (esp. by letter): Caes. in Cic. Fam. 7, 5, med.: Hor.: v. to recommend. 3. trādo, ĭdi, ĭtum, 3: Hor. S. 1, 9, 47. Join: laudare et tradere, Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 3. (Cf. Cic. Fam. 7, 5, fin., totum hominem tibi trado de manu, ut aiunt, in manum.)