reduce Copy link Outline I. To bring into any condition1. rĕdĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3 (constr. with acc. dep. on in, ad or sub, with an adv. of place, or abs.)2. rĕdūco, xi, ctum, 3 (to lead back)3. rĕvŏco, 1 (to refer)4. dētrūdo, si, sum, 3 (to thrust down, r. violently)5. in pass. rĕcĭdo, cĭdi, cāsum, 3 (rē sometimes in the poets6. like preced. rĕdeo, 4 (to return, to be r.d to)II. To diminish1. rĕdĭgo, ēgi, actum, 32. mĭnuo, ui, ūtum, 3III. To subdueIV. Med. t. t.1. rĕpōno, pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 3 (to replace, set)2. rĕcompōno, 3 • reduce: I. To bring into any condition: 1. rĕdĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3 (constr. with acc. dep. on in, ad or sub, with an adv. of place, or abs.): to r. men to slavery, viros in servitutem r., Pl. Aul. 2, 1, 47. to r. the Arverni to a province, Arvernos in provinciam r., Caes. B. G. 1, 45: to r. to order what we have discovered, illa quae invenimus in ordinem r., Auct. Her. 3, 9, 16 to r. to the ranks, in ordinem r., Suet. Vesp. 15 (v. degrade) to r. to powder, ad minutiam r., Sen. Ep. 90, 23 to r. to poverty, ad inopiam r., Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 56 to r. to despair, ad desperationem r., Suet. Aug. 81: to r. to extremities, ad incitas r., Pl. Poen. 4, 2, 84: to what am I r.d! quo redactus sum! Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 7. 2. rĕdūco, xi, ctum, 3 (to lead back): to r. to shape, in formam r., Ov. M. 15, 81: to r. excrescences on the flesh, carnes excrescentes ad aequalitatem r., Plin. 30, 13, 39, ad init. (along with redigere): to r. fractions to their lowest terms, *fractiones ad minimos terminos r. 3. rĕvŏco, 1 (to refer): to r. everything to the rules of art, r. omnia ad artem et ad praecepta, Cic. de Or. 2, 11. 44. 4. dētrūdo, si, sum, 3 (to thrust down, r. violently): to r. oneself to beggary, ad mendicitatem se d., Pl. Men. 1, 3, 21: to r. to the necessity of civil war, ad necessitatem belli civilis d., Tac. A. 13, 43: Cic. Off. 1, 31, 114. 5. in pass. rĕcĭdo, cĭdi, cāsum, 3 (rē sometimes in the poets: to be brought down, to be r.d): to suffer the power of the royal dignity to be r.d to such a point, sinere regiae majestatis imperium eo r., Liv. 4, 2, ad med.: Cic. 6. like preced. rĕdeo, 4 (to return, to be r.d to): Caesar had been r.d to two legions, Caesar ad duas legiones redierat, Caes. B. G. 5, 48, ad init.: if my fortunes are r.d so low, si eo meae fortunae redierint, Ter. Ph. 1, 4, 23. Phr.: to r. to writing, literis mandare, Cic. de Or. 2, 12, 52: to r. within the limits of ancient manners, ad priscum morem recīdere (aliquid), Tac. A. 3, 53: military discipline had been r.d to a regular system, disciplina militaris in artis perpetuis praeceptis ordinatae modum venerat, Liv. 9, 17: which distance, r.d to Roman measurement, makes ..., quae mensura Romana computatione efficit ..., Plin. 2, 108, 112, ad fin. II. To diminish: 1. rĕdĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3: they said they were r.d from 60,000 men to barely 5000, ex hominum millibus LX. vix ad D. sese redactos esse dixerunt, Caes. B. G. 2, 28: to r. to nothing, r. ad nihilum, Lucr. 1, 791: to r. to 4 per cent., r. ad semuncias, Tac. A. 6, 16. 2. mĭnuo, ui, ūtum, 3: expenses must be r.d, minuendi sunt sumptus, Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 59: so, sumptum extenuare, ib. Phr.: his strength being greatly r.d by an inveterate disease, diutino morbo viribus admodum attenuatis, Liv. 39, 49: to r. the system as much as possible, corpori quidquid possis detrahere, cf. Cic. Att. 6, 1, 2: to r. to 150, ad CL. retrahere, Suet. Caes. 41: a r.d weight, imminutum pondus, Plin. 33, 3, 13: to draw on a r.d scale, *minore modulo describere. III. To subdue: vinco, sŭbĭgo, etc.: v. conquer. IV. Med. t. t.: 1. rĕpōno, pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 3 (to replace, set): to r. a dislocated jaw, maxillam prolapsam r., Cels. 8, 11: to r. dislocations, luxata in locum r., Sen. Ep. 104, 18. 2. rĕcompōno, 3: to r. a fracture, r. fracturam, Veg. Vet. 2, 47, 3.