ducto Copy link Outline I. Lit.A. In gen.B. In partic.II. Trop.A. To deceive, delude, cheatB. To charm, allure ⓘductandō | ve: gerundive masc/neut abl/dat sg • ducto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [id.], to lead or draw, conduct (very freq. in Plaut.; elsewh. perh. only in Ter., Sall., and once in Tac.; not in Cic., Caes., or the Aug. authors). I. Lit. A. In gen.: aliquem, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 158: restim ductans, Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 34 Ruhnk.: exercitum per saltuosa loca, Sall. J. 38, 1; so, exercitum, id. C. 11, 5; 17, 7; id. J. 70, 2; * Tac. H. 2, 100; cf.: equites in exercitu, Sall. C. 19, 3; Amm. 14, 10, 11 (acc. to Quint. 8, 3, 44, this phraseology was regarded by many as indelicate, prob. on account of the foll. signif. of the word ducto).— B. In partic.: aliquam, to take home, take to one's self a concubine, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 12 sq.; id. Men. 4, 3, 20; id. Poen. 4, 2, 46; Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 15.— II. Trop. A. To deceive, delude, cheat: nil moror ductarier, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 159: qui me ductavit dolis, id. Capt. 3, 4, 109.— B. To charm, allure: set me Apollo ipsus delectat ductat Delficus, Enn. ap. Non. 97, 32 (Trag. v. 390 Vahl.): meretrices eum labiis ductant, id. Mil. 2, 1, 15.—(But in Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 85, the correct reading is duco, not ducto, v. Ritschl ad h. l.).
ductō Copy link Outline 1 conduire (guider, mener) de côté et d'autre : || conduire habituellement : ...2 emmener chez soi une femme :3 tromper, duper : || mener par le bout du nez : . ... ⓘductandō | ve: gerundive masc/neut abl/dat sg • ductō, āvī, ātum, āre, fréq. de duco, tr., 1. conduire (guider, mener) de côté et d'autre : Pl. Most. 847 || conduire habituellement : Sall. J. 38, 1 || [en part.] commander une armée : Sall. C. 11, 5 ; 17, 7 ; J. 70, 2 ; avoir sous ses ordres : Sall. C. 19, 3. 2. emmener chez soi une femme : Pl. Pœn. 868 ; Ter. Phorm. 500 3. tromper, duper : Pl. Capt. 642 || mener par le bout du nez : Pl. Mil. 93.