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Italian
Verb
induco
- first-person singular present indicative of indurre
Latin
Etymology
From in- + dūcō (“lead; draw”).
Pronunciation
Verb
indūcō (present infinitive indūcere, perfect active indūxī, supine inductum); third conjugation, irregular short imperative
- to lead, bring or conduct in or into somewhere
- Synonyms: duco, produco, deduco, ago
- to bring forward, exhibit, represent
- Synonyms: praefero, profero, produco, infero
- to bring into or before a court
- to take into one's family, bring home
- (by extension) to put on, wear
- Synonyms: velō, induō, saepiō, sūmō
- Antonyms: nūdō, spoliō, exuō
- to assume, apply
- Synonyms: adhibeō, assūmō, induō, accipiō, adoptō, ineō, aggredior, obeō, sūmō, suscipiō
- (by extension) to draw over, spread over, overlay, cover, overspread
- Synonyms: obvolvō, confundō, fundō, effundō, diffundō, dēfundō, differō, sternō, dissipō
- (figuratively) to smooth over, strike out, erase
- (figuratively) to bring into, introduce, insert; describe; initiate; establish
- (figuratively) to lead to or into; induce, move, excite, persuade, entice; mislead, seduce
- Synonyms: sēdūcō, dēdūcō, sollicitō, persuādeō, suādeō, perdūcō, alliciō, pelliciō, capiō
- Antonyms: dissuādeō, tardō, obiūrgō
- (figuratively, with animum or in animum) to bring one's mind to, resolve, determine; suppose, imagine
- to delude, cajole, deceive
- Synonyms: dēcipiō, mentior, frūstror, ēlūdō, fallō, fraudō, circumdūcō, circumveniō, dēstituō, ingannō
Conjugation
1At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").
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References
- “induco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “induco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- induco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to lead a person into error: aliquem in errorem inducere, rapere
- to persuade oneself to..: animum inducere c. Inf. (not in animum inducere)
- to bring a thing upon the stage: in scaenam aliquid inducere
- to introduce a person (into a dialogue) discoursing on..: aliquem disputantem facere, inducere, fingere (est aliquid apud aliquem disputans)
- to introduce a new word into the Latin language: inducere novum verbum in latinam linguam
- to strike out, delete a word: inducere verbum (Phil. 13. 19. 43)
- to induce some one to take a brighter view of things: in meliorem spem, cogitationem aliquem inducere (Off. 2. 15. 53)
- to be misled by a vain hope: inani, falsa spe duci, induci
- to arouse feelings of compassion in some one: ad misericordiam aliquem allicere, adducere, inducere
- to draw some one into an ambush: aliquem in insidias elicere, inducere
- to introduce a thing into our customs; to familiarise us with a thing: in nostros mores inducere aliquid (De Or. 2. 28)