(verb) : con-dūco, xi, ctum, 3, and n.
* Act., to draw, bring, or lead together, to assemble, collect (class. in prose and poetry).
* In gen.
* Neutr., to contribute to something by being useful, to be of use or profitable, to profit, serve, etc. (syn.: convenit, utile est; class.; used only in the 3d pers. of the sing. and plur.); constr. with in, ad aliquid, the dat., or absol.
* Esp.
* Intens., to connect, unite, by bringing together, = cogo, colligo.
* Prop. (so several times in Lucr., elsewhere rare): partes in unum,Lucr. 1, 398; 3, 533; cf. id. 1, 651; 6, 968; Vitr. 8, 1 fin.: cortice ramos,Ov. M. 4, 375: lac,to coagulate, curdle,Col. 7, 8, 1: conducere musculum aut laxare,to contract,Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, n. 8: ubi sunt nervi, interiores conducunt membra,Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 218: vulnera cerā,to close up,Val. Fl. 1, 479 al.
* T. t. of the lang. of business, to hire, take on lease, to farm (correlative of locare; cf. Dig. 19, 2, 1; very freq. and class.).
* To hire for one's use, to hire, rent, employ; of things: aedes aliquas mihi,Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 17; Suet. Tib. 35; cf.: domum in Palatio, Cic. Cael. 7, 18; id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 7: hortum,id. Fam. 16, 18, 2: qui colonus habuit conductum de Caesenniā fundum,id. Caecin. 32, 94: habitationem in annum,Dig. 19, 2, 19: ad certum tempus,ib. 19, 2, 14: insulam,ib. 19, 2, 30: conduxi domum a te,Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 2: nummos,to borrow,Hor. S. 1, 2, 9; cf. pecuniam,Juv. 11, 46.—Esp., of persons: ille qui me conduxit, ubi conduxit, abduxit domum,Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 11: cocum,id. Ps. 3, 2, 10 and 15; id. Aul. 2, 4, 1: fidicinam, quae cantaret sibi,id. Ep. 2, 3, 10: meretricem,id. Bacch. 5, 1, 11; cf. id. Am. 1, 1, 131; Nep. praef. § 4; and poet.: torum,Ov. Am. 1, 10, 44: consulem vestrum ad caedem faciendam,Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9: praeceptores publice,Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 6: choragum,Suet. Aug. 70: homines,Caes. B. G. 2, 1; so, militem (the Gr. ξενολογεῖν), to hire soldiers, Curt. 3, 1, 1; 3, 9, 2 al.; cf. the foll. subst.—With ut or quin: aliquem uti taceat, to hire, bribe, employ, Cato ap. Gell. 1, 15, 10; cf.: tribus non conduci possim libertatibus, quin, etc.,could not be hired,Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 68; cf. Lucil. ap. Non. p. 274, 21: mercede aliquem,Cic. Off. 2, 6, 22: mercede diurnā conductus,Hor. S. 2, 7, 18: pictorem magno pretio,Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1.—Subst.
* Conducti, ōrum, m., hirelings, mercenary soldiers, Hor. A. P. 431; Nep. Dat. 8, 2; cf. Liv. 30, 7, 10; 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8 al.—Hence, poet.: bella conducta,carried on by mercenary troops,Sil. 5, 196.
* To undertake any service (building, transportation, the customs, etc.), to contract for, farm: caedundum illum (agnum) ego conduxi,Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 31; cf.: caedundos agnos,id. Capt. 4, 2, 39: redemptor, qui columnam illam de Cottā conduxerat faciendam,Cic. Div. 2, 21, 47: locare faciendum quod ego conduxeram,Dig. 19, 2, 48; so, mulierem vehendam nave,ib. 19, 2, 19: aliquem docendum,ib. 19, 2, 13, § 3; 13, 6, 19: praebenda, quae ad exercitum opus essent,to undertake the supplies,Liv. 23, 48, 11: vectigalia,to farm,Cic. Att. 1, 17, 9; Liv. 43, 16, 2: tabulas in Italiam portandas,Vell. 1, 13, 4; so, portorium,Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 47 al.
* With in: quod tuam in rem bene conducat,Plaut. Cist. 3, 4; so, maxime in rempublicam, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 274, 29: in commune,Tac. A. 2, 38.
* With ad: ad ventris victum,Plaut. Capt. 4, 3, 6: ad vitae commoditatem,Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9.
* With dat. (so most freq.): huic aetati non conducit latebrosus locus,Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 22: maxime rei publicae,Cic. Prov. Cons. 1, 1; id. Off. 3, 27, 101: neque homini infanti injuste facta conducunt,id. Fin. 1, 16, 52; Col. 9, 1, 3: omnibus,Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 49: tuae laudi,id. Fam. 13, 48: nostris rationibus,id. Att. 1, 1, 2: maxime sibi,Quint. 11, 1, 12: alvo citae (vinum),Plin. 23, 1, 23, § 41: proposito,Hor. A. P. 195 et saep.: imbres non conducunt vitibus,Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 14.
* Absol.: dubitare non possumus. quin ea maxime conducant, quae sunt rectissima,Cic. Fam. 5, 19, 2: conducere arbitror talibus auris tuas vocibus undique circumsonare,id. Off. 3, 2, 5.—Hence, P. a. as subst.; v. I. C. 2. β fin. supra.— Adv.: condūcenter, becomingly, fitly, Gell. 16, 12, 4.

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