LAT
ducto
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Lewis Short
(verb) : ducto, āvi, ātum, 1, 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).
* Lit.
* 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).
* Trop.
* To deceive, delude, cheat: nil moror ductarier,Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 159: qui me ductavit dolis,id. Capt. 3, 4, 109.
* 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.).
* 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).
* Lit.
* 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).
* Trop.
* To deceive, delude, cheat: nil moror ductarier,Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 159: qui me ductavit dolis,id. Capt. 3, 4, 109.
* 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.).
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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