ductus (noun M) : duco
* A leading, conducting (class.).
* Lit.
* In gen.: aquarum,Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14; id. Leg. 2, 1, 2; cf. the work of Frontinus: De aquaeductibus; in this sense also simply ductus,id. ib. 5 sq.: aequali ductu porticus,a line, row,Lucr. 4, 426: muri,Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11: litterarum,form, shape,Quint. 1, 1, 25; 10, 2, 2; Plin. 8, 3, 3, § 6: oris (with vultus),lineaments,Cic. Fin. 5, 17, 47: liniarum,Plin. 37, 12, 74, § 195.
* Trop., of discourse.
* Connection, structure of a play, Quint. 4, 2, 53.
* A period, Quint. 9, 4, 30 Spald.

ductus, a, um, Part., from duco.

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