(v. a.P. a.adv.) : prō-dūco, xi, ctum, 3 (produxe, for produxisse, Ter Ad. 4, 2, 22), v. a.
* To lead or bring forth, to lead forward or out.
* Lit. (class.): fidicinam intus,Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 40: aliquem foras ante aedes,id. Capt. 2, 2, 2: aliquem e latebris,Petr. 126: castris omnem exercitum,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 62: copias pro castris,Caes. B. G. 1, 48.—Esp.
* To bring before the people, senate, or a court: aliquem in conspectum populi Romani,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 122: quempiam in contionem,id. Pis. 6, 14: cum tribunis plebis Curionem et Octavium consules produxisset, id. Brut. 60, 217; Liv. 27, 7, 4: harum rerum omnium auctores testesque,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 131: productus pro rostris,to give evidence,Suet. Jul. 20 fin.: producti in circo Flaminio in contionem,Cic. Sest. 14, 33: in judicium,to bring before a court,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 43, § 113: aliquem in Sestium,id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 1: aliquem ad necem,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 60, § 157.
* Trop.
* In partic.
* To make, devise, produce, bring into use: nova (vocabula) quae genitor produxerit usus,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 119.
* To plant, cultivate: quicunque primum te produxit, arbor,Hor. C. 2, 13, 3.—Hence, prōductus, a, um, P. a., lengthened, long, prolonged, protracted, etc. (class.): productiore cornu sinistro,drawn out, extended,Tac. A. 13, 40 Halm: productissimum flagellum,Col. 3, 10: commoditates corporis tam productae temporibus, Cic. Fin. 4, 12, 29: dolores longinquitate producti,id. Tusc. 5, 40, 117: exitus (orationis),id. de Or. 2. 53, 213: productiora alia, et quasi immoderatius excurrentia,too long,id. Or. 53, 178; so, producta syllaba (opp. short),id. ib. 48, 159: nomen,formed by prolongation,id. N. D. 2, 26, 66: neve minor, neu sit quinto productior actu Fabula,longer,Hor. A. P. 189.
* To conduct to a place: non tu eum rus hinc modo Produxe aiebas?Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 22.
* To conduct to the grave, sc. a corpse or a funeral procession (poet.): nec te, tua funera, mater Produxi,Verg. A. 9, 486: longum funus ad tumulos,Luc. 2, 298.
* To lead or bring along, to bring away: qui et procurrentem retrahat, et cunctantem producat,to drag forward,Col. 6, 2, 9.
* To bring to light, disclose, expose: occulta ad patres produxit crimina servus,Juv. 8, 266.
* To bring forth, bring into the world, to bear or beget: ego is sum qui te produxi pater,Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 129: liberos,id. Capt. 3, 5, 105; Lucil. ap. Non. 373, 2: magnanimos nos natura produxit,Sen. Ep. 104, 23: quam te Thersitae similem producat Achilles,Juv. 8, 271.— Of other subjects, to produce, make (postAug.): cibis utendum est carnem producentibus,Cels. 8, 7, 7: cum folia producere incipiunt fici,Pall. 4, 10, 30.
* = adduco in indicium, to bring forth to trial, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 32 (Zumpt); Quint. 11, 3, 174.
* To make to grow, to advance, promote (poet.): subolem. Hor. C. S. 17.
* In pronunciation, to lengthen, prolong (class.): inclitus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā,Cic. Or. 48, 159: syllabam,Ov. P. 4, 12, 13; Quint. 1, 5, 18.
* To bring forward (to distinction), to raise, promote, advance (class.): producere aliquem ad aliquam dignitatem. Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52: aliquem omni genere honoris,Liv. 40, 56: quem tu non pro illius dignitate produxeras,Cic. Dom. 9, 21: a quibus producti sunt, exsistunt eorum ipsorum tyranni,advanced to power,id. Rep. 1, 44, 68: beneficia, quae non producunt, nec honestiorem faciunt,Sen. Ben. 2, 9, 2.
* To lead, induce one to do any thing: producti sumus, ut loqueremur,Auct. Her. 1, 3, 5: productus ad aliquid faciendum,Plin. 9, 35, 59, § 122.
* To draw or drag out, to lengthen out, prolong, protract (class.): producere pauperi vitam ad miseriam,Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 59: cenam,Hor. S. 1, 5, 70: convivium ad multam noctem vario sermone,Cic. Sen. 14, 46: sermonem in multam noctem,id. Rep. 6, 10, 10: sermonem longius,id. Brut. 71, 251: Varro .. vitam Naevii producit longius,i. e. represents him as having lived longer,id. ib. 15, 60: somnum ultra primam lucem,Suet. Aug. 78: rem in hiemem,Caes. B. G. 4, 30: animas,lives,Juv. 15, 94.
* To put off, to amuse, delude one with fallacious promises: aliquem falsā spe producere,Ter. And. 4, 1, 25: aliquem conditionibus,Cic. Quint. 8, 30.
* Of time, to pass, spend (poet.): cyathos sorbillans diem,Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 52.
* To bring up, educate: audientem dicto, mater, produxisti filiam,Plaut. As. 3, 1, 40: principes liberos,Tac. Or. 28: laevo monitu pueros avaros,Juv. 14, 228.
* Subst.: prōducta, ōrum, n., preferable things (a transl. of the Gr. τἁ προηγμένα): in vitā non ea, quae primario loco sunt, sed ea, quae secundum locum obtinent, προηγμένα, id est producta nominantur; quae vel ita appellemus (id erit verbum e verbo), vel promota, et remota, vel, ut dudum diximus, praeposita, vel praecipua; et illa rejecta,Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52; cf. Sen. Ep. 74, 17.—Hence, adv.: prōductē, in a lengthened manner, long (class.): producte dicere litteram, opp. breviter,Cic. Or. 48, 159: producte dicere syllabam, opp. correpte,Gell. 2, 17, 5.—Comp.: syllaba productius pronunciata,Gell. 4, 17, 8.

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