(v. a.P. a.) : sub-dūco, xi, ctum, 3 (
* Perf. sync. subduxti, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 25; inf. subduxe, Poët. ap. Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6), v. a., to draw from under or from below.
* Without the idea of removal.
* In gen., to draw or pull up; to lift up, raise (rare): brassicam ad nasum admoveto: ita subducito susum animam, quam plurimum poteris,Cato, R. R. 157, 15: aliquid sursum,Plaut. Aul. 2, 7, 4: cataractam funibus,Liv. 27, 28, 10: subductis (tunicis) usque ad inguen, pulled up (opp. demissis), Hor. S. 1, 2, 26: supercilia, Turp. ap. Non. 399, 30; Varr. ib. 399, 33; Sen. Ep. 48, 5; id. Ben. 1, 1, 6 al.; cf.: subducto voltu,Prop. 2, 10 (3, 1), 9.
* With the idea of removal implied, to draw away from among; to take away, lead away, carry off; to withdraw, remove, etc. (class.; syn. subtraho).
* In gen.: ubi bullabit vinum, ignem subducito,Cato, R. R. 105, 1: lapides ex turri,Caes. B. C. 2, 11: rerum fundamenta,Cic. Fin. 4, 15, 42: conjux fidum capiti subduxerat ensem,Verg. A. 6, 524: subduc cibum unum diem athletae,Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 40: et sucus pecori et lac subducitur agnis,Verg. E. 3, 6: pugnae Turnum,id. A. 10, 615; so,id. ib. 10, 50: aliquem manibus Graium,id. ib. 10, 81: aliquem praesenti periculo,Vell. 2, 72, 5: se pedibus (terra),Lucr. 1, 1106: se ab ipso Vulnere (fera),Ov. M. 7, 781 et saep.
* Trop.
* Milit. t. t., to draw off forces from one position to another (class.): cohortes aliquot subductas ex dextro cornu post aciem circumducit,Liv. 27, 48: Numidas ex mediā acie,id. 22, 48: triarios ex postremā acie,id. 44, 37: subductis ordinibus,id. 36, 18; cf. id. 40, 30: ab his centuriones omnes lectos et evocatos ... in primam aciem subducit,Sall. C. 59, 3: copias in proximum collem subducit,Caes. B. G. 1, 24; 1, 22: milites pleno gradu in collem,Sall. J. 98, 4: agmen in aequiorem locum,Liv. 7, 34.
* With the idea of stealth or secrecy.
* To take away secretly or by stealth, to steal, hide: Atreus quam (pecudem auream) sibi Thyestem subduxe queritur, Poët. ap. Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6: alicui anulum,Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 81: subducta viatica plorat,Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 54: post ignem aethereā domo Subductum,id. C. 1, 3, 30: nec mihi rivalis subducit certos amores,Prop. 1, 8, 45: saccularii partem subducunt, partem subtrahunt,Dig. 47, 11, 7: obsides furto,Liv. 9, 11: cubiculum subductum omnibus ventis,secured against,Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 10.
* Esp., with se, me, etc., to take one's self away by stealth, withdraw, steal away: tempus est subducere hinc me,Plaut. As. 5, 2, 62: clam te subduxti mihi,Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 25: de circulo se subduxit,Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 1: modo se subducere ab ipso Vulnere visa fera est,Ov. M. 7, 781: se clam,Nep. Alcib. 4, 4; Auct. B. Afr. 93, 1: at nos quaerimus illa (verba), tamquam lateant semper seseque subducant,Quint. 8 prooem. § 8.—Poet.: neve terra se pedibus subducat,Lucr. 1, 1106: quā se subducere colles Incipiunt,i. e. to slope down gradually,Verg. E. 9, 7; cf. mid.: fons subducitur,i. e. loses itself,Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 39.
* Rationem, to draw up, cast up, reckon, compute, calculate, or balance an account (by subtracting one set of items from another; class.; esp. freq. in Cic.): subduxi ratiunculam, Quantum aeris mihi sit, quantumque alieni siet,Plaut. Curc. 3, 1; cf.: intus subducam ratiunculam, quantillum argenti mi siet,id. Capt. 1, 2, 89: subducamus summam,Cic. Att. 5, 21, 11; cf.: assidunt, subducunt: ad numum convenit,id. ib. 5, 21, 12.
* In gen.: rationem, to deliberate, calculate: rationibus subductis summam feci cogitationum mearum,Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10: Medea et Atreus ... initā subductāque ratione nefaria scelera meditantes,id. N. D. 3, 29, 71; cf.: ineundis subducendisque rationibus, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 399, 16; for which also, calculis subductis,id. Fin. 2, 19, 60: bene subductā ratione,Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 1: hoc quid intersit, si tuos digitos novi, certe habes subductum,Cic. Att. 5, 21, 31. —Hence, subductus, a, um, P. a.
* (Acc. to I. A.) Raised, elevated, upturned: quod vituperones suos subducti supercilii carptores appellavit (Laevius), Gell. 19, 7, 16.
* (Acc. to II. A. 1.) Withdrawn, removed, remote, = remotus (post-Aug. and very rare): terra subductior,Mart. Cap. 6, § 591.