ducto Latin · revision 33985

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *deuk-e/o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈdʊk.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈduk.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ductō''' (present infinitive ductāre, perfect active ductāvī, supine ductātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dūcō|-tō|t1=to lead]], a frequentative.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan derives all the forms in ⟨duct-⟩ from the participle ⟨ductus⟩, and traces [[m|la|dūcō]] to [[itc-pro|*douk-e-]] and [[ine-pro|*deuk-e/o-|t=to draw]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is frequent in Plautus,^(Lewis & Short 1879) who uses it of hauling someone off and of taking a prostitute home.^(OLD 2012) Ennius has it in his tragedies, where Apollo delights and charms the speaker.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Lewis & Short find it very often in Plautus, otherwise perhaps only in Terence, Sallust and once in Tacitus, never in Cicero, Caesar or the Augustan poets.^(Lewis & Short 1879) It means to lead or take someone along, as in Plautus' phrase for hauling a man off, and in particular to take a prostitute home.^(OLD 2012) Sallust uses it of leading an army through wooded country, and so of commanding troops.^(OLD 2012) It also means to charm or allure, as in Ennius, and to lead on, deceive: in the ''Captivi'' someone has been led on with tricks just as the other pleased.^(OLD 2012) Terence uses it of pulling a rope in a dance.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius of being charmed.^(OLD 2012)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of leading and deceiving.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence of pulling a rope.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust of leading an army.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|lead]], conduct, take along; to take home (a [[m|en|prostitute]]).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To lead, command (troops).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To [[m|en|charm]], allure.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To lead on, [[m|en|deceive]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To draw, pull (a rope).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ductitō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dūcō]]

+ * [[ductus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}