reduco Latin · revision 4282

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=la dūcō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [rɛˈduː.koː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [reˈduː.ko]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''redūcō''' (present infinitive redūcere, perfect active redūxī, supine reductum); third conjugation, irregular short imperative^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|re-|duco|t2=to lead]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) The spelling [[m|la|reddūcō]] is also found, as in Lucretius and Terence.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus, in the Captivi, says “we are bringing him back here from Elis”, and Ennius uses it of bringing people home.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to lead or bring back, and to bring home from captivity or exile.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Caesar uses it of withdrawing an army, and Virgil of saving companions from death.^(OLD 2012) It meant to draw back, as an arm before a blow, and ''gradum redūcere'' to retire.^(OLD 2012) It meant to bring back a season, to revive a practice, to bring someone back to a state of mind, and to recall to mind.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Caesar uses it of bringing a situation to a certain state, and Seneca of reducing a speed.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In medieval Latin it meant to subjugate.^(Wiktionary) English ''reduce'' is recorded in the late 14th century as “bring back”, through Old French.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of bringing a man home.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of withdrawing an army.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of a returning summer.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''reduce'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To lead or bring back; to bring home.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To withdraw troops.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To draw back, ''gradum redūcere'' to retire.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To bring back, restore, revive.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To recall to mind.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To bring to a state; to [[m|en|reduce]], bring down.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' To subjugate.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[reductiō]]

+ * [[reductor]]

+ * [[redux]]

+ * [[sēmireductus]]

+ * [[reductō]]

+ * [[reductus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[abdūcō]]

+ * [[addūcō]]

+ * [[circumdūcō]]

+ * [[condūcō]]

+ * [[dēdūcō]]

+ * [[dīdūcō]]

+ * [[dūcō]]

+ * [[ēdūcō]]

+ * [[indūcō]]

+ * [[intrōdūcō]]

+ * [[en|reduce]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}