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perduco
perduco
Latin
Etymology
From per- (“through”) + dūcō (“lead”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /perˈduː.koː/
Verb
perdūcō (present infinitive perdūcere, perfect active perdūxī, supine perductum); third conjugation, irregular short imperative
- I lead, conduct, convey, carry, guide or bring through or to a place; deliver.
- I spread over, bedaub, coat, besmear.
- I rub out, erase, cross through.
- I take a drink, drink off or up, quaff, drain.
- (figuratively) I bring, carry or guide someone or something to a certain condition.
- (figuratively) I draw out, lengthen, prolong, continue; spend, pass.
- (figuratively) I draw or bring over, win over, persuade, induce.
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Descendants
- Italian: perdurre
References
- perduco in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- perduco in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “perduco”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to reach one's hundredth year, to live to be a hundred: vitam ad annum centesimum perducere
- to finish, complete, fulfil, accomplish a thing: ad exitum aliquid perducere
- to bring to the highest perfection: ad summum perducere
- to win a man over to one's own way of thinking: aliquem ad suam sententiam perducere or in suam sententiam adducere
- to elevate to the highest dignity: aliquem ad summam dignitatem perducere (B. G. 7. 39)
- to reach one's hundredth year, to live to be a hundred: vitam ad annum centesimum perducere