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(kveð; kvað, kváðum; kveðinn), v.

1) to say, utter;

hann kvað eigi orð, he did not utter a word;

kveða gleði-orð, to say a cheerful word;

with infin., hann kvað þat satt vera, he said it was true;

kveða at orði, to express oneself, say, speak;

2) to (compose and) say aloud (hann kvað vísu);

to recite, repeat (S. bað hann þá kveða kvæðit þat, er hann hafði ort);

3) with preps.:

kveða at, to say, state;

gramm. to pronounce, sound;

kveða e-t at e-m, to inflict on;

mikill harmr er at oss kveðinn, great grief has been sent on us;

kveða á, to fix, determine (kveða á stefnudag);

impers. to state;

kveðr þar skýrt á þetta, it is there expressly stated;

to cancel, object to (kveða á gögn, to cancel the evidence) to make up one’s mind, resolve;

kveða e-t upp, to recite, declare (þat skulu lög vera, sem hann kveðr upp);

kveða við, to reply, answer (hitki hann veit, hvat hann skal við kveða, ef);

to utter a cry, etc. (hundrinn kvað við hátt);

to sound (því næst kvað lúðr við);

4) refl., kveðast, to say of oneself;

þeir er biskupar kváðust vera, who said they were bishops;

hann kveðst eigi ríða mundu, he said he would not ride;

impers., mér kveðsk = ek kveð mér;

Kára kvaðsk (= Kári kvað sér) önnur ferð betri þykkja, K. said he thought another course preferable;

kveðast at, to exchange verses or songs.

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sing. kveðr, pret. kvað, 2nd pers. kvatt, kvattú, Fms. vi. 386, pl. kváðu, kvóðu, and kóðu, Ls. 24, Hom. 12, Ó. H. 48, Fms. viii. 71, xi. 107; pret. subj. kvæði; imperat. kveð, kveð-þú, kvettú, vi. 361, mod. kveddu; with neg. suff., pres. kveðk-a-ek, I say not, Ýt. 7: [Ulf. qiþan = λέγειν, εἰπειν, ἐρειν; A. S. cweðan; Engl. quoth; O. H. G. quedan; Swed. quäda; Dan. kvæde; cp. Lat. in-quit]:—to say; né því er kveðr kona, nor what a woman says, Hm. 83; at þú Frey kveðir úleiðastarr lifa, Skm. 19; kveða ( dicunt) Heimdal valda véum, Gm. 13: in an epic sense, to say, orð kvað þá Vingi, Am. 37, 38; Glaumvör kvað at orði, 30, 32; ok hann þat orða, alls fyrst um kvað = Homer’s καί μιν φωνήσας …, Þkv. 2, 3, 9, 12; or, þá kvað þat Heimdalr; Þá kvað þat Þórr; þá kvað þat Þrymr, 15, 17, 18, 20, 22, 25, 30; Egill fékk úgleði mikla svá at hann kvað eigi orð, Eg. 518; k. gleði-orð, to say a cheerful word, Vígl. 89 new Ed.; þeir kvóðu ekki gott orð at honum, 655 vii. 3; er hann hafði þat mælt, þá kvað hann úti annat orð, Fms. xi. 16; hverr þessa stafa, ef hann verðr í nef kveðinn, if he is nasal in sound, Skálda 162; lýsingar-váttar Marðar kváðu svá at orði, Nj. 233; til báls ok til brands kveðr at fornu máli, as it is said in old saws, N. G. L. i. 50; Rannveig kvað vel at hann færi útan, Nj. 111:—with infin., hón kvad þar eigi kvenna-vist, Fms. vii. 274; kveðum þá mæla ( let them speak) á várar tungur, 656 C. 6: the pret. kvað (proncd. kvu) as adv. or absol., ‘tis said, they say, það kvað (kvu) vera, they say so.

2. with prep.; kveða at, adverb. so to say; svá mátti at kveða, id., Fms. xi. 72; er svá mun mega at k. at líf manna lægi við, Nj. 78; kveðr svá at, it is so said, Ver. 83; þá er svá at kveðit, 3; lögsögumaðr skal ráða ok at kveða ( determine) hvar hvergi dómr skal sitja, Grág. i. 27: gramm. to pronounce, sound, Skálda 165; mikill harmr er at oss kveðinn, mickle harm is doomed us, Nj. 201; mikit er at Kjartani kveðit (there’s mickle said against K., i. e. he is a doomed man), ok mun úhægt vera at göra við forlögum þeirra, Ld. 190: það kveðr mikið (lítið) að e-u, to be of great ( small) influence or importance:—kveða á, to fix, determine, Grág. i. 35, 39, Nj. 90, Ld. 74; var kveðit á brullaups-stefnu, Nj. 40; var gört um málit ok kveðit á fégjöld, 111, Fs. 68: to state, kveðr þar skýrt á þetta, it is expressly stated there, Ld. 334: a law term, to cancel, object to, kveða á gögn, to cancel the evidence, Grág. i. 67, 106: to fix, make up one’s mind, resolve, 100, Nj. 3, 252: part. ákveðinn, fixed, appointed, 256: fated, eigi má saka þik um þetta, segir Njáll, þvíat slíkt er mjök ákveðit, 166: ákveðin orð, an agreement, stipulation, Hkr. ii. 372; með ákveðnum orðum, in express words, Grett. 89; vant er mér þat at skýra með ákveðnum orðum, Sks. 660; með ákveðnu, id., K. Á. 208; mun ek ákveðit göra, hverir þar skulu vera, Ísl. ii. 346: ákveðin orð, pointed, libellous words, Bjarn. 57:—kveða við, to reply, Hm. 26:—k. upp, to pronounce, make known, Gísl. 10, Fms. vii. 88.

II. to sing; hón bað Þorstein kveða nokkut, Grett. 159; skemti Stúfr ok kvað flokk einn, ok er lokit var bað konungr hann enn k.—Hversu mörg hefir þú nú kvæðin kveðit? … hví kveðr þú flokka eina? Fms. vi. 391; skyldi ok engi kveða vísurnar, Nj. 71; Egill orti alla drápuna, ok hafði fest svá at hann mátti kveða um morguninn, Eg. 421; k. kvæði, Ísl. ii. 232; þótt hann kveði út kvæði þetta, Fms. v. 175; konungr mælti, tel þú oss kvæði nokkut,—Þormóðr settisk upp ok kvað hátt mjök, svá at heyrði um allan herinn, hann kvað Bjarka-mál en fornu, Ó. H. 207; harm hóf upp kvæðit ok kvað hátt, Eg. 427; slógu þá konur hring umhverfis hjallinn, en Þorbjörg sat uppi á seiðhjallinum, kvað Guðríðr þá kvæðit svá fagrt ok vel, at engi þóttisk heyrt hafa með fegri rödd kvæði kveðit, Þorf. Karl. 378: in mod. usage kveða is used of the rhapsodic delivery of a ballad (ríma), half reciting half singing, thus Icel. say, kveða rímur, to recite a ballad, as also kveða vel, to recite, sing well; hann er góðr kvæða-maðr, he is a good ballad-singer, but never of a hymn or full melody; þeir riðu um bygðina kveðandi um daginn, Fms. xi. 376; þá ferr hann með fjölkyngi, ef hann kveðr þat eða kennir, K. Þ. K.; nú eru Háva-mál kveðin, Háva höllu í, Hm. 165; ok Austmarr jöfri Sænskum gýmis ljóð at gamni kveðr, Ýt. 18; þar sat kona við kvern ok kvað forkunnar fagrt, Fms. vii. 233.

2. to make a verse; kvettú nú, Þjóðólfr, um deild þeirra, … Þjóðólfr kvað (and the verse follows), Fms. vi. 361; kveða vísu, to make a ditty, Fms., Nj. passim; kvæðit var mjök kveðit, Fms. v. 173; þessi vísa var ílla ort ok skal ek kveða aðra betri, hann kvað, vi. 416; heyr þjóðskáldit! kvattú svá, gröm, skömm? ekki eru þær hendingar jafnhávar, 386:—kveða á e-n, to challenge one in a song; kalla þær sé kveðit sik á | af kærleiks elsku-fundum, Skíða R. 3.

3. kveða við, to scream; kvað sá við í því er kesjan stóð á honum miðjum, Fms. viii. 354; hundrinn kvað við hátt, Nj. 114: to sound, því næst kvað lúðr við, the trumpet sounded, Fms. vi. 16, vii. 288; þeir létu kveða við lúðra sína, ix. 527; í því kvað við klokka, Fb. i. 417, Fms. iii. 60, ix. 510.

III. reflex. to say of oneself; þeir er biskupar kváðusk vera, who said they were bishops, Íb. 13; hann kveðsk eigi ríða mundu, Nj. 12; Njáll kvaðsk með því einu fara myndu, 105; þeir kváðusk eigi vita hverju gegndi, Fms. vii. 272; þeir er sét kveðask hafa seglin, 322; þeir kóðusk koma mundu, xi. 107; hann kvaðsk þess albúinn, Nj. 100; Óttarr kvaðsk eigi vara, at …, Fs. 87.

2. also impers., mér kveðsk = eg kveð mér; er þér kveðsk þá þykkja gott at deyja, Fms. xi. 153; hafði hann fátt um í fyrstu, en kvaðsk þetta (= kvað sér þetta) þó vel líka, ix. 291; Kára kvaðsk (i. e. Kári kvað sér) önnur ferð betri þykkja, K. said he would like better to take another course, Nj. 139; herfiligt kveðsk honum þykkja at hokra þar fyrir stokkum eða steinum, Fas. ii. 505; Glúmi kveðsk því betr þykkja, Rd. 286; kvaðsk þeim horfin-heilla at þykkja, Fms. vii. 272; honum kveðsk vel á lítask, vi. 99; þeim kvaðsk þykkja sér vandalaust, 107; Vigdísi kvaðsk eigi vera um lygi, Ld. 44; honum kvaðsk meira um at halda fram, Fb. iii. 447; honum kvaðsk svá hugr um segja, Sturl.

3. kveðask at, recipr. to exchange songs, a game played at a wake or dance; sá leikr var mönnum tíðr, at kveðask skyldu at, karlmaðr at konu, ok kona at karlmanni, Bs. i. 165: in mod. usage, kveðast á, to cap verses, each party in turn replying in a verse beginning with the letter with which the preceding one ends; Komdú nú að kveðast á | kvæðin okkar stór og smá, a ditty, cp. kveða á II. 2. above.

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 [p. 1456] 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, id. Verr. 2, 1, 43, § 113:

aliquem in Sestium,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 1:

aliquem ad necem,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 60, § 157.—

Of an actor, to represent, perform:

nihil ab hoc (Roscio) pravum et perversum produci posse arbitrabantur,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 30. —

To expose for sale:

ancillam produxit, vendidit,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 54:

servos,

id. Heaut. 1, 1, 92; Suet. Gram. 4.—

To draw or place one thing before another ( poet.):

producere malo aliquam moram,

Ter. And. 3, 5, 9:

scamnum lecto,

Ov. A. A. 2, 211:

nubila menti,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 13.—

To draw or stretch out, to lengthen out, extend ( poet. and post-Aug.):

pelles dentibus,

Mart. 9, 74, 1:

ferrum incude,

Juv. 15, 165:

supercilium madidā fuligine tactum,

id. 2, 94:

lineas ex argento nigras,

Plin. 33, 6, 31, § 98.—

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. —

In partic.

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.—

Trop.

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.—

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.—

Subst.: prōducta, ōrum, n., preferable things (a transl. of the Gr. tha proêgmena): in vitā non ea, quae primario loco sunt, sed ea, quae secundum locum obtinent, proêgmena, 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.

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 [p. 1456] 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, id. Verr. 2, 1, 43, § 113:

aliquem in Sestium,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 1:

aliquem ad necem,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 60, § 157.—

Of an actor, to represent, perform:

nihil ab hoc (Roscio) pravum et perversum produci posse arbitrabantur,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 30. —

To expose for sale:

ancillam produxit, vendidit,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 54:

servos,

id. Heaut. 1, 1, 92; Suet. Gram. 4.—

To draw or place one thing before another ( poet.):

producere malo aliquam moram,

Ter. And. 3, 5, 9:

scamnum lecto,

Ov. A. A. 2, 211:

nubila menti,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 13.—

To draw or stretch out, to lengthen out, extend ( poet. and post-Aug.):

pelles dentibus,

Mart. 9, 74, 1:

ferrum incude,

Juv. 15, 165:

supercilium madidā fuligine tactum,

id. 2, 94:

lineas ex argento nigras,

Plin. 33, 6, 31, § 98.—

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. —

In partic.

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.—

Trop.

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.—

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.—

Subst.: prōducta, ōrum, n., preferable things (a transl. of the Gr. tha proêgmena): in vitā non ea, quae primario loco sunt, sed ea, quae secundum locum obtinent, proêgmena, 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.

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 [p. 1456] 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, id. Verr. 2, 1, 43, § 113:

aliquem in Sestium,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 1:

aliquem ad necem,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 60, § 157.—

Of an actor, to represent, perform:

nihil ab hoc (Roscio) pravum et perversum produci posse arbitrabantur,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 30. —

To expose for sale:

ancillam produxit, vendidit,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 54:

servos,

id. Heaut. 1, 1, 92; Suet. Gram. 4.—

To draw or place one thing before another ( poet.):

producere malo aliquam moram,

Ter. And. 3, 5, 9:

scamnum lecto,

Ov. A. A. 2, 211:

nubila menti,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 13.—

To draw or stretch out, to lengthen out, extend ( poet. and post-Aug.):

pelles dentibus,

Mart. 9, 74, 1:

ferrum incude,

Juv. 15, 165:

supercilium madidā fuligine tactum,

id. 2, 94:

lineas ex argento nigras,

Plin. 33, 6, 31, § 98.—

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. —

In partic.

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.—

Trop.

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.—

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.—

Subst.: prōducta, ōrum, n., preferable things (a transl. of the Gr. tha proêgmena): in vitā non ea, quae primario loco sunt, sed ea, quae secundum locum obtinent, proêgmena, 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.