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trādūco (TRANSDVCO, Inscr. Orell. 750; Cic. Sest. 42, 91; Sall. J. 11, 4; Liv. 10, 37, 1; and so always in Cæs.; v. Neue, Formenl. 1, 734), xi, ctum, 3 ( imv. traduce, Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 22; id. Ad. 5, 7, 12; perf. sync. traduxti, Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 16; inf. parag. transducier, id. Most. 1, 1, 16; Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 46), v. a. [trans-duco], to lead, bring, or conduct across; to lead, bring, or carry over any thing (syn. traicio).

Lit.

In gen.:

jamne hanc traduxti huc ad nos vicinam tuam?

Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 16:

ut traduxisti huc ad nos uxorem tuam!

id. ib. 3, 4, 7:

traduce et matrem et familiam omnem ad nos,

Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 12:

exercitum ex Galliā in Ligures,

Liv. 40, 25, 9:

suas copias per angustias et fines Sequanorum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 11; 1, 19:

copias praeter castra,

id. ib. 1, 48:

cohortes ad se in castra,

id. B. C. 1, 21:

impedimenta ad se,

id. ib. 1, 42:

regem Antiochum in Europam,

Liv. 36, 3, 12:

aquaeductum per domum suam,

Dig. 6, 2, 11:

tua pompa Eo traducenda est,

to be carried over to him, Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 18 Ruhnk.:

victimas in triumpho,

parade, Liv. 45, 39, 12:

carpentum, quo in pompā traduceretur,

was borne along, Suet. Calig. 15.—With trans (rare, and only when the place to which is also expressed):

hominum multitudinem trans Rhenum in Galliam transducere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 35 Kraner ad loc.—With abl. (very rare):

legiones Peninis Cottianisque Alpibus traducere,

Tac. H. 4, 68.—With double acc.:

traductus exercitus silvam Ciminiam,

Liv. 9, 39, 1; cf. in the foll. B.—

In partic.

To lead or convey across, to transport over a stream or bridge:

flumen subito accrevit, ut eā re traduci non potuerunt,

Cic. Inv. 2, 31, 97:

pontem in Arari faciundum curat. atque ita exercitum transducit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 13. — Freq. with a double acc.: cum Isaram flumen exercitum traduxissem, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10. 21, 2:

ubi Caesar certior factus est, tres jam copiarum partes Helvetios id flumen transduxisse,

Caes. B. G. 1, 12: flumen Axonam exercitum transducere, id. ib. 2, 5:

quos Caesar transduxerat Rhenum,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 13; 7, 11:

copias flumen,

Liv. 21, 23, 3; 22, 45, 5:

Volturnum flumen exercitum,

id. 23, 36, 9; 26, 8, 9:

novum exercitum traducite Iberum,

id. 26, 41, 23.—Hence, pass.:

raptim traducto exercitu Iberum,

Liv. 24, 41, 1; 9, 39, 1:

legio flumen transducta,

Sall. H. 2, 57 Dietsch:

ne major multitudo Germanorum Rhenum transducatur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31; id. B. C. 3, 76. — With abl. (very rare):

nisi flumine Ligeri copias traduxisset,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 27:

Belgas Rhenum antiquitus esse transductos,

Caes. B. G. 2, 4. —

Publicists' t. t.: traducere equum, to lead his horse along, said of a knight who passed muster at the inspection by the censor (cf. transveho):

qui (P. Africanus) cum esset censor et in equitum censu C. Licinius Sacerdos prodisset... cum contra nemo diceret, jussit equum traducere,

Cic. Clu. 48, 134; cf. Val. Max. 4, 1, 10.—

To lead along, parade in public by way of disgrace:

delatores flagellis caesi ac traducti per amphitheatri harenam,

Suet. Tit. 8 fin.; cf. infra, II. B. 2.

Trop.

In gen., to lead, bring, or carry over, to transfer, remove:

aut alio possis animi traducere motus,

Lucr. 4, 1068:

animos judicum a severitate paulisper ad hilaritatem risumque traducere,

Cic. Brut. 93, 322:

animum hominis ab omni aliā cogitatione ad tuam dignitatem tuendam,

id. Fam. 1, 2, 3:

animos a contrariā defensione abducere et ad nostram conor traducere,

id. de Or. 2, 72, 293:

ad amicitiam consuetudinemque,

id. Prov. Cons. 9, 22:

post partum cura in vitulos traducitur omnis,

Verg. G. 3, 157:

tum omnem orationem traduxi et converti in increpandam Caepionis fugam,

Cic. de Or. 2, 48, 199:

hanc rationem naturae difficile est traducere ad id genus divinationis,

to apply, id. Div. 1, 57, 130:

nomen eorum ad errorem fabulae,

id. Tusc. 5, 3, 8 et saep.:

centuriones ex inferioribus ordinibus in superiores ordines erant transducti,

transferred, Caes. B. G. 6, 40:

is ad plebem P. Clodium traducit,

Cic. Att. 1, 18, 4; cf.:

P. Clodium a patribus ad plebem,

Suet. Caes. 20: academicen suntaxin, Cic. Att. 13, 16:

gens in patricias transducta,

Suet. Aug. 2:

augur destinatus ad pontificatum traductus est,

id. Calig. 12:

medicus aegrum in meliorem consuetudinem, etc.,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 11 Müll.:

ut (oratio) eos qui audient ad majorem admirationem possit traducere,

Cic. Or. 57, 192:

mali punientur et traducentur in melius,

Sen. Ira, 2, 13, 4. — Poet., with dat.:

me mea paupertas vitae traducat inerti,

Tib. 1, 1, 5 (where Müll. reads vita).—

In partic.

To bring over, draw over one to some side or opinion:

hominem traducere ad optimates paro,

Cic. Att. 14, 21, 4:

si istud obtinueris, traducas me ad te totum licebit,

id. Fin. 4. 1, 2:

transductis ad se jam pluribus,

Suet. Caes. 14:

traduxit me ad suam sententiam,

Cic. Clu. 52, 144.—

To lead along, exhibit as a spectacle, i. e. to make a show of, to expose to public ridicule, to dishonor, disgrace, degrade (not ante-Aug.):

an non sensistis... vestras conjuges, vestros liberos traductos per ora hominum?

Liv. 2, 38, 3; Just. 36. 1, 5; cf. Petr. 87:

rideris multoque magis traduceris, etc.,

Mart. 6, 77, 5:

libidinem,

Sen. Ep. 100, 10; id. Ben. 2, 17, 5; 4, 32, 3; Mart. 3, 74, 5; Juv. 8, 17:

quae tua traducit manifesto carmina furto,

convicts of, proves guilty of, Mart. 1, 53, 3.—

In a good sense, to set forth publicly, make public, exhibit, display, proclaim, spread abroad:

poëmata,

Petr. 41:

tot annorum secreta,

id. 17: se, to show one ' s self in public:

lorica, in quā se traducebat Ulixem ancipitem,

Juv. 11, 31. —

Of time, to lead, spend, pass (class.;

syn.: ago, transigo): otiosam aetatem et quietam sine ullo labore et contentione traducere,

Cic. Sen. 23, 82; cf.:

hoc quod datum est vitae tranquille placideque traducere,

id. Tusc. 3, 11, 25: quantumcumque superest temporis, Aug. ap. Gell. 15, 7, 3:

adulescentiam eleganter,

Cic. Planc. 12, 31:

hoc tempus quā ratione,

id. Fam. 4, 6, 3:

quibus artibus latebrisque, vitam per novem annos, Tac H. 4, 67: leniter aevum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 97: tempora Cynicā cenā, Petr. poët. 14: consul traducere noctem exsomnis. Sil. 9, 4 et saep.—Hence, transf., of the administration of an office:

munus summā modestiā et summā abstinentiă,

Cic. Att. 5, 9, 1. —

In later gram. lang. [p. 1885]

To transfer a word from one subject or from one language to another (for the class. verto, converto, reddo, transfero, etc.): videtur Graecos secutus, qui ephodion a sumptu viae ad aliarum quoque rerum apparatus traducunt, Gell. 17, 2, 1:

vocabulum Graecum in linguam Romanam,

id. 1, 18, 1.—

To derive:

jactare multo fusius largiusque est quam jacere, unde id verbum traductum est,

Gell. 2, 6, 5; cf. id. 17, 2, 14.

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