LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation, irregular short imperative

abdūcō

abdūcō (present infinitive abdūcere, perfect active abdūxī, supine abductum)
Classical[abˈduː.koː]Ecclesiastical[abˈduː.ko]

Meaning

  1. literallyusuallyto lead away or aside, take away, bring away, carry off; detach, remove
  2. literallyto take (with one) to dine
  3. literallyto take aside
  4. literallyto carry off or away forcibly; rob, ravish
  5. figurativelyliterallyusuallyto lead away, separate, distinguish
    (law) take away, drive away
  6. figurativelyto seduce, charm, attract or entice away, pervert; alienate from fidelity or allegiance
  7. figurativelyto withdraw, draw off, hinder (from a study, pursuit, duty, etc.)
  8. figurativelyto cause to withdraw, be separated, fall off or drop out; divert
  9. figurativelyto bring down, reduce, degrade, lower

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Conjugation conjugation 3 irregular

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.abdūcōabdūcēbamabdūcamabdūxīabdūxeramabdūxerō
2nd sg.abdūcisabdūcēbāsabdūcēsabdūxistīabdūxerāsabdūxeris
3rd sg.abdūcitabdūcēbatabdūcetabdūxitabdūxeratabdūxerit
1st pl.abdūcimusabdūcēbāmusabdūcēmusabdūximusabdūxerāmusabdūxerimus
2nd pl.abdūcitisabdūcēbātisabdūcētisabdūxistisabdūxerātisabdūxeritis
3rd pl.abdūcuntabdūcēbantabdūcentabdūxērunt
abdūxēre		abdūxerantabdūxerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.abdūcamabdūceremabdūxerimabdūxissem
2nd sg.abdūcāsabdūcerēsabdūxerīsabdūxissēs
3rd sg.abdūcatabdūceretabdūxeritabdūxisset
1st pl.abdūcāmusabdūcerēmusabdūxerīmusabdūxissēmus
2nd pl.abdūcātisabdūcerētisabdūxerītisabdūxissētis
3rd pl.abdūcantabdūcerentabdūxerintabdūxissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.abdūcorabdūcēbarabdūcar
2nd sg.abdūceris
abdūcere		abdūcēbāris
abdūcēbāre		abdūcēris
abdūcēre
3rd sg.abdūciturabdūcēbāturabdūcētur
1st pl.abdūcimurabdūcēbāmurabdūcēmur
2nd pl.abdūciminīabdūcēbāminīabdūcēminī
3rd pl.abdūcunturabdūcēbanturabdūcentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.abdūcarabdūcerer
2nd sg.abdūcāris
abdūcāre		abdūcerēris
abdūcerēre
3rd sg.abdūcāturabdūcerētur
1st pl.abdūcāmurabdūcerēmur
2nd pl.abdūcāminīabdūcerēminī
3rd pl.abdūcanturabdūcerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.abdūc
abdūce		abdūcere
pres. 2nd pl.abdūciteabdūciminī
fut. 2nd sg.abdūcitōabdūcitor
fut. 3rd sg.abdūcitōabdūcitor
fut. 2nd pl.abdūcitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.abdūcuntōabdūcuntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveabdūcereabdūcī
perfect infinitiveabdūxisseabductum esse
future infinitiveabductūrum esseabductum īrī
present participleabdūcēns—
perfect participle—abductus
future participleabductūrus
abductūra, abductūrā, abductūrae, abductūram, abductūrārum, abductūrās, abductūre, abductūrī, abductūrīs, abductūrō, abductūrōrum, abductūrōs, abductūrum		abdūcendus
abdūcundus, abdūcenda, abdūcendā, abdūcendae, abdūcendam, abdūcendārum, abdūcendās, abdūcende, abdūcendīs, abdūcendōrum, abdūcendōs, abdūcunda, abdūcundā, abdūcundae, abdūcundam, abdūcundārum, abdūcundās, abdūcunde, abdūcundī, abdūcundīs, abdūcundō, abdūcundōrum, abdūcundōs, abdūcundum
gerundabdūcendī, abdūcendō, abdūcendumsupineabductum, abductū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

a vero abduci
to be led away from the truth.
ab officio abduci, avocari
to let oneself be perverted from one's duty.
alicuius animum ab aliqua re abducere
to draw away some one's attention from a thing.
aliquem in servitutem abducere, abstrahere
to carry off into slavery.
de fide deducere or a fide abducere aliquem
to undermine a person's loyalty.

ab-dūco, xi, ctum, 3,
I. v. a. (ABDOVCIT =abduit, in the epitaph of Scipio, Inscr. Orell. 550; perf. abduxti, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 16; imper. abduce, id. Bacch. 4, 9, 108; id. Curc. 5, 3, 15; Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 36; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 63; but also abduc, id. Eun. 2, 3, 86), to lead one away, to take or bring with one, to carry off, take or bring away, remove, etc.
I. Lit.
A. In gen., of personal objects; constr. aliquem, ab, ex, de; in, ad: SVBIGIT. OMNE. LOVCANAM. OPSIDESQVE. ABDOVCIT (=subigit omnem Lucanam obsidesque abducit), epitaph of Scipio, 1. 1.: hominem P. Quinctii deprehendis in publico; conaris abducere, Cic. Quint. 19, 61: cohortes secum, Caes. B. C. 1, 15 med. al.: abduce me hinc ab hac, quantum potest, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 108: abductus a mari atque ab lis copiis, quas, etc.... frumento ac commeatu abstractus, Caes. B. C. 3, 78: tamquam eum, qui sit rhetori tradendus, abducendum protinus a grammaticis putem, Quint. 2, 1, 12: ut Hispanos omnes procul ab nomine Scipionis ex Hispania abduceret, Liv. 27, 20, 7: tu dux, tu comes es; tu nos abducis ab Histro. Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 119: ut collegam vi de foro abducerent, Liv. 2, 56, 15: sine certamine inde abductae legiones, id. 2, 22, 2: credo (illum) abductum in ganeum aliquo, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 5: abduxi exercitum ad infestissimam Ciliciae partem, Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 3: ipsos in lautumias abduci imperabat, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 56 fin.; so, liberos eorum in servitutem, Caes. B. G. 1, 11, 3: servum extra convivium, Sen. Contr. 4, 25. —Poet. with acc. only: tollite me, Teucri; quascumque abducite terras (= in terras), Verg. A. 3, 601. —
b. Of animals: donec (avem) in diversum abducat a nidis, Plin. 10, 33, 51 fin. —
c. . Sometimes also of inanim. objects: clavem, to take away, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 8: pluteos ad alia opera, Caes. B. C. 2, 9: capita retro ab ictu, to draw back, Verg. A. 5, 428: togam a faucibus ac summo pectore, Quint. 11, 3, 145: aquam alicui (=deducere, defiectere), to divert, draw off, Dig. 39, 2, 26. —Poet.: somnos, to take away, deprive of, Ov. F. 5, 477.
B. In partic.
1. To take with one to dine: tum me convivam solum abducebat sibi, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 17: advenientem ilico abduxi ad cenam, id. Heaut. 1, 2, 9 al.
2. To take aside (in mal. part.): aliquam in cubiculum, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 7; so Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 13, § 33; Suet. Aug. 69; Just. 21, 2 fin. al.
3. To carry away forcibly, to raxish, rob: ad quem iste deduxerat Tertiam, Isidori mimi flliam, vi abductam ab Rhodio tibicine, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 34; cf. id. ib. 2, 5, 31, § 81; Verg. A. 7, 362: aliquam alicui (marito, etc.), Suet. Oth. 3; Dig. 47, 10, 1 al.: aliquam gremils, Verg. A. 10, 79. —So also of stolen cattle, to drive away: cujus (Geryonis) armenta liercules abduxerit, Plin. 4, 22, 36 fin.; so, abducta armenta, Ov. H. 16, 359.
4. In jurid. lang.: auferre et abducere, to take and drive away (auferre of inanlmate things, abducere of living beings, as slaves, cattle), Cic. Quint. 27, 84; Dig. 21, 2, 57, § 1.
II. Trop.
A. In gen., to lead away, separate, distinguish: animum ad se ipsum advocamus, secum esse cogimus, maximeque a corpore abducimus, Cic. Tusc. 1, 31; so, aciem mentis a consuetudine oculorum, id. N. D. 2, 17: divinationem caute a conjecturis, id. Div. 2, 5, 13.
B. In partic.
1. To seduce, alienate from fidelity or allegiance: legiones a Bruto, Cic. Phil. 10, 3, 6: exercitum ab illo, id. ib. 10, 4, 9: equitatum a consule, id. ib. 11, 12, 27 al.
2. From a study, pursuit, duty, etc., to withdraw, draw off, hinder (syn.: avoco, averto): vos a vostris abduxi negotlis, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 1; cf.: a quo studio te abduci negotiis intellego, Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 5; and: abducuntur homines nonnumquam etiam ab institutis suis magnitudine pecuniae, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 12 (followed by ab humanitate deducere); so, aliquem a meretricio quaestu, id. Phil. 2, 18: aliquem a populorum rebus, id. Rep. 5, 2: ab isto officio incommodo, id. Lael. 2, 8 al.
3. To bring down, reduce, degrade (Ciceron.): ne ars tanta...a religionis auctoritate abduceretur ad mercedem atque quaestum, Cic. Div. 1, 41, 92; so, aliquem ad hanc hominum libidinem ac licentiam, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 90, § 210.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  3. Proto-Italic*ap
  4. Latinabdūcō

Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin abdūcō From ab- (“from, away from”) + dūcō (“to lead, to conduct”).

Descendants
  • Catalanabduir
  • Englishabduce
  • Englishabduct
  • Germanabduzieren
  • Italianabdurre
  • Portugueseabduzir
  • Romanianabduce
  • Spanishabducir
  • Norwegian Bokmålabdusere

In English words that came into English from abdūcō

  • abductionabductiō
  • abductabductus
  • abductorabductor
  • abduceabdūcō

Quick answers

What does abdūcō mean in Latin?
abdūcō, a verb, means “to lead away or aside, take away, bring away, carry off; detach, remove; to take (with one) to dine”.
What are the principal parts of abdūcō?
abdūcō, abdūcere, abdūxī, abductum (third conjugation, irregular short imperative).
How do you pronounce abdūcō?
In classical Latin, [abˈduː.koː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [abˈduː.ko].
Where does abdūcō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep → Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó → Proto-Italic *ap → Latin abdūcō.
Which English words come from abdūcō?
English words that go back to Latin abdūcō include abduce, abduction, abduct and abductor.