verbthird conjugation, irregular short imperative
condūcō
condūcō (present infinitive condūcere, perfect active condūxī, supine conductum)
Classical[kɔnˈduː.koː]Ecclesiastical[konˈduː.ko]
Meaning
- transitiveto lead, bring or draw together; assemble, collect
- transitiveto connect, join, unite; close up; coagulate
- transitiveto hire, rent, employ, take on lease, undertake; farm; bribe
- intransitiveto be conducive to, contribute to something by being useful, to be of use or profitable, serve
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
mercēde in opus vocōcondūcō -ere — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 18
Conjugation conjugation 3 irregular
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | condūcō | condūcēbam | condūcam | condūxī | condūxeram | condūxerō |
| 2nd sg. | condūcis | condūcēbās | condūcēs | condūxistī | condūxerās | condūxeris |
| 3rd sg. | condūcit | condūcēbat | condūcet | condūxit | condūxerat | condūxerit |
| 1st pl. | condūcimus | condūcēbāmus | condūcēmus | condūximus | condūxerāmus | condūxerimus |
| 2nd pl. | condūcitis | condūcēbātis | condūcētis | condūxistis | condūxerātis | condūxeritis |
| 3rd pl. | condūcunt | condūcēbant | condūcent | condūxērunt condūxēre | condūxerant | condūxerint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | condūcam | condūcerem | condūxerim | condūxissem |
| 2nd sg. | condūcās | condūcerēs | condūxerīs | condūxissēs |
| 3rd sg. | condūcat | condūceret | condūxerit | condūxisset |
| 1st pl. | condūcāmus | condūcerēmus | condūxerīmus | condūxissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | condūcātis | condūcerētis | condūxerītis | condūxissētis |
| 3rd pl. | condūcant | condūcerent | condūxerint | condūxissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | condūcor | condūcēbar | condūcar |
| 2nd sg. | condūceris condūcere | condūcēbāris condūcēbāre | condūcēris condūcēre |
| 3rd sg. | condūcitur | condūcēbātur | condūcētur |
| 1st pl. | condūcimur | condūcēbāmur | condūcēmur |
| 2nd pl. | condūciminī | condūcēbāminī | condūcēminī |
| 3rd pl. | condūcuntur | condūcēbantur | condūcentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | condūcar | condūcerer |
| 2nd sg. | condūcāris condūcāre | condūcerēris condūcerēre |
| 3rd sg. | condūcātur | condūcerētur |
| 1st pl. | condūcāmur | condūcerēmur |
| 2nd pl. | condūcāminī | condūcerēminī |
| 3rd pl. | condūcantur | condūcerentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | condūc condūce | condūcere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | condūcite | condūciminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | condūcitō | condūcitor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | condūcitō | condūcitor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | condūcitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | condūcuntō | condūcuntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | condūcere | condūcī |
| perfect infinitive | condūxisse | conductum esse |
| future infinitive | conductūrum esse | conductum īrī |
| present participle | condūcēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | conductus conducta, conductā, conductae, conductam, conductārum, conductās, conducte, conductī, conductīs, conductō, conductōrum, conductōs |
| future participle | conductūrus conductūra, conductūrā, conductūrae, conductūram, conductūrārum, conductūrās, conductūre, conductūrī, conductūrīs, conductūrō, conductūrōrum, conductūrōs, conductūrum | condūcendus condūcundus |
gerundcondūcendī, condūcendō, condūcendumsupineconductum, conductū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- mercede conductum esse
- to be hired, suborned.
- opus redimere, conducere
- to undertake the contract for a work.
- conducere, contrahere copias
- to concentrate troops.
- vectigalia redimere, conducere
- to farm the revenues.
- domum aedificandam locare, conducere
- to give, undertake a contract for building a house.
- redimere, conducere porticum aedificandam (Div. 2. 21. 47)
- to undertake a contract for building a portico.
con-dūco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. and n.
I. Act., to draw, bring, or lead together, to assemble, collect (class. in prose and poetry).
A. In gen.
1. Of persons (esp. freq. of the collecting, assembling of troops in any place): milites de castellis ad castra, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 514, 7:
populum in forum, Varr. ib. p. 274, 20: exercitum in unum locum, Caes. B. G. 2, 2: eo copias omnes, id. B. C. 3, 13 fin.: copias suas, id. B. G. 6, 31 init.; cf. auxilia, Liv. 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8: dispersas suorum copias, Tac. H. 4, 71: virgines unum in locum, Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 3: omnis clientes suos eodem, Caes. B. G. 1, 4: milites in unum, Sall. J. 51, 3; cf. Tac. A. 4, 47.—B. Esp.,
1. Intens., to connect, unite, by bringing together, = cogo, colligo.
a. Prop. (so several times in Lucr., elsewhere rare):
partes in unum, Lucr. 1, 398; 3, 533; cf. id. 1, 651; 6, 968; Vitr. 8, 1 fin.: cortice ramos, Ov. M. 4, 375: lac, to coagulate, curdle, Col. 7, 8, 1: conducere musculum aut laxare, to contract, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, n. 8: ubi sunt nervi, interiores conducunt membra, Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 218: vulnera cerā, to close up, Val. Fl. 1, 479 al.—b. Trop.:
propositionem et assumptionem in unum, Cic. Inv. 1, 40, 73; cf. Quint. 5, 14, 9: omnia probra in deorum maledicta, Arn. 4, p. 146: dies adeo conductus, i. e. short, Sol. 22.— 2. T. t. of the lang. of business, to hire, take on lease, to farm (correlative of locare; cf. Dig. 19, 2, 1; very freq. and class.).
a. To hire for one's use, to hire, rent, employ; of things:
aedes aliquas mihi, Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 17; Suet. Tib. 35; cf.: domum in Palatio, Cic. Cael. 7, 18; id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 7: hortum, id. Fam. 16, 18, 2: qui colonus habuit conductum de Caesenniā fundum, id. Caecin. 32, 94: habitationem in annum, Dig. 19, 2, 19: ad certum tempus, ib. 19, 2, 14: insulam, ib. 19, 2, 30: conduxi domum a te, Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 2: nummos, to borrow, Hor. S. 1, 2, 9; cf. pecuniam, Juv. 11, 46.—Esp., of persons: ille qui me conduxit, ubi conduxit, abduxit domum, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 11: cocum, id. Ps. 3, 2, 10 and 15; id. Aul. 2, 4, 1: fidicinam, quae cantaret sibi, id. Ep. 2, 3, 10: meretricem, id. Bacch. 5, 1, 11; cf. id. Am. 1, 1, 131; Nep. praef. § 4; and poet.: torum, Ov. Am. 1, 10, 44: consulem vestrum ad caedem faciendam, Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9: praeceptores publice, Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 6: choragum, Suet. Aug. 70: homines, Caes. B. G. 2, 1; so, militem (the Gr. ξενολογεῖν), to hire soldiers, Curt. 3, 1, 1; 3, 9, 2 al.; cf. the foll. subst.—With ut or quin: aliquem uti taceat, to hire, bribe, employ, Cato ap. Gell. 1, 15, 10; cf.: tribus non conduci possim libertatibus, quin, etc., could not be hired, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 68; cf. Lucil. ap. Non. p. 274, 21: mercede aliquem, Cic. Off. 2, 6, 22: mercede diurnā conductus, Hor. S. 2, 7, 18: pictorem magno pretio, Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1.—Subst. (a). conducti, ōrum, m., hirelings, mercenary soldiers, Hor. A. P. 431; Nep. Dat. 8, 2; cf. Liv. 30, 7, 10; 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8 al.—Hence, poet.:
bella conducta, carried on by mercenary troops, Sil. 5, 196. —(b). conductum, i, n., any thing hired, esp. a house, dwelling, etc., Cic. Clu. 62, 175; Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 3; Petr. 9, 4; Dig. 9, 3, 1; cf.:
locati conducti, ib. 19, 2 tit.: actio ex conducto, an action upon a lease or contract, ib. 19, 2, 19, §§ 4 and 8 al.—b. To undertake any service (building, transportation, the customs, etc.), to contract for, farm:
caedundum illum (agnum) ego conduxi, Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 31; cf.: caedundos agnos, id. Capt. 4, 2, 39: redemptor, qui columnam illam de Cottā conduxerat faciendam, Cic. Div. 2, 21, 47: locare faciendum quod ego conduxeram, Dig. 19, 2, 48; so, mulierem vehendam nave, ib. 19, 2, 19: aliquem docendum, ib. 19, 2, 13, § 3; 13, 6, 19: praebenda, quae ad exercitum opus essent, to undertake the supplies, Liv. 23, 48, 11: vectigalia, to farm, Cic. Att. 1, 17, 9; Liv. 43, 16, 2: tabulas in Italiam portandas, Vell. 1, 13, 4; so, portorium, Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 47 al. —II. Neutr., to contribute to something by being useful, to be of use or profitable, to profit, serve, etc. (syn.: convenit, utile est; class.; used only in the 3d pers. of the sing. and plur.); constr. with in, ad aliquid, the dat., or absol.
(a). With in:
quod tuam in rem bene conducat, Plaut. Cist. 3, 4; so, maxime in rempublicam, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 274, 29: in commune, Tac. A. 2, 38.—(g). With dat. (so most freq.):
huic aetati non conducit latebrosus locus, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 22: maxime rei publicae, Cic. Prov. Cons. 1, 1; id. Off. 3, 27, 101: neque homini infanti injuste facta conducunt, id. Fin. 1, 16, 52; Col. 9, 1, 3: omnibus, Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 49: tuae laudi, id. Fam. 13, 48: nostris rationibus, id. Att. 1, 1, 2: maxime sibi, Quint. 11, 1, 12: alvo citae (vinum), Plin. 23, 1, 23, § 41: proposito, Hor. A. P. 195 et saep.: imbres non conducunt vitibus, Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 14.—(d). Absol.:
dubitare non possumus. quin ea maxime conducant, quae sunt rectissima, Cic. Fam. 5, 19, 2: conducere arbitror talibus auris tuas vocibus undique circumsonare, id. Off. 3, 2, 5.—Hence, P. a. as subst.; v. I. C. 2. β fin. supra.— Adv.: condūcenter, becomingly, fitly, Gell. 16, 12, 4.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
con-dūcō dūxī, ductus, ere,
to draw together, assemble, collect, gather, unite: exercitum in unum locum, Cs.: viginti milia peditum, levy, L.: clientes eodem, Cs.: milites in unum, S.: vineas: cortice ramos, graft, O. — Fig., to unite, combine: propositionem et adsumptionem in unum. — To hire, rent, borrow, employ: navis conducta, T.: in Palatio domum: conductā tellure, V.: nummos, H.: pecuniam, Iu.—To hire, bribe, employ, induce: qui ab eis conducebantur, ut, etc.: vidua mercede conducta, N.: consulem ad caedem faciendam: pictorem magno pretio: operae conductae, hired workmen.—To undertake, contract for, farm: columnam faciendam: praebenda, quae ad exercitum opus essent, to undertake the supplies, L.: siccandam eluviem, Iu. — To contribute to, be of use, be profitable, profit, serve: ad vitae commoditatem: maxime rei p.: neque homini iniuste facta conducunt: proposito, H.: conducere arbitror aurīs tuas circumsonare, etc., that it is useful.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincondūcō
Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin condūcō From con- + dūcō (“lead”).
Descendants
- Catalanconduir
- Englishconduce
- Englishconduct
- Frenchconduire
- Italianconducibile
- Italiancondurre
- Occitanconduire
- Portugueseconduzir
- Romanianconduce
- Spanishconducir
In English words that came into English from condūcō
- conductorconductor
- conductconductus
- conducivecondūcere
- conductionconductio
- conncondūcō
- conducecondūcere
- conducentconducens
- conduciblecondūcibilis