adjective
dēductus
Meaning
- Drawn inwards, bent inwards
dēductus, a, um, P. a.
A. Drawn inwards, bent inwards (only post-Aug.), said of the nose:
nasum et a summo eminentiorem et ab imo deductiorem, Suet. Aug. 79: nasus deductus, Lampr. Diadum. 3.—B. (Acc. to no. II. B. 3.) Slender, weak (ante-class., and once in Verg.): deducta tunc voce leo, with a weak, subdued voice, Lucil. ap. Non. 289, 16: deducta voce, Afran. and Cornificius ap. Macr. Sat. 6, 4: carmen, a humble strain, opp. to canere reges et proelia, Verg. E. 6, 5 (tenue translatio a lana, quae deducitur in tenuitatem, Serv.); cf. also Macr. Sat. 6, 4, and Quint. 8, 2, 9.!*? In Cic. Leg. 2, 20, 50, deductio, not deducta, is the true reading.
dēductus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from deduco.
dēductus, ūs, m. deduco,
I. a drawing or dragging down (rare):
ponderis, App. M. 1, p. 109, 28 (in Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14, the true reading is: ductus aquarum).Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
dēductus adj.
P. of deduco, lowered, unambitious, modest (poet.): carmen, V.: vox, Pr.