verbthird conjugation, irregular short imperative
ēdūcō1
ēdūcō (present infinitive ēdūcere, perfect active ēdūxī, supine ēductum)
Classical[eːˈduː.koː]Ecclesiastical[eˈduː.ko]
№ 935 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- to lead, draw or take out, forth or away
[...] cum gentis adultōs ēdūcunt fētūs [...].
[As in early summer…], when [bees] lead forth the full-grown offspring of the colony ….29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.431–432Ego sum Dominus Deus tuus, qui eduxi te de terra Aegypti, de domo servitutis.
I am the LORD thy God, who has brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Exodus.20.2 - to raise up; erect
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
ex locō dūcō.ēdūcō -ere ēdūxī — in Mille Verba, ch. Via et Iter
parvum cūrō et doceō, ut parēnsēducō -āre — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 22
lead out
ēdūcō -ere, -dūxī — in De Bello Gallico II and De Bello Gallico III
Conjugation conjugation 3 irregular
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | ēdūcō | ēdūcēbam ēducābam | ēdūcam ēducābō | ēdūxī ēducāvī | ēdūxeram ēducāveram | ēdūxerō ēducārō, ēducāverō |
| 2nd sg. | ēdūcis | ēdūcēbās ēducābās | ēdūcēs ēducābis | ēdūxistī ēducāstī, ēducāvistī | ēdūxerās ēducārās, ēducāverās | ēdūxeris ēducāveris |
| 3rd sg. | ēdūcit | ēdūcēbat ēducābat | ēdūcet ēducābit | ēdūxit ēducāvit | ēdūxerat ēducārat, ēducāverat | ēdūxerit ēducārit, ēducāverit |
| 1st pl. | ēdūcimus | ēdūcēbāmus ēducābāmus | ēdūcēmus ēducābimus | ēdūximus ēducāvimus | ēdūxerāmus ēducāverāmus | ēdūxerimus ēducārimus, ēducāverimus |
| 2nd pl. | ēdūcitis | ēdūcēbātis ēducābātis | ēdūcētis ēducābitis | ēdūxistis ēducāstis, ēducāvistis | ēdūxerātis ēducārātis, ēducāverātis | ēdūxeritis ēducāritis, ēducāveritis |
| 3rd pl. | ēdūcunt | ēdūcēbant ēducābant | ēdūcent ēducābunt | ēdūxērunt ēdūxēre, ēducārunt, ēducāvēre, ēducāvērunt | ēdūxerant ēducārant, ēducāverant | ēdūxerint ēducārint, ēducāverint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | ēdūcam ēducem | ēdūcerem ēducārem | ēdūxerim ēducārim, ēducāverim | ēdūxissem ēducāssem, ēducāvissem |
| 2nd sg. | ēdūcās | ēdūcerēs ēducārēs | ēdūxerīs ēducāverīs | ēdūxissēs ēducāssēs, ēducāvissēs |
| 3rd sg. | ēdūcat | ēdūceret ēducāret | ēdūxerit ēducārit, ēducāverit | ēdūxisset ēducāsset, ēducāvisset |
| 1st pl. | ēdūcāmus | ēdūcerēmus ēducārēmus | ēdūxerīmus ēducārīmus, ēducāverīmus | ēdūxissēmus ēducāssēmus, ēducāvissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | ēdūcātis | ēdūcerētis ēducārētis | ēdūxerītis ēducārītis, ēducāverītis | ēdūxissētis ēducāssētis, ēducāvissētis |
| 3rd pl. | ēdūcant | ēdūcerent ēducārent | ēdūxerint ēducārint, ēducāverint | ēdūxissent ēducāssent, ēducāvissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | ēdūcor | ēdūcēbar ēducābar | ēdūcar ēducābor |
| 2nd sg. | ēdūceris ēdūcere | ēdūcēbāris ēdūcēbāre, ēducābāre, ēducābāris | ēdūcēris ēdūcēre, ēducābere, ēducāberis |
| 3rd sg. | ēdūcitur | ēdūcēbātur ēducābātur | ēdūcētur ēducābitur |
| 1st pl. | ēdūcimur | ēdūcēbāmur ēducābāmur | ēdūcēmur ēducābimur |
| 2nd pl. | ēdūciminī | ēdūcēbāminī ēducābāminī | ēdūcēminī ēducābiminī |
| 3rd pl. | ēdūcuntur | ēdūcēbantur ēducābantur | ēdūcentur ēducābuntur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | ēdūcar ēducer | ēdūcerer ēducārer |
| 2nd sg. | ēdūcāris ēdūcāre | ēdūcerēris ēdūcerēre, ēducārēre, ēducārēris |
| 3rd sg. | ēdūcātur | ēdūcerētur ēducārētur |
| 1st pl. | ēdūcāmur | ēdūcerēmur ēducārēmur |
| 2nd pl. | ēdūcāminī | ēdūcerēminī ēducārēminī |
| 3rd pl. | ēdūcantur | ēdūcerentur ēducārentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | ēdūc ēdūce, ēducā | ēdūcere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | ēdūcite ēducāte | ēdūciminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | ēdūcitō ēducātō | ēdūcitor ēducātor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | ēdūcitō ēducātō | ēdūcitor ēducātor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | ēdūcitōte ēducātōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | ēdūcuntō ēducantō | ēdūcuntor ēducantor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | ēdūcere | ēdūcī ēducārī |
| perfect infinitive | ēdūxisse ēducāsse, ēducāvisse | ēductum esse |
| future infinitive | ēductūrum esse | ēductum īrī |
| present participle | ēdūcēns ēducāns, ēducante, ēducantem, ēducantēs, ēducantī, ēducantia, ēducantibus, ēducantis, ēducantīs, ēducantium, ēdūcente, ēdūcentem, ēdūcentēs, ēdūcentī, ēdūcentia, ēdūcentibus, ēdūcentis, ēdūcentīs, ēdūcentium | — |
| perfect participle | — | ēductus ēducāta, ēducātā, ēducātae, ēducātam, ēducātārum, ēducātās, ēducāte, ēducātī, ēducātō, ēducātōrum, ēducātōs, ēducātum, ēducātus, ēducta, ēductā, ēductae, ēductam, ēductārum, ēductās, ēducte, ēductī, ēductīs, ēductō, ēductōrum, ēductōs |
| future participle | ēductūrus ēducātūra, ēducātūrā, ēducātūrae, ēducātūram, ēducātūrārum, ēducātūrās, ēducātūre, ēducātūrī, ēducātūrīs, ēducātūrō, ēducātūrōrum, ēducātūrōs, ēducātūrum, ēducātūrus, ēductūra, ēductūrā, ēductūrae, ēductūram, ēductūrārum, ēductūrās, ēductūre, ēductūrī, ēductūrīs, ēductūrō, ēductūrōrum, ēductūrōs, ēductūrum | ēdūcendus ēdūcundus |
gerundēdūcendī, ēdūcendō, ēdūcendumsupineēductum, ēductū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- gladium educere (e vagīna)
- to draw one's sword (from the scabbard).
- liberaliter, ingenue, bene educari
- to receive a liberal education.
- exercitum educere or producere in aciem
- to lead the army to the fight.
ē-dūco, xi, ctum, 3 (
I. imper., educe, Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 11; id. Stich. 5, 6, 1:
educ, Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 10; Alcim. 5, 248 al.—Inf. pass. parag., educier, Plaut. Truc. 5, 16), v. a., to lead forth, draw out, bring away (very freq. and class.). I. In gen.:
novam nuptam foras, Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 1; so with personal objects, fidicinam, id. Ep. 3, 4, 36 (opp. introducere): eram, id. Mil. 4, 6, 53: virginem, id. Pers. 4, 1, 11; Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 3 fin. al.; cf. also: populum e comitio, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 9: mulierem ab domo secum, Caes. B. G. 1, 53, 4: rete foras, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 18; cf.: pisces everriculo in litus, Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 7: radicem e terra, id. ib. 3, 10, 5: gladium, Caes. B. G. 5, 44, 8; Sall. C. 51, 36; cf.: gladium e vagina, Cic. Inv. 2, 4, 14: gladium, Vulg. Marc. 14, 47 al.: sortem, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51 fin.; cf.: aliquos ex urna, id. ib. 2, 2, 17: tribus, id. Agr. 2, 8, 21: telum corpore, Verg. A. 10, 744; cf. Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 83 et saep.: lacum (with emittere), Cic. Div. 1, 44, 100; cf. fistulam, Varr. R. R. 3, 14, 2: aquam in fossas, Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 179; Dig. 8, 3, 29: se foras, to go out, Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 4 Ruhnk. ad loc.; cf.: se multitudini, to withdraw one's self from the multitude, Sen. Vit. Beat. 2 fin.—II. In partic.
A. In all periods.
1. Pub. law t. t.
a. To bring, summon before court (cf. duco, I. B. 1.):
cum in jus ipsum eduxi, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 47; cf.: ex domo in jus, Quint. 7, 8, 6: SI. QVIS. EORVM. AD. ME. EDVCTVS. FVERIT., Edict. Praet. ap. Gell. 11, 17, 2: aliquem ad consules, Cic. Planc. 23; and simply aliquem, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 26 Zumpt N. cr.; 2, 2, 37; 2, 3, 65.—Once also, to bring up or lead away for punishment (for which more commonly duco; v. Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 26): ad tintinnaculos educi viros, Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 8.—b. Of persons in office, to take out with one to one's province: quos educere invitos in provinciam non potuit, eos retinere qui potuit? Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 5, 10, 76; so,
medicum secum, id. Pis. 34.—2. Milit. t. t., to lead forth, march out troops (very freq. in Caes.):
Teleboae ex oppido Legiones educunt suas, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 63: praesidium ex oppido (opp introducere), Caes. B. C. 1, 13, 2: cohortes ex urbe, id. ib. 1, 12, 2: exercitum ab urbe, Liv. 3, 21: copias e castris, Caes. B. G. 1, 50, 1; 2, 8 fin.; 7, 13, 1; 7, 80, 1; id. B. C. 1, 43, 3 et saep.; Liv. 31, 37 al.; for which also: copias castris, Caes. B. G. 1, 51, 2; 4, 13 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 68, 1; Verg. A. 11, 20; legiones ex hibernis, Caes. B. G. 1, 10, 3; 5, 27, 9; 7, 10, 1; Liv. 40, 39: ex finibus, Caes. B. G. 4, 1, 4 et saep.; cf. also: impedimenta ex castris, id. ib. 7, 68, 1.—Without designating the term. a quo: cohortes, Caes. B. G. 3, 26, 2; id. B. C. 1, 41, 2; 1, 64, 6; Sall. J. 68, 2; Liv. 39, 15; Front. Strat. 1, 5, 22 et saep.; cf.: exercitum foras, Cato ap. Gell. 15, 13, 5: exercitum in expeditionem, Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72: copias adversus Afranium, Front. Strat. 1, 5, 9; 2, 2, 5 et saep.—And absol. of the general himself, to move out, march out (so mostly in Liv.; cf. duco): ex hibernis, Caes. B. G. 7, 10, 1: ex oppido, id. ib. 7, 81, 3; cf.: tribus simul portis, Liv. 41, 26: ad legionem Pompeii duplici acie eduxit, Caes. B. G. 3, 67, 3: in aciem, Liv. 1, 23; 8, 9; 21, 39; Front. Strat. 2, 1, 5, al. —3. Naut. t. t., to bring out a ship from the harbor, to put to sea:
naves ex portu, Caes. B. C. 1, 57, 2; 2, 22, 5; 3, 26, 2; also: classem portu, Plin. 2, 12, 9, § 55.—Hence, b. Transf., of goods, to export:
equos ex Italia, Liv. 43, 5, 9 (cf.: extra provinciam ducere, Dig. 49, 16, 12, § 1).—4. In midwifery, t. t., to assist at birth:
attractus infantem educit, Cels. 7, 29 med.: per ipsas manus (infans) commode educitur, id. ib.— So of birds, to bring out of the egg, to hatch: pullos suos, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 143; so, fetum, Plin. 10, 54, 75, § 152 (with excludere); 9, 10, 12, § 37.—Hence, b. Transf.
(a). To bring up, rear, a child (usually with reference to bodily nurture and support; while 2. educo refers usually to the mind; but the distinction is not strictly observed; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 395), to educate:
non possunt militares pueri setanio educier, Plaut. Truc. 5, 16: bene ego istam eduxi meae domi et pudice, id. Curc. 4, 2, 32; id. Most. 1, 3, 29; id. Rud. 1, 3, 38; Ter. And. 5, 4, 8; id. Heaut. 2, 1, 14 al.; Cic. de Or. 2, 28, 124; Liv. 1, 39 fin.; 21, 43 Drak.; Tac. A. 1, 4; 41; Prop. 3, 9, 51 (4, 8, 51 M.); Verg. A. 7, 763; 8, 413; Col. 3, 10, 16; Curt. 3, 12, 16 al.—Trop.: senex plane eductus in nutricatu Venerio, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 55.—(b). In gen., to bear, to produce = edere, Verg. A. 6, 765; 779: aura educit colores, * Cat. 64, 90.—
5. In vulg. lang., to drink off, toss off, Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 18; 5, 6, 1.—With a punning allusion to the signif. 4. b. α, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 274.—
B. Since the Aug. period.
1. Of motion in an upward direction (cf. effero and erigo), to draw up, to raise:
(Ortygia me) superas eduxit sub auras, Ov. M. 5, 641; 3, 113; cf. trop.: (Pindarus) vires animumque moresque aureos educit in astra, Hor. C. 4, 2, 23 (cf.: sustulit in astra, Cic. Att. 2, 25).—b. With the accessory idea of making, to rear, erect, build up:
turrim summis sub astra Eductam tectis, Verg. A. 2, 461; cf.: aram sepulcri caelo, id. ib. 6, 178; imitated by Sil. 15, 388: molem caelo, Verg. A. 2, 186: turres altius, Tac. A. 12, 16; id. H. 4, 30: pyramides instar montium, id. A. 2, 61: moenia caminis Cyclopum, Verg. A. 6, 630; cf.: moles quam eductam in Rhenum retulimus, Tac. H. 5, 18.—2. Of time, to pass, spend (cf. duco, II. B. 3. b.):
pios annos, Prop. 2, 9, 47: insomnem noctem ludo, Stat. Th. 2, 74: somnos sub hiberno caelo, Sil. 11, 405: nimbos luxu, Val. Fl. 2, 371.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
ē - dūcō dūxī, ductus, ere,
to lead forth, draw out, bring off, take away: eos nobiscum: (medicum) tecum, i. e. to your province: impedimenta ex castris educi iussit, carried, Cs.: gladium, draw, Cs.: gladiis eductis: cor post tela educta refrixit, O.: ex urnā trīs: corpore telum, V.: navīs ex portu, put to sea, Cs.: equos ex Italiā, export, L.: me eduxi foras, went out, T.—In law, to bring, summon (before a court): Sthenium: in ius ipsum: ad consules. — Of troops, to lead forth, march out, conduct, take away: exercitum in expeditionem: praesidium ex oppido, evacuate, Cs.: ab urbe exercitum, Cs., L.: copias e castris, Cs.: copias castris, Cs.—To move out, march out, march away: ex hibernis, Cs.: tribus simul portis, L.: ad legionem Pompei duplici acie eduxit, Cs.: in aciem, L.—Of children, to bring up, rear: adulescentulos libere, T.: quem eduxeris, eum vestire: puer in domo e parvo eductus, L.—To bear, give birth to (poet.): alqm tibi, V.—To raise, lift up, draw up: signa (on a stage curtain), O.: (me) sub auras, O.—To rear, erect, build: turris sub astra Educta, V.: molem caelo, V.—Fig., to exalt: virīs in astra, H.
ēducō āvī, ātus, āre
DVC-, to bring up, rear, train, educate : unā a pueris educti, T.: apud alquem: illum primis cunis, O.: ars dicendi ea educat, develops : educata huius nutrimentis eloquentia.— To produce, support, raise : quod pontus, quod terra educat, O.: herbas, O.: Tractus uter lepores educet, H.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Italic*eks
- Latinēdūcō
Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin ēdūcō From ex- + dūcō.
Descendants
- Catalaneduir
- Englisheduce
- Italianeducere
- Italianedurre
- Portugueseeduzir
- Spanisheducir
- Sicilianedùciri
In English words that came into English from ēdūcō
- educationēducātiō
- educeēdūcō
- eductioneductio
- eductoreductor