“lead” in Latin

plumbum; plumbum nigrum (opposed to plumbum album or candidum; i. e., tin); *Saturnus (with chemists); perpendiculum (a plummet): of lead, plumbeus (☞ plumbatus, post-Augustan); rich or abounding in lead, plumbosus: occupied or concerned with lead, plumbarius: to fasten with lead, plumbare (to solder); plumbo vincire (to bind or surround with lead); ferruminare plumbo (to close a hole with lead; e.g., in a cup, scyphum); to solder with lead all round, circumplumbare.

ductio, ductus (guidance); administratio (management); imperium (command): under the lead of anybody, ductu alicujus; duce, imperatore aliquo (as a general); duce magistro, auctore aliquo (as a teacher or instructor): ☞ praesidium, in this sense, is without authority; but we may say, to take the lead in anything, alicui rei praesidere, or praeesse: to take the lead in society, praeire aliis exemplo; auctoritate sua valere apud alios.

To determine the course or motion of a person or thing, (α) without allusion to the place whence, etc., ducere, agere (generally, to put in motion, to drive forth): to lead by the hand, manu ducere: to lead an army, exercitum ducere (☞ ductare is antiquated; Vid: Quint. 8, 3, 44); exercitui praeesse: to lead a dance, choros ducere: to lead a procession, pompam ducere; pompae ducem esse: (β) with specification of the place whence, whither, through which, etc., ducere; abducere (to lead off or away); deducere (to lead down or away from one place to another); educere (to lead out from); from a place, country, etc., ex, etc.; to a place, in, etc., adducere ad or in (to lead or bring to a place); perducere ad or in (to lead or bring to a place appointed); inducere in, etc. (to lead into a place); producere ad or in, etc. (to look forward, look out to a place; e.g., copias in aciem, copias pro castris): to lead through a forest, traducere sylvam: to lead to prison, to execution (or, to death); ducere in carcerem (in vincula); ad mortem ducere (Vid: Cic., Verr., 2, 12, extr.; Suet., Calig. 27 p. in.): to lead into the right way, ducere in viam: to lead back into the right way, reducere in viam; erranti alicui monstrare viam (both PROP. and figuratively). Hence figuratively, a road leads to a place, via fert aliquo (is in the direction of it); via ducit aliquo (conducts safely to it, poetical): to lead to anything, i. e., to cause or occasion it, causam, fontem esse alicujus rei; e.g., avarice leads to many vices, *avaritia causa (fons) multorum vitiorum; or *ex avaritia manent (fluunt) multa vitia.

To induce, adducere: to be easily led to believe, facile adduci (☞ not induci) ad credendum; facile ad credendum impelli: I shall not be easily led to believe that, hoc quidem non adducar ut credam: non facile adducar (☞ not inducar) ad credendum.

To rule, guide, manage, regere, moderari, moderatorem esse alicujus rei, gubernare, (The words are found in this connection and order.) regere et moderari, regere et gubernare, gubernare et moderari [Vid: GUIDE]; administrare (to have the management of anything); alicui rei praeesse (to preside over; e.g., negotio, ludis); principem esse alicujus rei (to be the chief; e.g., conjurationis): to lead the public counsels, publici consilii auctorem or moderatorem esse: to be led by anyone, alicujus consilio regi; aliquem or alicujus auctoritatem sequi; alicui parere, obtemperare [Vid: LISTEN]: to be led by anything, aliquid sequi; aliqua re moveri (e.g., by moral good, honesto).

In music, praeire voce (in singing); praeire ac praemonstrare modulos (in instrumental music).