verbthird conjugation
redigō
redigō (present infinitive redigere, perfect active redēgī, supine redāctum)
Classical[ˈrɛ.dɪ.ɡoː]Ecclesiastical[ˈrɛː.di.ɡo]
Meaning
- to drive, lead, or bring back
fīlia parva duās redigēbat monte capellās
His little daughter was driving back two she-goats from the rocky peak8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 4.511 - to call in, collect, raise, receive
- to reduce to a certain state
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
redūcō, cōgōredigō -ere — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 20
in prōvinciam redācta = prōvincia factareduce, bring under
redigō -ere, -ēgī — in De Bello Gallico III, ch. 20
cōgō, in statum addūcōredigō -ere — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 20
reduce, bring under
redigō -ere — in De Bello Gallico I
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | redigō | redigēbam | redigam | redēgī | redēgeram | redēgerō |
| 2nd sg. | redigis | redigēbās | redigēs | redēgistī | redēgerās | redēgeris |
| 3rd sg. | redigit | redigēbat | rediget | redēgit | redēgerat | redēgerit |
| 1st pl. | redigimus | redigēbāmus | redigēmus | redēgimus | redēgerāmus | redēgerimus |
| 2nd pl. | redigitis | redigēbātis | redigētis | redēgistis | redēgerātis | redēgeritis |
| 3rd pl. | redigunt | redigēbant | redigent | redēgērunt redēgēre | redēgerant | redēgerint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | redigam | redigerem | redēgerim | redēgissem |
| 2nd sg. | redigās | redigerēs | redēgerīs | redēgissēs |
| 3rd sg. | redigat | redigeret | redēgerit | redēgisset |
| 1st pl. | redigāmus | redigerēmus | redēgerīmus | redēgissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | redigātis | redigerētis | redēgerītis | redēgissētis |
| 3rd pl. | redigant | redigerent | redēgerint | redēgissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | redigor | redigēbar | redigar |
| 2nd sg. | redigeris redigere | redigēbāris redigēbāre | redigēris redigēre |
| 3rd sg. | redigitur | redigēbātur | redigētur |
| 1st pl. | redigimur | redigēbāmur | redigēmur |
| 2nd pl. | redigiminī | redigēbāminī | redigēminī |
| 3rd pl. | rediguntur | redigēbantur | redigentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | redigar | redigerer |
| 2nd sg. | redigāris redigāre | redigerēris redigerēre |
| 3rd sg. | redigātur | redigerētur |
| 1st pl. | redigāmur | redigerēmur |
| 2nd pl. | redigāminī | redigerēminī |
| 3rd pl. | redigantur | redigerentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | redige | redigere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | redigite | redigiminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | redigitō | redigitor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | redigitō | redigitor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | redigitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | rediguntō | rediguntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | redigere | redigī |
| perfect infinitive | redēgisse | redāctum esse |
| future infinitive | redāctūrum esse | redāctum īrī |
| present participle | redigēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | redāctus redācta, redāctā, redāctae, redāctam, redāctārum, redāctās, redācte, redāctī, redāctīs, redāctō, redāctōrum, redāctōs |
| future participle | redāctūrus redāctūra, redāctūrā, redāctūrae, redāctūram, redāctūrārum, redāctūrās, redāctūre, redāctūrī, redāctūrīs, redāctūrō, redāctūrōrum, redāctūrōs, redāctūrum | redigendus redigundus, redigenda, redigendā, redigendae, redigendam, redigendārum, redigendās, redigende, redigendīs, redigendōrum, redigendōs |
gerundredigendī, redigendō, redigendumsupineredāctum, redāctū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- ius ad artem redigere
- to reduce law to a system.
- ad artem redigere aliquid
- to systematise.
- meliorem in statum redigor
- my position is considerably improved; my prospects are brighter.
- in ordinem redigere aliquid
- to systematise, classify a thing.
- ad irritum redigere aliquid
- to frustrate, nullify.
- artificiose redigere aliquid
- to treat with scientific exactness; to classify.
- aliquem in servitutem redigere
- to reduce to slavery.
- spes ad irritum cadit, ad irritum redigitur
- expectation is overthrown.
5 more phrases
- populum in potestatem suam redigere (B. G. 2. 34)
- to reduce a country to subjection to oneself.
- ad egestatem, ad inopiam (summam omnium rerum) redigi
- to be reduced to (abject) poverty.
- gentem ad internecionem redigere or adducere (B. G. 2. 28)
- to completely annihilate a nation.
- in memoriam alicuius redigere, reducere aliquid (not revocare)
- to recall a thing to a person's mind.
- Asiam in provinciae formam (in provinciam) redigere (B. G. 1. 45)
- to make Asia into a Roman province.
rĕd-ĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3, v. a. ago.
I. To drive, lead, or bring back (syn. reduco).
A. Lit.:
(Sol) Disjectos redegit equos, Lucr. 5, 403: si materiem nostram collegerit aetas Post obitum, rursumque redegerit, ut sita nunc est, bring it back, restore it to its present condition, id. 3, 848: filia parva duas redigebat rupe capellas, Ov. F. 4, 511: tauros in gregem, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 12; cf.: in sua rura boves, Ov. F. 3, 64: oppidani (hostem) fusum fugatumque in castra redigunt, Liv. 21, 9: hostium equitatum in castra, id. 26, 10: turbam ferro in hostes, id. 37, 43: aliquem Capuam, id. 26, 12 fin.: aliquem in exsilium, Just. 9, 4, 7. — B. Trop.:
rem ad pristinam belli rationem redegit, Caes. B. C. 1, 76 fin.: annum neglegentia conturbatum ad pristinam rationem, Suet. Aug. 31: disciplinam militarem ad priscos mores, Liv. 8, 6 fin.: aliquid ad ultimam sui generis formam speciemque, Cic. Or. 3, 10: omnia redegit in singulas rationes praeceptionis, Auct. Her. 4, 2, 3: aliquem in concordiam, Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 13: vos in gratiam, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 73: tu, qui ais, redige in memoriam, recall it to my mind, id. ib. 2, 3, 36: in memoriam, Cic. Phil. 2, 7, 18; id. Fam. 1, 9, 9: (poëtae) formidine fustis Ad bene dicendum delectandumque redacti, brought back, reduced, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 155.—Far more freq.,II. (With the idea of agere predominant; cf. recido and redeo, II.) To get together, call in, collect, raise, receive, take a sum of money or the like by selling, etc.:
cum omnem pecuniam ex aerario exhausissetis, ex vectigalibus redegissetis, ab omnibus regibus coëgissetis, Cic. Agr. 2, 36, 98; cf.: pecuniam ex bonis patriis, id. Phil. 13, 5, 10; and simply pecuniam, id. Rab. Post. 13, 37; Hor. Epod. 2, 69: omne argentum tibi, to scrape together, Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 23: bona vendit, pecuniam redigit ... pecunia, quam ex Agonidis bonis redegisset, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 16, 56; cf. Liv. 5, 16: quod omnis frumenti copia decumarum nomine penes istum esset redacta, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 73, § 171: fructus, Dig. 36, 4, 5, § 22 (after colere agros); 22, 1, 46; cf.: pars maxima (praedae) ad quaestorem redacta est, Liv. 5, 19: fructus ad eum, Dig. 10, 2, 51: quicquid captum ex hostibus est, vendidit Fabius, consul, ac redegit in publicum, paid it into the public treasury, Liv. 2, 42: venditum sub hastā in aerarium, id. 4, 53: (patres) victi irā vetuere reddi (bona regia), vetuere in publicum redigi, id. 2, 5, 1; cf.: praedam in fiscum, Tac. H. 4, 72: aliquid in commune, Dig. 17, 2, 52, § 6.—B. To bring or reduce a thing to any condition, circumstance, etc.; to make or render it so and so (cf. reddo); constr. with in (so most freq.), ad, sub, an adv. of place, absol., or with a double acc.
(a). With in:
viros in servitutem, Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 47: Aeduos in servitutem, Caes. B. G. 2, 14, 3: in pristinam sortem servitutis, Just. 6, 5, 1: vidulum in potestatem alicujus, Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 22: civitatem in potestatem, Caes. B. G. 7, 13 fin.; Hirt. B. G. 8, 24 fin.; 45; Cic. Quint. 55, 152; id. Phil. 5, 17, 46; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 13, § 33; Tac. Agr. 18; Vell. 2, 94, 4; cf.: civitatem in dicionem potestatemque populi Romani, Caes. B. G. 2, 34 fin.: aliquos in dicionem, Cic. Balb. 10, 25; Liv. 41, 19: gentes in dicionem hujus imperii, Cic. Phil. 4, 5, 13: Arvernos in provinciam, to reduce to a province, Caes. B. G. 1, 45; 7, 77 fin.; cf.: partem Britanniae, etc., in formam provinciae, Tac. Agr. 14; Suet. Caes. 25; id. Aug. 18; id. Tib. 37 fin.; id. Calig. 1; Liv. Epit. 45; 93: in formulam provinciae, Vell. 2, 38, 1: in formam praefecturae, id. 2, 44, 4: in id redactus sum loci, Ut, etc., Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 86; cf.: republicā in tranquillum redactā, Liv. 3, 40; and: mentem in veros timores, Hor. C. 1, 37, 15: si hoc genus (pecuniarum) in unum redigatur, be brought into one mass, Cic. Phil. 5, 4, 13: dispositio est, per quam illa, quae invenimus, in ordinem redigimus, reduce to order, Auct. Her. 3, 9, 16; cf.: arbores in ordinem certaque intervalla, Quint. 8, 3, 9; but: ut veteres grammatici auctores alios in ordinem redegerint, alios omnino exemerint numero, brought, admitted into the rank of classics (cf. Gr. ἐγκρίνειν; opp. numero eximere = ἐκκρίνειν): libertinos in equestrem ordinem, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 18; Just. 5, 6, 5; Quint. 1, 4, 3; for which: redigere aliquem (poëtam) in numerum, id. 10, 1, 54; also, to lower, degrade, Suet. Vesp. 15; v. ordo; cf. Liv. ap. Prisc. 1173 P.; Plin. Ep. 2, 6, 5: quod prosa scriptum redigere in quaedam versiculorum genera, Quint. 9, 4, 52: in hanc consuetudinem memoriā exercitatione redigendā, id. 11, 2, 45: servos, in dominium nostrum, Dig. 1, 5, 5: in nihilum redigam te, et non eris, Vulg. Ezech. 26, 21: in cinerem, id. 2 Pet. 2, 6: provinciam in solitudinem, Lact. de Ira Dei, 5, 4.— (b). With ad:
aliquem ad inopiam redigere, to reduce to poverty, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 56: aliquem ad incitas, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 85; id. Trin. 2, 4, 136: genus id ad interitum, Lucr. 5, 877; Cic. ap. Lact. 7, 11, 5; cf.: prope ad internecionem gente ac nomine Nerviorum redacto, Caes. B. G. 2, 28: ad nihilum redigere, Vulg. Psa. 72, 20: victoriam ad vanum et irritum, to render empty and useless, Liv. 26, 37 fin.: cf.: spem ad irritum, id. 28, 31: aliquid ante dubium ad certum, to render certain, id. 44, 15: carnes excrescentes ad aequalitatem, Plin. 30, 13, 39, § 113 (shortly afterwards reducunt); cf.: cicatrices ad planum, id. 20, 9, 36, § 93: aliquem ad desperationem, Suet. Aug. 81; Just. 6, 5, 7 et saep.: redegit se ad pallium et crepidas, Suet. Tib. 13.—(g). With sub:
Galliam sub populi Romani imperium, Caes. B. G. 5, 29, 4: Corcyram sub imperium Atheniensium, Nep. Timoth. 2, 1: barbaros sub jus dicionemque, Liv. 28, 21: incolas ejus insulae sub potestatem Atheniensium, Nep. Milt. 1, 4; 2 fin.; id. Paus. 2, 4; id. Pelop. 5: totam Italiam sub se, id. Flor. 1, 9, 8: GENTES SVB IMPERIVM, Inscr. Grut. 226.—(d). With adv. of place:
eo redigis me, ut, etc., Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 23: eo, ut, Flor. 1, 2, 4: hem! Quo redactus sum! Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 7.—(ε) Absol.: ut credam, redigunt animum mihi argumenta, Att. ap. Non. 174, 10 (Trag. Rel. v. 516 Rib.): ut ejus animum retundam, redigam, ut, quo se vortat, nesciat, bring it down, so that, etc., Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 73; Lucr. 1, 553.— (ζ) With double acc., to make or render a thing something (very rare; more freq. reddere): quae facilia ex difficillimis animi magnitudo redegerat, Caes. B. G. 2, 27 fin.: (Ubios) Suevi multo humiliores infirmioresque redegerunt, id. ib. 4, 3 fin.; Aus. Mos. 224.— 2. In designations of number, etc., pregn., to bring within a number or extent; to lessen, diminish, reduce:
familiam jam ad paucos redactam paene ab interitu vindicasti, Cic. Marcell. 4, 10; cf.: redigere omnis fere in quadrum numerumque sententias, id. Or. 61, 208: hosce ipsos (libros octo) utiliter ad sex libros redegit Diophanes, reduced, abridged, Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 10: ex hominum milibus LX. vix ad D.... sese redactos esse dixerunt, Caes. B. G. 2, 28: ad semuncias redacta, Tac. A. 6, 16: judicia ad duo genera judicum redegit, Suet. Caes. 41; id. Vesp. 10: non ad numerum redigar duorum, Ov. M. 6, 199: quod si comminuas vilem redigatur ad assem, Hor. S. 1, 1, 43: ne res ad nilum redigantur funditus omnes, Lucr. 1, 791; 2, 752; cf. Ov. M. 14, 149: rem maximam redigere ad minimum, Lact. 3, 9, 15.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
redigō ēgī, āctus, ere
red-+ago, to drive back, force back, lead back, bring back : Filia duas redigebat rupe capellas, O.: in castra hostium equitatum, L.: Capuam redigi, L.—Fig., to bring back, force back : rem ad pristinam belli rationem, Cs.: disciplinam militarem ad priscos mores, L.: in memoriam, recall : (poëtae) formidine fustis Ad bene dicendum redacti, coerced , H.— To get together, call in, collect, raise, receive, take up : bona vendit, pecuniam redigit: (spolia) sub hastā veniere, quodque inde redactum, etc., L.: pecuniam ex bonis patriis: quicquid captum ex hostibus est, vendidit ac redegit in publicum, paid into the public treasury , L.—Of number or quantity, to reduce, bring down, diminish : familia ad paucos redacta: ex hominum milibus LX vix ad D . . . sese redactos esse, Cs.: Non ad numerum redigar duorum, O.: Quod si comminuas vilem redigatur ad assem, H.— To bring down, bring, reduce, force, compel, subdue : eius animum, ut, quo se vortat, nesciat, bring down , T.: Aeduos in servitutem, Cs.: insulam in potestatem, Ta.: alquos in dicionem nostram: Arvernos in provinciam, reduce to a province , Cs.: re p. in tranquillum redactā, L.: mentem in veros timores, H.: ad inopiam patrem, reduce to poverty , T.: prope ad internicionem nomine Nerviorum redacto, Cs.: ad vanum et inritum victoriam, render empty and useless , L.: si ante dubium fuisset, legatorum verba ad certum redegisse, had made it certain , L.: Galliam sub populi R. imperium, Cs.: barbaros sub ius dicionemque, L.: en Quo redactus sum! T.—With two acc., to make, render, cause to be : quae facilia ex difficillimis animi magnitudo redegerat, Cs.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Latin redigō From red- + agō.
Elsewhere
- Catalanredactar
- Englishredact
- Frenchrédigerfrom Middle French rédiger
- Germanredigierenfrom Middle French rédiger
- Italianredigere
- Portugueseredigir
- Spanishredactar
- Czechredigovat
- Danishredigere
- Dutchredigerenfrom Middle French rédiger
Norwegian
- Norwegian Bokmålredigere
- Norwegian Nynorskredigera
- Norwegian Nynorskredigere