LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation, irregular short imperative

subdūcō

subdūcō (present infinitive subdūcere, perfect active subdūxī, supine subductum)
Classical[sʊbˈduː.koː]Ecclesiastical[subˈduː.ko]

Meaning

  1. to draw from under or below; draw, lift or pull up, raise
  2. to draw or haul up onto land, beach
  3. to draw, take or lead away, carry off, withdraw, remove, subtract, reduce
  4. to rescue
  5. to draw off forces from one position to another; withdraw, transfer
  6. to take away secretly, steal, hide, purloin
  7. to take oneself away secretly, steal away, sneak off, withdraw
  8. figurativelyto draw up, reckon, compute, calculate, balance; deliberate

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

is drawn off
subdūcitur — in Seneca, ch. XXII

Conjugation conjugation 3 irregular

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.subdūcōsubdūcēbamsubdūcamsubdūxīsubdūxeramsubdūxerō
2nd sg.subdūcissubdūcēbāssubdūcēssubdūxistīsubdūxerāssubdūxeris
3rd sg.subdūcitsubdūcēbatsubdūcetsubdūxitsubdūxeratsubdūxerit
1st pl.subdūcimussubdūcēbāmussubdūcēmussubdūximussubdūxerāmussubdūxerimus
2nd pl.subdūcitissubdūcēbātissubdūcētissubdūxistissubdūxerātissubdūxeritis
3rd pl.subdūcuntsubdūcēbantsubdūcentsubdūxērunt
subdūxēre
subdūxerantsubdūxerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.subdūcamsubdūceremsubdūxerimsubdūxissem
2nd sg.subdūcāssubdūcerēssubdūxerīssubdūxissēs
3rd sg.subdūcatsubdūceretsubdūxeritsubdūxisset
1st pl.subdūcāmussubdūcerēmussubdūxerīmussubdūxissēmus
2nd pl.subdūcātissubdūcerētissubdūxerītissubdūxissētis
3rd pl.subdūcantsubdūcerentsubdūxerintsubdūxissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.subdūcorsubdūcēbarsubdūcar
2nd sg.subdūceris
subdūcere
subdūcēbāris
subdūcēbāre
subdūcēris
subdūcēre
3rd sg.subdūcitursubdūcēbātursubdūcētur
1st pl.subdūcimursubdūcēbāmursubdūcēmur
2nd pl.subdūciminīsubdūcēbāminīsubdūcēminī
3rd pl.subdūcuntursubdūcēbantursubdūcentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.subdūcarsubdūcerer
2nd sg.subdūcāris
subdūcāre
subdūcerēris
subdūcerēre
3rd sg.subdūcātursubdūcerētur
1st pl.subdūcāmursubdūcerēmur
2nd pl.subdūcāminīsubdūcerēminī
3rd pl.subdūcantursubdūcerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.subdūc
subdūce
subdūcere
pres. 2nd pl.subdūcitesubdūciminī
fut. 2nd sg.subdūcitōsubdūcitor
fut. 3rd sg.subdūcitōsubdūcitor
fut. 2nd pl.subdūcitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.subdūcuntōsubdūcuntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivesubdūceresubdūcī
perfect infinitivesubdūxissesubductum esse
future infinitivesubductūrum essesubductum īrī
present participlesubdūcēns—
perfect participle—subductus
subducta, subductā, subductae, subductam, subductārum, subductās, subducte, subductī, subductīs, subductō, subductōrum, subductōs
future participlesubductūrus
subductūra, subductūrā, subductūrae, subductūram, subductūrārum, subductūrās, subductūre, subductūrī, subductūrīs, subductūrō, subductūrōrum, subductūrōs, subductūrum
subdūcendus
subdūcundus, subdūcenda, subdūcendā, subdūcendae, subdūcendam, subdūcendārum, subdūcendās, subdūcende, subdūcendīs, subdūcendōrum, subdūcendōs
gerundsubdūcendī, subdūcendō, subdūcendumsupinesubductum, subductū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

navem subducere (in aridum)
to haul up a boat.
rationem alicuius rei inire, subducere
to go through accounts, make a valuation of a thing.

sub-dūco, xi, ctum, 3 (
I. perf. sync. subduxti, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 25; inf. subduxe, Poët. ap. Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6), v. a., to draw from under or from below.
I. Without the idea of removal.
A. In gen., to draw or pull up; to lift up, raise (rare): brassicam ad nasum admoveto: ita subducito susum animam, quam plurimum poteris, Cato, R. R. 157, 15: aliquid sursum, Plaut. Aul. 2, 7, 4: cataractam funibus, Liv. 27, 28, 10: subductis (tunicis) usque ad inguen, pulled up (opp. demissis), Hor. S. 1, 2, 26: supercilia, Turp. ap. Non. 399, 30; Varr. ib. 399, 33; Sen. Ep. 48, 5; id. Ben. 1, 1, 6 al.; cf.: subducto voltu, Prop. 2, 10 (3, 1), 9.—
B. In partic., naut. t. t., to draw or haul up on land (a ship out of the water; class. and freq.): navim in pulvinarium, Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 27: longas naves in aridum, Caes. B. G. 4, 29: navis subducta in terrā, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 50: naves regiae in campo Martio subductae sunt, Liv. 45, 42: ab classe, quae Corcyrae subducta erat, id. 31, 22: classis, quae subducta esset ad Gytheum, Cic. Off. 3, 11, 49; so, naves, Caes. B. G. 5, 11; id. B. C. 2, 23; 3, 23 fin.; Liv. 27, 17, 6; 37, 10; 42, 27: classem, id. 45, 2 al.; Vulg. Luc. 5, 11.—
II. With the idea of removal implied, to draw away from among; to take away, lead away, carry off; to withdraw, remove, etc. (class.; syn. subtraho).
A. In gen.: ubi bullabit vinum, ignem subducito, Cato, R. R. 105, 1: lapides ex turri, Caes. B. C. 2, 11: rerum fundamenta, Cic. Fin. 4, 15, 42: conjux fidum capiti subduxerat ensem, Verg. A. 6, 524: subduc cibum unum diem athletae, Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 40: et sucus pecori et lac subducitur agnis, Verg. E. 3, 6: pugnae Turnum, id. A. 10, 615; so, id. ib. 10, 50: aliquem manibus Graium, id. ib. 10, 81: aliquem praesenti periculo, Vell. 2, 72, 5: se pedibus (terra), Lucr. 1, 1106: se ab ipso Vulnere (fera), Ov. M. 7, 781 et saep. —
2. Esp.
(a). To purge, evacuate: quoniam is cibus subduceret sensim alvum, Gell. 4, 11, 4; so, alvum, Cels. 3, 4.—
(b). Vela celeriter, to take in, furl, Auct. B. Alex. 45, 3: rem de judicio, Dig. 10, 2, 14.—
B. Milit. t. t., to draw off forces from one position to another (class.): cohortes aliquot subductas ex dextro cornu post aciem circumducit, Liv. 27, 48: Numidas ex mediā acie, id. 22, 48: triarios ex postremā acie, id. 44, 37: subductis ordinibus, id. 36, 18; cf. id. 40, 30: ab his centuriones omnes lectos et evocatos ... in primam aciem subducit, Sall. C. 59, 3: copias in proximum collem subducit, Caes. B. G. 1, 24; 1, 22: milites pleno gradu in collem, Sall. J. 98, 4: agmen in aequiorem locum, Liv. 7, 34.—
C. With the idea of stealth or secrecy.
1. To take away secretly or by stealth, to steal, hide: Atreus quam (pecudem auream) sibi Thyestem subduxe queritur, Poët. ap. Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6: alicui anulum, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 81: subducta viatica plorat, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 54: post ignem aethereā domo Subductum, id. C. 1, 3, 30: nec mihi rivalis subducit certos amores, Prop. 1, 8, 45: saccularii partem subducunt, partem subtrahunt, Dig. 47, 11, 7: obsides furto, Liv. 9, 11: cubiculum subductum omnibus ventis, secured against, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 10.—
2. Esp., with se, me, etc., to take one's self away by stealth, withdraw, steal away: tempus est subducere hinc me, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 62: clam te subduxti mihi, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 25: de circulo se subduxit, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 1: modo se subducere ab ipso Vulnere visa fera est, Ov. M. 7, 781: se clam, Nep. Alcib. 4, 4; Auct. B. Afr. 93, 1: at nos quaerimus illa (verba), tamquam lateant semper seseque subducant, Quint. 8 prooem. § 8.—Poet.: neve terra se pedibus subducat, Lucr. 1, 1106: quā se subducere colles Incipiunt, i. e. to slope down gradually, Verg. E. 9, 7; cf. mid.: fons subducitur, i. e. loses itself, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 39.—
III. Trop.
1. Rationem, to draw up, cast up, reckon, compute, calculate, or balance an account (by subtracting one set of items from another; class.; esp. freq. in Cic.): subduxi ratiunculam, Quantum aeris mihi sit, quantumque alieni siet, Plaut. Curc. 3, 1; cf.: intus subducam ratiunculam, quantillum argenti mi siet, id. Capt. 1, 2, 89: subducamus summam, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 11; cf.: assidunt, subducunt: ad numum convenit, id. ib. 5, 21, 12.—
2. In gen.: rationem, to deliberate, calculate: rationibus subductis summam feci cogitationum mearum, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10: Medea et Atreus ... initā subductāque ratione nefaria scelera meditantes, id. N. D. 3, 29, 71; cf.: ineundis subducendisque rationibus, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 399, 16; for which also, calculis subductis, id. Fin. 2, 19, 60: bene subductā ratione, Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 1: hoc quid intersit, si tuos digitos novi, certe habes subductum, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 31. —Hence, subductus, a, um, P. a.
A. (Acc. to I. A.) Raised, elevated, upturned: quod vituperones suos subducti supercilii carptores appellavit (Laevius), Gell. 19, 7, 16.—
B. (Acc. to II. A. 1.) Withdrawn, removed, remote, = remotus (post-Aug. and very rare): terra subductior, Mart. Cap. 6, § 591.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsubdūcō

Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin subdūcō From sub- + dūcō (“lead; draw”).

Descendants
  • Catalansubduir
  • Englishsubduct
  • Englishsubduefrom Old French souduire

Quick answers

What does subdūcō mean in Latin?
subdūcō, a verb, means “to draw from under or below; draw, lift or pull up, raise; to draw or haul up onto land, beach”.
What are the principal parts of subdūcō?
subdūcō, subdūcere, subdūxī, subductum (third conjugation, irregular short imperative).
How do you pronounce subdūcō?
In classical Latin, [sʊbˈduː.koː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [subˈduː.ko].
Where does subdūcō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *upó → Proto-Italic *supo → Latin subdūcō.