subduco

Latin

FWOTD – 7 September 2015

Etymology

From sub- +‎ dūcō (“lead; draw”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /subˈduː.koː/, [s̠ʊbˈd̪uːkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /subˈdu.ko/, [subˈd̪uːko]

Verb

subdūcō (present infinitive subdūcere, perfect active subdūxī, supine subductum); third conjugation, irregular short imperative

1. to draw from under or below; draw, lift or pull up, raise
2. (nautical) to draw or haul up onto land, beach
3. to draw, take or lead away, carry off, withdraw, remove, subtract, reduce

   Synonym: subtrahō

4. to rescue
5. (military) to draw off forces from one position to another; withdraw, transfer

   Synonyms: dēcēdō, discēdō, cēdō, abscēdō, deficiō, concēdō, excēdō, subtrahō, inclīnō, recēdō, regredior, facessō, āmoveō, recipiō, referō, vertō

   Antonyms: prōgredior, prōdeō, prōcēdō, prōficiō, aggredior, ēvehō, incēdō, accēdō, adeō

6. to take away secretly, steal, hide, purloin
7. (with reflexive) to take oneself away secretly, steal away, sneak off, withdraw
8. (figuratively) to draw up, reckon, compute, calculate, balance; deliberate

Conjugation

   Conjugation of subdūcō (third conjugation, irregular short imperative)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	subdūcō		subdūcis		subdūcit		subdūcimus		subdūcitis		subdūcunt
	imperfect	subdūcēbam		subdūcēbās		subdūcēbat		subdūcēbāmus		subdūcēbātis		subdūcēbant
	future	subdūcam		subdūcēs		subdūcet		subdūcēmus		subdūcētis		subdūcent
	perfect	subdūxī		subdūxistī		subdūxit		subdūximus		subdūxistis		subdūxērunt, subdūxēre
	pluperfect	subdūxeram		subdūxerās		subdūxerat		subdūxerāmus		subdūxerātis		subdūxerant
	future perfect	subdūxerō		subdūxeris		subdūxerit		subdūxerimus		subdūxeritis		subdūxerint
passive	present	subdūcor		subdūceris, subdūcere		subdūcitur		subdūcimur		subdūciminī		subdūcuntur
	imperfect	subdūcēbar		subdūcēbāris, subdūcēbāre		subdūcēbātur		subdūcēbāmur		subdūcēbāminī		subdūcēbantur
	future	subdūcar		subdūcēris, subdūcēre		subdūcētur		subdūcēmur		subdūcēminī		subdūcentur
	perfect	subductus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	subductus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	subductus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	subdūcam		subdūcās		subdūcat		subdūcāmus		subdūcātis		subdūcant
	imperfect	subdūcerem		subdūcerēs		subdūceret		subdūcerēmus		subdūcerētis		subdūcerent
	perfect	subdūxerim		subdūxerīs		subdūxerit		subdūxerīmus		subdūxerītis		subdūxerint
	pluperfect	subdūxissem		subdūxissēs		subdūxisset		subdūxissēmus		subdūxissētis		subdūxissent
passive	present	subdūcar		subdūcāris, subdūcāre		subdūcātur		subdūcāmur		subdūcāminī		subdūcantur
	imperfect	subdūcerer		subdūcerēris, subdūcerēre		subdūcerētur		subdūcerēmur		subdūcerēminī		subdūcerentur
	perfect	subductus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	subductus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		subdūc, subdūce		—		—		subdūcite		—
	future	—		subdūcitō		subdūcitō		—		subdūcitōte		subdūcuntō
passive	present	—		subdūcere		—		—		subdūciminī		—
	future	—		subdūcitor		subdūcitor		—		—		subdūcuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		subdūcere			subdūcī			subdūcēns			—
future		subductūrum esse			subductum īrī			subductūrus			subdūcendus, subdūcundus
perfect		subdūxisse			subductum esse			—			subductus
future perfect		—			subductum fore			—			—
perfect potential		subductūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		subdūcendī		subdūcendō		subdūcendum		subdūcendō		subductum		subductū

Derived terms

• subductārius
• subductiō
• subductus

Related terms

• abdūcō
• addūcō
• circumdūcō
• condūcō
• dēdūcō
• dīdūcō
• dūcō
• ēdūcō
• indūcō
• intrōdūcō
• obdūcō
• perdūcō
• praedūcō
• praeterdūcō
• prōdūcō
• redūcō
• sēdūcō
• subterdūcō
• superdūcō
• trādūcō

Descendants

• Catalan: subduir
• Old French: souduire
  • → Middle English: subduen
    • English: subdue

References

• “subduco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “subduco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• subduco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to go through accounts, make a valuation of a thing: rationem alicuius rei inire, subducere
    
  • to haul up a boat: navem subducere (in aridum)