abduco

Italian

Verb

abduco

1. first-person singular present indicative of abdurre

Latin

Etymology

From ab- (“from, away from”) +‎ dūcō (“to lead, conduct, draw, bring forward”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /abˈduː.koː/, [äbˈd̪uːkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /abˈdu.ko/, [äbˈd̪uːko]

Verb

abdūcō (present infinitive abdūcere, perfect active abdūxī, supine abductum); third conjugation, irregular short imperative

1. (literally)
   1. (in general) to lead away or aside, take away, bring away, carry off; detach, remove

      Synonyms: abdō, āmandō, āmōlior, āmoveō, aspellō, auferō, dēmoveō, dētrahō, exhauriō, eximō, relēgō, legō, removeō, submoveō, sperno, āvertō, eximō, dēmō

      Antonym: addō

   2. (in particular):
      1. to take (with one) to dine
      2. to take aside
      3. to carry off or away forcibly; rob, ravish

   Synonyms: rapiō, dīripiō, ēripiō, adimō, rapiō, corripiō, auferō, āmoveō, āvertō, tollō, praedor, agō

   1. (law) take away, drive away

2. (figurative)
   1. (in general) to lead away, separate, distinguish
   2. (in particular):
      1. to seduce, charm, attract or entice away, pervert; alienate from fidelity or allegiance

         Synonyms: allicefaciō, corrumpō, pelliciō, sēdūcō

      2. to withdraw, draw off, hinder (from a study, pursuit, duty, etc.)

         Synonym: recēdō

      3. to cause to withdraw, be separated, fall off or drop out; divert

         Synonym: redūcō

      4. to bring down, reduce, degrade, lower

         Synonym: attenuō

Conjugation

Conjugation of abdūcō (third conjugation, irregular short imperative)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	abdūcō	abdūcis	abdūcit	abdūcimus	abdūcitis	abdūcunt
	imperfect	abdūcēbam	abdūcēbās	abdūcēbat	abdūcēbāmus	abdūcēbātis	abdūcēbant
	future	abdūcam	abdūcēs	abdūcet	abdūcēmus	abdūcētis	abdūcent
	perfect	abdūxī	abdūxistī	abdūxit	abdūximus	abdūxistis	abdūxērunt, abdūxēre
	pluperfect	abdūxeram	abdūxerās	abdūxerat	abdūxerāmus	abdūxerātis	abdūxerant
	future perfect	abdūxerō	abdūxeris	abdūxerit	abdūxerimus	abdūxeritis	abdūxerint
passive	present	abdūcor	abdūceris, abdūcere	abdūcitur	abdūcimur	abdūciminī	abdūcuntur
	imperfect	abdūcēbar	abdūcēbāris, abdūcēbāre	abdūcēbātur	abdūcēbāmur	abdūcēbāminī	abdūcēbantur
	future	abdūcar	abdūcēris, abdūcēre	abdūcētur	abdūcēmur	abdūcēminī	abdūcentur
	perfect	abductus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	abductus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	abductus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	abdūcam	abdūcās	abdūcat	abdūcāmus	abdūcātis	abdūcant
	imperfect	abdūcerem	abdūcerēs	abdūceret	abdūcerēmus	abdūcerētis	abdūcerent
	perfect	abdūxerim	abdūxerīs	abdūxerit	abdūxerīmus	abdūxerītis	abdūxerint
	pluperfect	abdūxissem	abdūxissēs	abdūxisset	abdūxissēmus	abdūxissētis	abdūxissent
passive	present	abdūcar	abdūcāris, abdūcāre	abdūcātur	abdūcāmur	abdūcāminī	abdūcantur
	imperfect	abdūcerer	abdūcerēris, abdūcerēre	abdūcerētur	abdūcerēmur	abdūcerēminī	abdūcerentur
	perfect	abductus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	abductus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	abdūc, abdūce	—	—	abdūcite	—
	future	—	abdūcitō	abdūcitō	—	abdūcitōte	abdūcuntō
passive	present	—	abdūcere	—	—	abdūciminī	—
	future	—	abdūcitor	abdūcitor	—	—	abdūcuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		abdūcere	abdūxisse	abductūrum esse	abdūcī	abductum esse	abductum īrī
participles		abdūcēns	—	abductūrus	—	abductus	abdūcendus, abdūcundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		abdūcendī	abdūcendō	abdūcendum	abdūcendō	abductum	abductū

Derived terms

• abdūcēns (participle)
• abductiō (noun)
• abductor
• abductus (participle)

Related terms

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

 

Descendants

Descendants

• Catalan: abduir
• → English: abduce, abduct
• → German: abduzieren
• Italian: abdurre
• Norwegian Bokmål: abdusere
• Portuguese: abduzir
• → Romanian: abduce
• → Spanish: abducir

References

• “abduco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “abduco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• abduco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to draw away some one's attention from a thing: alicuius animum ab aliqua re abducere
    
  • to be led away from the truth: a vero abduci
    
  • to undermine a person's loyalty: de fide deducere or a fide abducere aliquem
    
  • to let oneself be perverted from one's duty: ab officio abduci, avocari
    
  • to carry off into slavery: aliquem in servitutem abducere, abstrahere