conduco

Italian

Verb

conduco

1. first-person singular present indicative of condurre

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *komdoukō. Equivalent to con- +‎ dūcō (“lead”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈduː.koː/, [kɔn̪ˈd̪uːkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈdu.ko/, [kon̪ˈd̪uːko]

Verb

condūcō (present infinitive condūcere, perfect active condūxī, supine conductum); third conjugation, irregular short imperative

1. (transitive) to lead, bring or draw together; assemble, collect
2. (transitive) to connect, join, unite; close up; coagulate
3. (transitive) to hire, rent, employ, take on lease, undertake; farm; bribe
4. (intransitive) to be conducive to, contribute to something by being useful, to be of use or profitable, serve

Conjugation

Conjugation of condūcō (third conjugation, irregular short imperative)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	condūcō	condūcis	condūcit	condūcimus	condūcitis	condūcunt
	imperfect	condūcēbam	condūcēbās	condūcēbat	condūcēbāmus	condūcēbātis	condūcēbant
	future	condūcam	condūcēs	condūcet	condūcēmus	condūcētis	condūcent
	perfect	condūxī	condūxistī	condūxit	condūximus	condūxistis	condūxērunt, condūxēre
	pluperfect	condūxeram	condūxerās	condūxerat	condūxerāmus	condūxerātis	condūxerant
	future perfect	condūxerō	condūxeris	condūxerit	condūxerimus	condūxeritis	condūxerint
passive	present	condūcor	condūceris, condūcere	condūcitur	condūcimur	condūciminī	condūcuntur
	imperfect	condūcēbar	condūcēbāris, condūcēbāre	condūcēbātur	condūcēbāmur	condūcēbāminī	condūcēbantur
	future	condūcar	condūcēris, condūcēre	condūcētur	condūcēmur	condūcēminī	condūcentur
	perfect	conductus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	conductus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	conductus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	condūcam	condūcās	condūcat	condūcāmus	condūcātis	condūcant
	imperfect	condūcerem	condūcerēs	condūceret	condūcerēmus	condūcerētis	condūcerent
	perfect	condūxerim	condūxerīs	condūxerit	condūxerīmus	condūxerītis	condūxerint
	pluperfect	condūxissem	condūxissēs	condūxisset	condūxissēmus	condūxissētis	condūxissent
passive	present	condūcar	condūcāris, condūcāre	condūcātur	condūcāmur	condūcāminī	condūcantur
	imperfect	condūcerer	condūcerēris, condūcerēre	condūcerētur	condūcerēmur	condūcerēminī	condūcerentur
	perfect	conductus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	conductus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	condūc, condūce	—	—	condūcite	—
	future	—	condūcitō	condūcitō	—	condūcitōte	condūcuntō
passive	present	—	condūcere	—	—	condūciminī	—
	future	—	condūcitor	condūcitor	—	—	condūcuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		condūcere	condūxisse	conductūrum esse	condūcī	conductum esse	conductum īrī
participles		condūcēns	—	conductūrus	—	conductus	condūcendus, condūcundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		condūcendī	condūcendō	condūcendum	condūcendō	conductum	conductū

Derived terms

• condūcenter
• condūcibilis
• conductīcius / conductītius
• conductiō
• conductor
• conductus

 

Related terms

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

 

Descendants

• Catalan: conduir
• English: conduce, conduct
• French: conduire
• Friulian: condusi
• Galician: conducir
• Italian: conducibile, condurre
• Ladin: condujer, conduje
• Occitan: conduire
• Portuguese: conduzir
• Romanian: conduce
• Sicilian: cunnùciri
• Spanish: conducir
• Venetan: conduxer, condur

References

• “conduco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “conduco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• conduco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
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  • to give, undertake a contract for building a house: domum aedificandam locare, conducere
    
  • to farm the revenues: vectigalia redimere, conducere
    
  • to undertake a contract for building a portico: redimere, conducere porticum aedificandam (Div. 2. 21. 47)
    
  • to concentrate troops: conducere, contrahere copias