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		abdūxēre, abdūxērunt
	pluperfect	abdūxeram		abdūxerās		abdūxerat		abdūxerāmus		abdūxerātis		abdūxerant
	future perfect	abdūxerō		abdūxeris		abdūxerit		abdūxerimus		abdūxeritis		abdūxerint
passive	present	abdūcor		abdūcere, abdūceris		abdūcitur		abdūcimur		abdūciminī		abdūcuntur
	imperfect	abdūcēbar		abdūcēbāre, abdūcēbāris		abdūcēbātur		abdūcēbāmur		abdūcēbāminī		abdūcēbantur
	future	abdūcar		abdūcēre, abdūcēris		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		abdūcāre, abdūcāris		abdūcātur		abdūcāmur		abdūcāminī		abdūcantur
	imperfect	abdūcerer		abdūcerēre, abdūcerēris		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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		abdūcere			abdūcī			abdūcēns			—
future		abductūrum esse			abductum īrī			abductūrus			abdūcendus, abdūcundus
perfect		abdūxisse			abductum esse			—			abductus
future perfect		—			abductum fore			—			—
perfect potential		abductūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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