circumduco

Latin

Etymology

From circum- (“circum-”) +‎ dūcō (“I lead, guide”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kir.kumˈduː.koː/, [kɪrkʊn̪ˈd̪uːkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃir.kumˈdu.ko/, [t͡ʃirkumˈd̪uːko]

Verb

circumdūcō (present infinitive circumdūcere, perfect active circumdūxī, supine circumductum); third conjugation, irregular short imperative

1. to lead or draw around; show around
2. (figuratively) to deceive, cheat, impose upon, mislead

   Synonyms: fallō, dēcipiō, mentior, frūstror, ēlūdō, fraudō, dēstituō, circumveniō, ingannō, indūcō

3. (figuratively) to prolong, speak in a roundabout manner
4. (figuratively, of a sound) to drawl out
5. (figuratively, law) to draw a line around a law; cancel, annul, abrogate

Conjugation

Conjugation of circumdūcō (third conjugation, irregular short imperative)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	circumdūcō	circumdūcis	circumdūcit	circumdūcimus	circumdūcitis	circumdūcunt
	imperfect	circumdūcēbam	circumdūcēbās	circumdūcēbat	circumdūcēbāmus	circumdūcēbātis	circumdūcēbant
	future	circumdūcam	circumdūcēs	circumdūcet	circumdūcēmus	circumdūcētis	circumdūcent
	perfect	circumdūxī	circumdūxistī	circumdūxit	circumdūximus	circumdūxistis	circumdūxērunt, circumdūxēre
	pluperfect	circumdūxeram	circumdūxerās	circumdūxerat	circumdūxerāmus	circumdūxerātis	circumdūxerant
	future perfect	circumdūxerō	circumdūxeris	circumdūxerit	circumdūxerimus	circumdūxeritis	circumdūxerint
passive	present	circumdūcor	circumdūceris, circumdūcere	circumdūcitur	circumdūcimur	circumdūciminī	circumdūcuntur
	imperfect	circumdūcēbar	circumdūcēbāris, circumdūcēbāre	circumdūcēbātur	circumdūcēbāmur	circumdūcēbāminī	circumdūcēbantur
	future	circumdūcar	circumdūcēris, circumdūcēre	circumdūcētur	circumdūcēmur	circumdūcēminī	circumdūcentur
	perfect	circumductus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	circumductus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	circumductus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	circumdūcam	circumdūcās	circumdūcat	circumdūcāmus	circumdūcātis	circumdūcant
	imperfect	circumdūcerem	circumdūcerēs	circumdūceret	circumdūcerēmus	circumdūcerētis	circumdūcerent
	perfect	circumdūxerim	circumdūxerīs	circumdūxerit	circumdūxerīmus	circumdūxerītis	circumdūxerint
	pluperfect	circumdūxissem	circumdūxissēs	circumdūxisset	circumdūxissēmus	circumdūxissētis	circumdūxissent
passive	present	circumdūcar	circumdūcāris, circumdūcāre	circumdūcātur	circumdūcāmur	circumdūcāminī	circumdūcantur
	imperfect	circumdūcerer	circumdūcerēris, circumdūcerēre	circumdūcerētur	circumdūcerēmur	circumdūcerēminī	circumdūcerentur
	perfect	circumductus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	circumductus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	circumdūc, circumdūce	—	—	circumdūcite	—
	future	—	circumdūcitō	circumdūcitō	—	circumdūcitōte	circumdūcuntō
passive	present	—	circumdūcere	—	—	circumdūciminī	—
	future	—	circumdūcitor	circumdūcitor	—	—	circumdūcuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		circumdūcere	circumdūxisse	circumductūrum esse	circumdūcī	circumductum esse	circumductum īrī
participles		circumdūcēns	—	circumductūrus	—	circumductus	circumdūcendus, circumdūcundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		circumdūcendī	circumdūcendō	circumdūcendum	circumdūcendō	circumductum	circumductū

Derived terms

• circumductiō
• circumductor
• circumductum
• circumductus

Related terms

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

Descendants

• Italian: circondurre
• Sicilian: cirundùciri

References

• “circumduco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “circumduco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• circumduco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• circumduco in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016