reduco

Italian

Verb

reduco

first-person singular present indicative of redurre

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *wredoukō. Equivalent to re- (“back, again”) +‎ dūcō (“lead”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /reˈduː.koː/, [rɛˈd̪uːkoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈdu.ko/, [reˈd̪uːko]

Verb

redūcō (present infinitive redūcere, perfect active redūxī, supine reductum); third conjugation, irregular short imperative

to lead, draw, bring or conduct back; bring or accompany home
(military, of troops) to withdraw, cause to retreat, draw back, remove
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.24:
  Ut [...] alii turres reducerent
  That [...] others should draw back the towers
(figuratively) to bring back, restore, recall, revive, rescue, replace; reform
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.375:
  “Āmissam classem, sociōs ā morte redūxī.”
  “[His] lost fleet, [his] crews, I brought back from death.”
(figuratively) to bring, produce or get out a quantity of
(figuratively) to bring, make or reduce to a certain condition or quality
to recall to the mind, remember, remind
Synonyms: memorō, referō, moneō, retineō, meminī, admoneō

Antonyms: oblīvīscor, oblitterō
(Medieval Latin) to quell, to subdue, to subjugate [10th C.]

Conjugation

Conjugation of redūcō (third conjugation, irregular short imperative)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	redūcō	redūcis	redūcit	redūcimus	redūcitis	redūcunt
	imperfect	redūcēbam	redūcēbās	redūcēbat	redūcēbāmus	redūcēbātis	redūcēbant
	future	redūcam	redūcēs	redūcet	redūcēmus	redūcētis	redūcent
	perfect	redūxī	redūxistī	redūxit	redūximus	redūxistis	redūxērunt, redūxēre
	pluperfect	redūxeram	redūxerās	redūxerat	redūxerāmus	redūxerātis	redūxerant
	future perfect	redūxerō	redūxeris	redūxerit	redūxerimus	redūxeritis	redūxerint
passive	present	redūcor	redūceris, redūcere	redūcitur	redūcimur	redūciminī	redūcuntur
	imperfect	redūcēbar	redūcēbāris, redūcēbāre	redūcēbātur	redūcēbāmur	redūcēbāminī	redūcēbantur
	future	redūcar	redūcēris, redūcēre	redūcētur	redūcēmur	redūcēminī	redūcentur
	perfect	reductus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	reductus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	reductus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	redūcam	redūcās	redūcat	redūcāmus	redūcātis	redūcant
	imperfect	redūcerem	redūcerēs	redūceret	redūcerēmus	redūcerētis	redūcerent
	perfect	redūxerim	redūxerīs	redūxerit	redūxerīmus	redūxerītis	redūxerint
	pluperfect	redūxissem	redūxissēs	redūxisset	redūxissēmus	redūxissētis	redūxissent
passive	present	redūcar	redūcāris, redūcāre	redūcātur	redūcāmur	redūcāminī	redūcantur
	imperfect	redūcerer	redūcerēris, redūcerēre	redūcerētur	redūcerēmur	redūcerēminī	redūcerentur
	perfect	reductus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	reductus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	redūc, redūce	—	—	redūcite	—
active	future	—	redūcitō	redūcitō	—	redūcitōte	redūcuntō
passive	present	—	redūcere	—	—	redūciminī	—
passive	future	—	redūcitor	redūcitor	—	—	redūcuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		redūcere	redūxisse	reductūrum esse	redūcī	reductum esse	reductum īrī
participles		redūcēns	—	reductūrus	—	reductus	redūcendus, redūcundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		redūcendī	redūcendō	redūcendum	redūcendō	reductum	reductū

Synonyms

(I subjugate): subiugō (Classical)

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Asturian: reducir
Catalan: reduir
English: reduce
French: réduire
Friulian: ridusi
Galician: reducir
Italian: ridurre
Ladin: redujer, reduje
Occitan: redusir, reduire
Piedmontese: ridùe
Portuguese: reduzir
Romanian: reduce, arăduce
Romansch: reducir, reduzir, redutgier, redüer
Sicilian: riddùciri
Spanish: reducir
Venetan: ridùxer, redùxe, redùr, ridùr

References

“reduco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“reduco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
reduco in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
reduco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to reconcile two people; to be a mediator: in gratiam aliquem cum aliquo reducere
- to recall a thing to a person's mind: in memoriam alicuius redigere, reducere aliquid (not revocare)
- to bring a person back to the right way: in viam reducere aliquem
- to reduce a people to their former obedience: aliquem ad officium (cf. sect. X. 7, note officium...) reducere (Nep. Dat. 2. 3)
Jan Frederik Niermeyer, Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus : Lexique Latin Médiéval–Français/Anglais : A Medieval Latin–French/English Dictionary, fascicle I (1976), 898/1, “reducere”