English

Noun

duco ‎(uncountable)

1. (Australia, automotive, colloquial) automotive paint

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *doukō, from Proto-Indo-European *déwketi, from the root *dewk-.

Cognate with English tow.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈduː.koː/

Verb

dūcō ‎(present infinitive dūcere, perfect active dūxī, supine ductum); third conjugation, irregular short imperative

1. I lead, guide
2. I draw, pull
3. I think, consider
4. I prolong

Inflection

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References

• duco in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• duco in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “duco”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to bring a stream of water through the garden: aquam ducere per hortum
    
  • a road leads somewhere: via fert, ducit aliquo
    
  • to spend time: tempus ducere
    
  • to lead some one by the hand: manu ducere aliquem
    
  • to trace one's descent from some one: originem ab aliquo trahere, ducere
    
  • to breathe, live: animam, spiritum ducere
    
  • to breathe the air: aera spiritu ducere
    
  • to carry out the funeral obsequies: funus alicui facere, ducere (Cluent. 9. 28)
    
  • to commence a thing: initium facere, ducere, sumere (alicuius rei)
    
  • to consider a thing beneath one's dignity: aliquid alienum (a) dignitate sua or merely a se ducere
    
  • to consider a thing beneath one's dignity: aliquid infra se ducere or infra se positum arbitrari
    
  • to consider a thing creditable to a man: aliquid laudi alicui ducere, dare
    
  • to put off from one day to another: diem ex die ducere, differre
    
  • to devote one's life to science, study: aetatem in litteris ducere, agere
    
  • to derive an argument from a thing: argumentum ducere, sumere ex aliqua re or petere ab aliqua re
    
  • to form, derive a word from... (used of the man who first creates the word): vocabulum, verbum, nomen ducere ab, ex...
    
  • to marry (of the man): ducere uxorem
    
  • to marry (of the man): ducere aliquam in matrimonium
    
  • to protract, prolong a war: bellum ducere, trahere, extrahere
    
  • to lead the army with forced marches: raptim agmen ducere
    
  • to make a ditch, a fosse: fossam ducere
    
  • to lead some one in triumph: per triumphum (in triumpho) aliquem ducere
    
  • (ambiguous) to be guided by ambition: gloria duci
    
  • (ambiguous) a thing is taken from life: aliquid e vita ductum est
    
  • (ambiguous) to derive a word from... (used of an etymologist): verbum ductum esse a...putare
    
  • (ambiguous) to cherish a hope: spe duci, niti, teneri
    
  • (ambiguous) to be misled by a vain hope: inani, falsa spe duci, induci