conductum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →conductus, conductus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
- Field:
- Bio/medical
contraction; (of eye/other); convulsion/spasm(?); [~ Paschae => Low Sunday];
acc. sg.gen. pl. - Entry →conductus, conducti:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Field:
- Military
mercenary soldiers (pl.), hirelings; [bella conducta => war by mercenaries];
acc. sg.gen. pl. - Entry →conductus, conducta, conductum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
hired; composed of hired men/mercenaries; taken under contract, leased;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →conduco, conducere, conduxi, conductus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
draw/bring together, collect, assemble; unite/join; cause to curdle/coagulate;; employ, hire; rent; borrow; contract for, undertake; farm the taxes;; be of advantage/profitable/expedient; be proper/fitting/concerned with; tend to
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →conductum, conducti:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
anything hired/leased; rented house/dwelling; lease/contract;
acc. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...ratione? COC. Eloquar. quia enim, cum extemplo veniunt conductum coquom, nemo illum quaerit qui optimus et carissimust: illum..."Satura XIII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...ferendam, si flectas oculos maiora ad crimina. confer conductum latronem, incendia sulpure coepta atque dolo, primos cum ianua..."Liber XI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Cytherea, virum. LXXXII A Sinuessanis conviva Philostratus undis conductum repetens nocte jubente larem paene imitatus obit saevis Elpenora..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...inquit, ist frater seu comes paulo ante in conductum accucurrit, coepitque mihi velle pudorem extorquere. Cum ego proclamarem..."Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...tolleret atque mitteret in phimum talos, mercede diurna conductum pavit: quanto constantior isdem in vitiis, tanto levius miser..."
