conductus
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. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl.nom. sg.voc. pl.voc. sg. - Entry →conductus, conducti:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Field:
- Military
mercenary soldiers (pl.), hirelings; [bella conducta => war by mercenaries];
nom. sg. - Entry →conductus, conducta, conductum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
hired; composed of hired men/mercenaries; taken under contract, leased;
nom. sg. (m.) - 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
nom. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
- T
Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...pretio facio ut opera appareat mea quo conductus venio. BAL. Ad furandum quidem. COC. An tu invenire postulas..." - T
Aulularia
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...edepol veni huc auspicio malo. nummo sum conductus: plus iam medico mercedest opus. III.iii EVCLIO Hoc quidem hercle..." - A
Liber VI
Aulus Gellius
"...Chrysio in his versibus: quamquam ego mercede huc conductus tua advenio, ne tibi me esse..." - D
Satura VI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...seruis incurritur; abstuleris spem seruorum, uenit et conductus aquarius; hic si quaeritur et desunt homines, mora nulla..." - G
Liber IV
Gaius Phaedrus from FABVLARVM AESOPIARVM LIBRI QVINQVE
"...rettuli,uictori laudem cuidam pyctae ut scriberetcerto conductus pretio, secretum petit.Exigua cum frenaret materia impetum,usus poetae more..."
