induo
Latin
Etymology
From indu- + *uō (“to put on”). Compare with Latin exuō and Ancient Greek ἐνδύω (endúō).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɪn.du.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈin̪.d̪u.o]
Verb
induō (present infinitive induere, perfect active induī, supine indūtum); third conjugation
- to put on (clothes etc.); don
- to assume (a part etc.)
- (with dative or with sē) to entangle oneself in, to fall in or upon; to cover, adorn with
- Florus, Eptiome of Roman history 1.5.9-11:
- Coriolos quoque—pro pudor—victos adeo gloriae fuisse, ut captum oppidum Gnaeus Marcius Coriolanus quasi Numantiam aut Africam nomini indueret.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Coriolos quoque—pro pudor—victos adeo gloriae fuisse, ut captum oppidum Gnaeus Marcius Coriolanus quasi Numantiam aut Africam nomini indueret.
- 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Divinatione 2.44-45:
- cum autem se in nubem induerint eiusque tenuissimam quamque partem coeperint dividere atque dirrumpere idque crebrius facere et vehementius, tum et fulgores et tonitrua existere; si autem nubium conflictu ardor expressus se emiserit, id esse fulmen.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- cum autem se in nubem induerint eiusque tenuissimam quamque partem coeperint dividere atque dirrumpere idque crebrius facere et vehementius, tum et fulgores et tonitrua existere; si autem nubium conflictu ardor expressus se emiserit, id esse fulmen.
Conjugation
Conjugation of induō (third conjugation)
Derived terms
- indūcula
- indūmentum
- indūtilis
- indūtor
- indūtus
- induviae
References
- “induo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “induo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- induo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to dress oneself: induere vestem (without sibi)
- to put on one's helmet: galeam induere
- to dress oneself: induere vestem (without sibi)