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): [rɛˈduː.koː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [reˈd̪uː.ko]

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		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		redūcere		redūcī		redūcēns		—
future		reductūrum esse		reductum īrī		reductūrus		redūcendus, redūcundus
perfect		redūxisse		reductum esse		—		reductus
future perfect		—		reductum fore		—		—
perfect potential		reductūrum fuisse		—		—		—
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 (2003-2025), 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”