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-dūco , xi, ctum, 3, v. a.
I. To lead aside or apart, to draw aside; to lead away, carry off; to set aside, put by, etc. (syn. sevoco).
B. Trop.
1. In gen., to remove, separate, etc. (not ante-Aug. and rare): “quiddam a corporibus seductum,Sen. Ep. 117, 13: “non potes (Helvia) ad obtinendum dolorem muliebre nomen praetendere, ex quo te virtutes tuae seduxerunt,have removed, separated you, Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 16: “vacuos ocellos,Prop. 1, 9, 27.—
2. In partic., to lead astray, mislead, seduce (eccl. Lat.), Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 8; Aug. Conf. 2, 3 med.; id. Tract. in Johan. 29; id. Civ. Dei, 14, 11 fin.; Vulg. Exod. 22, 16 et saep.—
II. Tc. put asunder, separate, divide (only poet. and rare; “syn.: secerno, sejungo): seducit terras haec brevis unda duas,Ov. H. 19, 142; so, “immensos recessus (Caspia claustra),Luc. 8, 291: “quarto seducunt castra volatu,” i. e. divide into two adverse squadrons, Ov. M. 13, 611: “plura locuturi subito seducimur imbre,id. F. 4, 385.—With abl.: “cum frigida mors animā seduxerit artus,Verg. A. 4, 385.—Hence, sēductus , a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.), remote, distant, apart (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): “ex alto seductas aethere longe Despectat terras,Ov. M. 4, 622: “recessus gurgitis,id. ib. 13, 902. —Of distance in an upward direction: “mons erat audaci seductus in aethera dorso,far uplifted, lofty, Stat. Th. 3, 460: “consilia non publica sed in privato seductaque a plurium conscientiā,Liv. 2, 54, 7: “ut illis non minus hos seductos et quasi rusticos,retired, living in solitude, Plin. Ep. 7, 25, 5: “seductum vitae genus,retired, Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 19, 2; cf.: “quorum (hominum) maxime in seducto actiones sunt,in retirement, solitude, id. Tranq. 3, 2.
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