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ductor , ōris, m. id.,
I.a leader, commander, chief, general (class.; a favorite word of Vergil, used by him more than 20 times; cf.: dux, imperator, princeps, praetor, praefectus, etc.): exercitus, * Cic. Tusc. 1, 37; Liv. 1, 28: “itineris,” a guide, id. 7, 41; 10, 21 fin.; Verg. A. 2, 14; 8, 6; 129 et saep.; cf. apum (in their battles), id. G. 4, 88; “of the leaders in warlike games,” id. A. 5, 133; 249; Suet. Tib. 6: “classis,” a pilot, Verg. A. 6, 334; Ov. M. 12, 574: “aquarum Tibris,” the king of rivers, Stat. S. 3, 5, 112. —
II. One who extends, draws out: ferreus, poet. for iron - worker, Auct. Priap. 32, 13; cf. Vulg. Num. 10, 31.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (11):
    • Old Testament, Numbers, 10.31
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 10, 21
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 12.574
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 6.334
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 2.14
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 5.133
    • Suetonius, Tiberius, 6
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 7, 41
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 28
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 1.37
    • Statius, Silvae, 3.5
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