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ductus , ūs, m. duco,
I.a leading, conducting (class.).
I. Lit.
A. In gen.: “aquarum,Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14; id. Leg. 2, 1, 2; cf. the work of Frontinus: De aquaeductibus; “in this sense also simply ductus,id. ib. 5 sq.: “aequali ductu porticus,a line, row, Lucr. 4, 426: “muri,Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11: “litterarum,form, shape, Quint. 1, 1, 25; 10, 2, 2; Plin. 8, 3, 3, § 6: “oris (with vultus),lineaments, Cic. Fin. 5, 17, 47: “liniarum,Plin. 37, 12, 74, § 195.—
B. In partic., military lead, conduct, generalship, command, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 21; id. Fam. 3, 11, 4; Caes. B. G. 7, 62, 2; id. B. C. 1, 7, 6; Vell. 2, 78; 115; Tac. Agr. 5; Suet. Vesp. 4 al.; “freq. connected with auspicium,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 41; Liv. 5, 46; 8, 31; 28, 38; Inscr. Orell. 563 al.; “sometimes also opp. to auspicium, as the supreme command,Tac. A. 2, 41; Curt. 6, 3; Suet. Aug. 21 Ruhnk.—
II. Trop., of discourse.
A. Connection, structure of a play, Quint. 4, 2, 53.—
B. A period, Quint. 9, 4, 30 Spald.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (22):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 3.11.4
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 7.62.2
    • Plautus, Amphitruo, 1.1
    • Caesar, Civil War, 1.7.6
    • Tacitus, Annales, 2.41
    • Tacitus, Agricola, 5
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 4.426
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 21
    • Suetonius, Divus Vespasianus, 4
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 8.6
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 28, 38
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 8, 31
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 5, 46
    • Cicero, De Legibus, 2.1
    • Cicero, De Republica, 2.6
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 5.17
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 2.4
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, 1.25
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 4, 2.53
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 4.30
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 10, 2.2
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 6.3
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