# induco
## Italian
### Verb

induco
* first-person singular present indicative of indurre

## Latin
### Etymology

From in- +‎ dūcō (“lead; draw”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /inˈduː.koː/, [ɪn̪ˈd̪uːkoː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /inˈdu.ko/, [in̪ˈd̪uːko]

### Verb

indūcō (present infinitive indūcere, perfect active indūxī, supine inductum); third conjugation, irregular short imperative
* to lead, bring or conduct in or into somewhere
    Synonyms: duco, produco, deduco, ago
* to bring forward, exhibit, represent
    Synonyms: praefero, profero, produco, infero
* to bring into or before a court
* to take into one's family, bring home
* (by extension) to put on, wear
    Synonyms: velō, induō, saepiō, sūmō
    Antonyms: nūdō, spoliō, exuō
* to assume, apply
    Synonyms: adhibeō, assūmō, induō, accipiō, adoptō, ineō, aggredior, obeō, sūmō, suscipiō
* (by extension) to draw over, spread over, overlay, cover, overspread
    Synonyms: obvolvō, cōnfundō, fundō, effundō, diffundō, dēfundō, differō, sternō, dissipō
* (figuratively) to smooth over, strike out, erase
* (figuratively) to bring into, introduce, insert; describe; initiate; establish
* (figuratively) to lead to or into; induce, move, excite, persuade, entice; mislead, seduce
    Synonyms: sēdūcō, dēdūcō, sollicitō, persuādeō, suādeō, perdūcō, alliciō, pelliciō, capiō
    Antonyms: dissuādeō, tardō, obiūrgō
* (figuratively, with animum or in animum) to bring one's mind to, resolve, determine; suppose, imagine
* to delude, cajole, deceive
    Synonyms: dēcipiō, mentior, frūstror, ēlūdō, fallō, fraudō, circumdūcō, circumveniō, dēstituō, ingannō

#### Conjugation

$^1$At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").

#### Derived terms

* inductibilis
* inductīcius, inductītius
* inductiō
* inductīvus
* inductor
* inductōrium
* inductōrius
* inductrīx
* inductūra
* inductus
* superindūcō

#### Related terms

* abdūcō
* addūcō
* circumdūcō
* condūcō
* dēdūcō
* dīdūcō
* dūcō
* ēdūcō
* intrōdūcō
* obdūcō
* perdūcō
* praedūcō
* praeterdūcō
* prōdūcō
* redūcō
* sēdūcō
* subdūcō
* subterdūcō
* superdūcō
* trādūcō

#### Descendants

* Catalan: induir
* English: induce, induct
* French: enduire, induire
* Galician: inducir
* Italian: indurre
* Occitan: induir
* Portuguese: induzir
* Romanian: induce
* Sicilian: nnùciri
* Spanish: inducir

### References

* “induco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “induco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* induco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. to lead a person into error: aliquem in errorem inducere, rapere to persuade oneself to..: animum inducere c. Inf. (not in animum inducere) to bring a thing upon the stage: in scaenam aliquid inducere to introduce a person (into a dialogue) discoursing on..: aliquem disputantem facere, inducere, fingere (est aliquid apud aliquem disputans) to introduce a new word into the Latin language: inducere novum verbum in latinam linguam to strike out, delete a word: inducere verbum (Phil. 13. 19. 43) to induce some one to take a brighter view of things: in meliorem spem, cogitationem aliquem inducere (Off. 2. 15. 53) to be misled by a vain hope: inani, falsa spe duci, induci to arouse feelings of compassion in some one: ad misericordiam aliquem allicere, adducere, inducere to draw some one into an ambush: aliquem in insidias elicere, inducere to introduce a thing into our customs; to familiarise us with a thing: in nostros mores inducere aliquid (De Or. 2. 28)