perduco

Italian

Verb

perduco

1. first-person singular present indicative of perdurre

Anagrams

• produce

Latin

Etymology

From per- (“through”) +‎ dūcō (“lead”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /perˈduː.koː/, [pɛrˈd̪uːkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /perˈdu.ko/, [perˈd̪uːko]

Verb

perdūcō (present infinitive perdūcere, perfect active perdūxī, supine perductum); third conjugation, irregular short imperative

1. to lead, conduct, convey, carry, guide or bring through or to a place; deliver
2. to spread over, bedaub, coat, besmear
3. to rub out, erase, cross through
4. to take a drink, drink off or up, quaff, drain
5. (figuratively) to bring, carry or guide someone or something to a certain condition
6. (figuratively) to draw out, lengthen, prolong, continue; spend, pass
7. (figuratively) to draw or bring over, win over, persuade, induce (+ in/ad + Accusative case)

   Synonyms: persuādeō, suādeō, convincō, indūcō, dēdūcō, conciliō, pelliciō, alliciō, admoneō, sollicitō

   Antonyms: dissuādeō, tardō, obiūrgō

Conjugation

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	perdūcō	perdūcis	perdūcit	perdūcimus	perdūcitis	perdūcunt
	imperfect	perdūcēbam	perdūcēbās	perdūcēbat	perdūcēbāmus	perdūcēbātis	perdūcēbant
	future	perdūcam	perdūcēs	perdūcet	perdūcēmus	perdūcētis	perdūcent
	perfect	perdūxī	perdūxistī	perdūxit	perdūximus	perdūxistis	perdūxērunt, perdūxēre
	pluperfect	perdūxeram	perdūxerās	perdūxerat	perdūxerāmus	perdūxerātis	perdūxerant
	future perfect	perdūxerō	perdūxeris	perdūxerit	perdūxerimus	perdūxeritis	perdūxerint
passive	present	perdūcor	perdūceris, perdūcere	perdūcitur	perdūcimur	perdūciminī	perdūcuntur
	imperfect	perdūcēbar	perdūcēbāris, perdūcēbāre	perdūcēbātur	perdūcēbāmur	perdūcēbāminī	perdūcēbantur
	future	perdūcar	perdūcēris, perdūcēre	perdūcētur	perdūcēmur	perdūcēminī	perdūcentur
	perfect	perductus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	perductus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	perductus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	perdūcam	perdūcās	perdūcat	perdūcāmus	perdūcātis	perdūcant
	imperfect	perdūcerem	perdūcerēs	perdūceret	perdūcerēmus	perdūcerētis	perdūcerent
	perfect	perdūxerim	perdūxerīs	perdūxerit	perdūxerīmus	perdūxerītis	perdūxerint
	pluperfect	perdūxissem	perdūxissēs	perdūxisset	perdūxissēmus	perdūxissētis	perdūxissent
passive	present	perdūcar	perdūcāris, perdūcāre	perdūcātur	perdūcāmur	perdūcāminī	perdūcantur
	imperfect	perdūcerer	perdūcerēris, perdūcerēre	perdūcerētur	perdūcerēmur	perdūcerēminī	perdūcerentur
	perfect	perductus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	perductus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	perdūc, perdūce	—	—	perdūcite	—
	future	—	perdūcitō	perdūcitō	—	perdūcitōte	perdūcuntō
passive	present	—	perdūcere	—	—	perdūciminī	—
	future	—	perdūcitor	perdūcitor	—	—	perdūcuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		perdūcere	perdūxisse	perductūrum esse	perdūcī	perductum esse	perductum īrī
participles		perdūcēns	—	perductūrus	—	perductus	perdūcendus, perdūcundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		perdūcendī	perdūcendō	perdūcendum	perdūcendō	perductum	perductū

   Conjugation of perdūcō (third conjugation, irregular short imperative)

Derived terms

• perductiō
• perductō
• perductor
• perductus

Related terms

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

Descendants

• Italian: perdurre
• Sicilian: pirdùciri

References

• “perduco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “perduco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• perduco in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• perduco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to reach one's hundredth year, to live to be a hundred: vitam ad annum centesimum perducere
    
  • to finish, complete, fulfil, accomplish a thing: ad exitum aliquid perducere
    
  • to bring to the highest perfection: ad summum perducere
    
  • to win a man over to one's own way of thinking: aliquem ad suam sententiam perducere or in suam sententiam adducere
    
  • to elevate to the highest dignity: aliquem ad summam dignitatem perducere (B. G. 7. 39)