ductus
English
Etymology
Noun
ductus (plural ductus)
- The number of strokes that make up a written letter, and the direction, sequence and speed in which they are written. (Compare graph; see also aspect.)
- A subtle reduction of weight towards the middle of the stroke of the letter.
- (anatomy) A duct, tube or canal in the body.
Derived terms
Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of dūcō (“lead”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈduk.tus/, [ˈd̪ʊkt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈduk.tus/, [ˈd̪ukt̪us]
Participle
ductus (feminine ducta, neuter ductum); first/second-declension participle
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | ductus | ducta | ductum | ductī | ductae | ducta | |
Genitive | ductī | ductae | ductī | ductōrum | ductārum | ductōrum | |
Dative | ductō | ductō | ductīs | ||||
Accusative | ductum | ductam | ductum | ductōs | ductās | ducta | |
Ablative | ductō | ductā | ductō | ductīs | |||
Vocative | ducte | ducta | ductum | ductī | ductae | ducta |
Descendants
- Aromanian: duptu
- Catalan: dut
- French: -duit
- Galician: adoito
- Italian: -dotto
- Spanish: -ducido, ducho
Noun
ductus m (genitive ductūs); fourth declension
- leadership, leading
- generalship
- (Medieval Latin) conveyance (of water); hence, a channel
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | ductus | ductūs |
Genitive | ductūs | ductuum |
Dative | ductuī | ductibus |
Accusative | ductum | ductūs |
Ablative | ductū | ductibus |
Vocative | ductus | ductūs |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “ductus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ductus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ductus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- ductus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- a conduit; an aqueduct: aquae ductus (plur. aquarum ductus)
- the conversation began in this way: hinc sermo ductus est
- (ambiguous) a thing is taken from life: aliquid e vita ductum est
- (ambiguous) to derive a word from... (used of an etymologist): verbum ductum esse a...putare
- a conduit; an aqueduct: aquae ductus (plur. aquarum ductus)
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