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seduco

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seduco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of sedurre

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Etymology

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    From sē- (apart, astray) + dūcō (lead).

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    Verb

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    sēdūcō (present infinitive sēdūcere, perfect active sēdūxī, supine sēductum); third conjugation, irregular short imperative

    1. to lead astray
      • 397 CE – 401 CE, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis, Confessiones 4.1.1:
        per idem tempus annorum novem, ab undevicensimo anno aetatis meae usque ad duodetricensimum, seducebamur et seducebamus
        During this period of nine years, from my nineteenth year to my twenty-eighth, I was led astray and led others astray.
    2. to seduce
      Synonyms: indūcō, dēdūcō, sollicitō, persuādeō, alliciō, pelliciō, capiō
      Antonyms: dissuādeō, tardō, obiūrgō

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    References

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    • seduco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • seduco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • seduco”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.