produco

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /proˈdu.ko/
• Rhymes: -uko
• Hyphenation: pro‧dù‧co

Verb

produco

1. first-person singular present indicative of produrre

Latin

Etymology

From prō- +‎ dūcō (“lead; draw”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /proːˈduː.koː/, [proːˈd̪uːkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈdu.ko/, [proˈd̪uːko]

Verb

prōdūcō (present infinitive prōdūcere, perfect active prōdūxī, supine prōductum); third conjugation, irregular short imperative

1. to lead or bring forth, forward or out

   Synonyms: profero, praefero, affero, expōnō, summittō, prōpōnō, edo

2. to conduct to; bring before, present

   Synonyms: duco, deduco, ago, traduco, veho, perfero

3. to draw or stretch out, lengthen, extend
4. to bring to light, disclose, expose
5. to advance, draw out
6. to bring forth, bear, beget; bring up, rear, educate
7. to expose for sale
8. to place one thing [+accusative] before another [+dative]
   • 2 CE, Publius Ovidius Naso, Ars Amatoria‎^[1], archived from the original on 2018-10-23, book 2, lines 211-2:

     Nec dubitā teretī scamnum prōdūcere lectō,
     Et tenerō soleam dēme vel adde pedī.

     And do not hesitate to put a bench in front of the smooth bed
     and take a sandal off of, or put it on, her tender foot.

9. (grammar, of pronunciation) to lengthen, prolong
10. (figuratively) to bring into use, make, invent devise, produce
11. (figuratively) to raise, promote, advance
12. (figuratively) to lead or induce someone to do something, entice
13. (figuratively) to draw or drag out, lengthen out, prolong, protract
14. (figuratively, of time) to pass, spend
15. (figuratively) to plant, cultivate

Conjugation

Conjugation of prōdūcō (third conjugation, irregular short imperative)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	prōdūcō	prōdūcis	prōdūcit	prōdūcimus	prōdūcitis	prōdūcunt
	imperfect	prōdūcēbam	prōdūcēbās	prōdūcēbat	prōdūcēbāmus	prōdūcēbātis	prōdūcēbant
	future	prōdūcam	prōdūcēs	prōdūcet	prōdūcēmus	prōdūcētis	prōdūcent
	perfect	prōdūxī	prōdūxistī	prōdūxit	prōdūximus	prōdūxistis	prōdūxērunt, prōdūxēre
	pluperfect	prōdūxeram	prōdūxerās	prōdūxerat	prōdūxerāmus	prōdūxerātis	prōdūxerant
	future perfect	prōdūxerō	prōdūxeris	prōdūxerit	prōdūxerimus	prōdūxeritis	prōdūxerint
passive	present	prōdūcor	prōdūceris, prōdūcere	prōdūcitur	prōdūcimur	prōdūciminī	prōdūcuntur
	imperfect	prōdūcēbar	prōdūcēbāris, prōdūcēbāre	prōdūcēbātur	prōdūcēbāmur	prōdūcēbāminī	prōdūcēbantur
	future	prōdūcar	prōdūcēris, prōdūcēre	prōdūcētur	prōdūcēmur	prōdūcēminī	prōdūcentur
	perfect	prōductus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	prōductus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	prōductus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	prōdūcam	prōdūcās	prōdūcat	prōdūcāmus	prōdūcātis	prōdūcant
	imperfect	prōdūcerem	prōdūcerēs	prōdūceret	prōdūcerēmus	prōdūcerētis	prōdūcerent
	perfect	prōdūxerim	prōdūxerīs	prōdūxerit	prōdūxerīmus	prōdūxerītis	prōdūxerint
	pluperfect	prōdūxissem	prōdūxissēs	prōdūxisset	prōdūxissēmus	prōdūxissētis	prōdūxissent
passive	present	prōdūcar	prōdūcāris, prōdūcāre	prōdūcātur	prōdūcāmur	prōdūcāminī	prōdūcantur
	imperfect	prōdūcerer	prōdūcerēris, prōdūcerēre	prōdūcerētur	prōdūcerēmur	prōdūcerēminī	prōdūcerentur
	perfect	prōductus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	prōductus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	prōdūc, prōdūce	—	—	prōdūcite	—
	future	—	prōdūcitō	prōdūcitō	—	prōdūcitōte	prōdūcuntō
passive	present	—	prōdūcere	—	—	prōdūciminī	—
	future	—	prōdūcitor	prōdūcitor	—	—	prōdūcuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		prōdūcere	prōdūxisse	prōductūrum esse	prōdūcī	prōductum esse	prōductum īrī
participles		prōdūcēns	—	prōductūrus	—	prōductus	prōdūcendus, prōdūcundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		prōdūcendī	prōdūcendō	prōdūcendum	prōdūcendō	prōductum	prōductū

Derived terms

• prōductilis
• prōductiō
• prōductor
• prōductus
• prōductīvus
• prōductō
• prōdux
• prōdūcibilis

 

Related terms

Related terms

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

Descendants

• → Catalan: produir
• → Dutch: produceren
• → English: produce
• → French: produire
• Friulian: produsi
• → Galician: producir
• → Italian: produrre
• Lombard: prodù
• → Neapolitan: producere
• Occitan: produire, produsir
• Piedmontese: prodùe, produve
• → Portuguese: produzir
• → Romanian: produce
• → Sicilian: prudùciri
• → Spanish: producir
• → Venetian: prodùr, prodùxer
• → German: produzieren

References

• “produco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “produco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• produco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to introduce a character on the stage: in scaenam producere aliquem
    
  • to lengthen the pronunciation of a syllable or letter: syllabam, litteram producere (opp. corripere) (Quintil. 9. 4. 89)
    
  • to prolong a conversation far into the night: sermonem producere in multam noctem (Rep. 6. 10. 10)
    
  • to produce as a witness: aliquem testem producere
    
  • to lead the army to the fight: exercitum educere or producere in aciem