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redigō ēgī, āctus, ere Source etymology: red-+ago , to drive back, force back, lead back, bring back : Filia duas redigebat rupe capellas, O.: in castra hostium equitatum, L.: Capuam redigi, L.—Fig., to bring back, force back : rem ad pristinam belli rationem, Cs.: disciplinam militarem ad priscos mores, L.: in memoriam, recall : (poëtae) formidine fustis Ad bene dicendum redacti, coerced , H.— To get together, call in, collect, raise, receive, take up : bona vendit, pecuniam redigit: (spolia) sub hastā veniere, quodque inde redactum, etc., L.: pecuniam ex bonis patriis: quicquid captum ex hostibus est, vendidit ac redegit in publicum, paid into the public treasury , L.—Of number or quantity, to reduce, bring down, diminish : familia ad paucos redacta: ex hominum milibus LX vix ad D . . . sese redactos esse, Cs.: Non ad numerum redigar duorum, O.: Quod si comminuas vilem redigatur ad assem, H.— To bring down, bring, reduce, force, compel, subdue : eius animum, ut, quo se vortat, nesciat, bring down , T.: Aeduos in servitutem, Cs.: insulam in potestatem, Ta.: alquos in dicionem nostram: Arvernos in provinciam, reduce to a province , Cs.: re p. in tranquillum redactā, L.: mentem in veros timores, H.: ad inopiam patrem, reduce to poverty , T.: prope ad internicionem nomine Nerviorum redacto, Cs.: ad vanum et inritum victoriam, render empty and useless , L.: si ante dubium fuisset, legatorum verba ad certum redegisse, had made it certain , L.: Galliam sub populi R. imperium, Cs.: barbaros sub ius dicionemque, L.: en Quo redactus sum! T.—With two acc., to make, render, cause to be : quae facilia ex difficillimis animi magnitudo redegerat, Cs.

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An Elementary Latin Dictionary (1890) — Perseus Digital Library
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