reduce
reduce
v. trans.
Lessen: P. ἐλασσοῦν, μειοῦν (Xen.).
Cut down: P. and V. συντέμνειν, συστέλλειν.
Subdue, put down: P. and V. κᾰταστρέφεσθαι, κᾰτεργάζεσθαι, κᾰθαιρεῖν.
Reduce by warfare: P. καταπολεμεῖν (acc.).
Reduce by siege: P. ἐκπολιορκεῖν (absol.).
Reduce by hunger: P. ἐκπολιορκεῖν λιμῷ (Thuc. 1.134).
Get into one’s power: P. and V. χειροῦσθαι, ὑ̆ποχείριον λαμβά̆νειν, P. ὑφʼ ἑαυτῷ ποιεῖσθαι, V. χείριον λαμβά̆νειν (Eur. Cycl.).
Reduee to order: P. διακοσμεῖν, P. and V. κοσμεῖν.
Reduce to a state: P. and V. κᾰθιστά̆ναι (εἰς, acc.), P. κατάγειν (εἰς, acc.).
I was reduced to the depths of despair: P. εἰς πολλὴν ἀθυμίαν κατέστην (Lys. 12.3). You see how I am reduced by sickness: P. ὁρᾶτε δὴ ὡς διάκειμαι ὑπὸ τῆς νόσου (Thuc. 7.77).
Reduce (in bulk): P. and V. ἰσχναίνειν (Plat.).
When the suffering was reduced: V. ὅτε . . . ὁ μοχθὸς ἦν πέπων (Soph. O.C. 437).
v. trans.
Lessen: P. ἐλασσοῦν, μειοῦν (Xen.).
Cut down: P. and V. συντέμνειν, συστέλλειν.
Subdue, put down: P. and V. κᾰταστρέφεσθαι, κᾰτεργάζεσθαι, κᾰθαιρεῖν.
Reduce by warfare: P. καταπολεμεῖν (acc.).
Reduce by siege: P. ἐκπολιορκεῖν (absol.).
Reduce by hunger: P. ἐκπολιορκεῖν λιμῷ (Thuc. 1.134).
Get into one’s power: P. and V. χειροῦσθαι, ὑ̆ποχείριον λαμβά̆νειν, P. ὑφʼ ἑαυτῷ ποιεῖσθαι, V. χείριον λαμβά̆νειν (Eur. Cycl.).
Reduee to order: P. διακοσμεῖν, P. and V. κοσμεῖν.
Reduce to a state: P. and V. κᾰθιστά̆ναι (εἰς, acc.), P. κατάγειν (εἰς, acc.).
I was reduced to the depths of despair: P. εἰς πολλὴν ἀθυμίαν κατέστην (Lys. 12.3). You see how I am reduced by sickness: P. ὁρᾶτε δὴ ὡς διάκειμαι ὑπὸ τῆς νόσου (Thuc. 7.77).
Reduce (in bulk): P. and V. ἰσχναίνειν (Plat.).
When the suffering was reduced: V. ὅτε . . . ὁ μοχθὸς ἦν πέπων (Soph. O.C. 437).
REDUCE
To bring again or back reducere: redigere: revocare: to reduce a sum to our money *ad nostrae pecuniae rationem revocare aliquid.
To constrain force redigere (e.g. ad nihilum in formam provinciae in ordinem etc.).
To subdue vi subjicere: domare: in ditionem redigere.
To lessen bring down *ad minorem modum redigere (to make smaller): contrahere (to contract): minuere imminuere. To reduce the price of anything pretium alicujus rei imminuere: to reduce the price of corn annonam laxare levare; pretium frumenti minuere; frugum pretia levare; ex hominum millibus LX. vix ad D. qui arma ferre possent fere redactos esse dixerunt (Caes. B.G. 2 28; reduced from sixty thousand to scarce five hundred).
To reduce fractions *fractiones ad minimos numeros reducere (technical term).
To reduce a dislocation; Vid: DISLOCATION.
To bring again or back reducere: redigere: revocare: to reduce a sum to our money *ad nostrae pecuniae rationem revocare aliquid.
To constrain force redigere (e.g. ad nihilum in formam provinciae in ordinem etc.).
To subdue vi subjicere: domare: in ditionem redigere.
To lessen bring down *ad minorem modum redigere (to make smaller): contrahere (to contract): minuere imminuere. To reduce the price of anything pretium alicujus rei imminuere: to reduce the price of corn annonam laxare levare; pretium frumenti minuere; frugum pretia levare; ex hominum millibus LX. vix ad D. qui arma ferre possent fere redactos esse dixerunt (Caes. B.G. 2 28; reduced from sixty thousand to scarce five hundred).
To reduce fractions *fractiones ad minimos numeros reducere (technical term).
To reduce a dislocation; Vid: DISLOCATION.
reduce:
I. To bring into any condition:
1. rĕdĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3 (constr. with acc. dep. on in, ad or sub, with an adv. of place, or abs.): to r. men to slavery, viros in servitutem r., Pl. Aul. 2, 1, 47. to r. the Arverni to a province, Arvernos in provinciam r., Caes. B. G. 1, 45: to r. to order what we have discovered, illa quae invenimus in ordinem r., Auct Her. 3, 9, 16 to r. to the ranks, in ordinem r., Suet. Vesp. 15 (v.DEGRADE ) to r. to powder, ad minutiam r., Sen. Ep. 90, 23 to r. to poverty, ad inopiam r., Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 56 to r. to despair, ad desperationem r., Suet. Aug. 81: to r. to extremities, ad incitas r., Pl. Poen. 4, 2, 84: to what am I r.d! quo redactus sum! Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 7
2. rĕdūco, xi, ctum, 3 (to lead back): to r. to shape, in formam r., Ov. M. 15, 81: to r. excrescences on the flesh, carnes excrescentes ad aequalitatem r., Plin. 30, 13, 39, ad init. (along with redigere): to r. fractions to their lowest terms, *fractiones ad minimos terminos r.
3. rĕvŏco, 1 (to refer): to r. everything to the rules of art, r. omnia ad artem et ad praecepta, Cic. de Or. 2, 11. 44.
4. dētrūdo, si, sum, 3 (to thrust down, r. violently): to r oneself to beggary, ad mendicitatem se d., Pl. Men. 1, 3, 21: to r. to the necessity of civil war, ad necessitatem belli civilis d., Tac. A. 13, 43: Cic. Off. 1, 31, 114.
5. in pass. rĕcĭdo, cĭdi, cāsum, 3 (rē sometimes in the poets: to be brought down, to be r.d): to suffer the power of the royal dignity to be r.d to such a point, sinere regiae majestatis imperium eo r., Liv. 4, 2, ad med.: Cic.
6. like preced. rĕdeo, 4 (to return, to be r.d to): Caesar had been r.d to two legions, Caesar ad duas legiones redierat, Caes. B. G. 5, 48, ad init.: if my fortunes are r.d so low, si eo meae fortunae redierint, Ter. Ph. 1, 4, 23. Phr.: to r. to writing, literis mandare, Cic. de Or. 2, 12, 52: to r. within the limits of ancient manners, ad priscum morem recīdere (aliquid), Tac. A. 3, 53: military discipline had been r.d to a regular system, disciplina militaris in artis perpetuis praeceptis ordinatae modum venerat, Liv. 9, 17: which distance, r.d to Roman measurement, makes ..., quae mensura Romana computatione efficit ..., Plin. 2, 108, 112, ad fin.
II. To diminish:
1. rĕdĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3: they said they were r.d from 60,000 men to barely 5000, ex hominum millibusLX. vix ad D. sese redactos esse dixerunt, Caes. B. G. 2, 28: to r. to nothing, r. ad nihilum, Lucr. 1, 791: to r. to 4 per cent., r. ad semuncias, Tac. A. 6, 16.
2. mĭnuo, ui, ūtum, 3: expenses must be r.d, minuendi sunt sumptus, Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 59: so, sumptum extenuare, ib. Phr.: his strength being greatly r.d by an inveterate disease, diutino morbo viribus admodum attenuatis, Liv. 39, 49: to r. the system as much as possible, corpori quidquid possis detrahere, cf. Cic. Att. 6, 1, 2: to r. to 150, adCL. retrahere, Suet. Caes. 41: a r.d weight, imminutum pondus, Plin. 33, 3, 13: to draw on a r.d scale, *minore modulo describere.
III. To subdue: vinco, sŭbĭgo, etc.: v.CONQUER .
IV. Med. t. t.:
1. rĕpōno, pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 3 (to replace, set): to r. a dislocated jaw, maxillam prolapsam r., Cels. 8, 11: to r. dislocations, luxata in locum r., Sen. Ep. 104, 18.
2. rĕcompōno, 3: to r. a fracture, r. fracturam, Veg. Vet. 2, 47, 3.
I. To bring into any condition:
1. rĕdĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3 (constr. with acc. dep. on in, ad or sub, with an adv. of place, or abs.): to r. men to slavery, viros in servitutem r., Pl. Aul. 2, 1, 47. to r. the Arverni to a province, Arvernos in provinciam r., Caes. B. G. 1, 45: to r. to order what we have discovered, illa quae invenimus in ordinem r., Auct Her. 3, 9, 16 to r. to the ranks, in ordinem r., Suet. Vesp. 15 (v.
2. rĕdūco, xi, ctum, 3 (to lead back): to r. to shape, in formam r., Ov. M. 15, 81: to r. excrescences on the flesh, carnes excrescentes ad aequalitatem r., Plin. 30, 13, 39, ad init. (along with redigere): to r. fractions to their lowest terms, *fractiones ad minimos terminos r.
3. rĕvŏco, 1 (to refer): to r. everything to the rules of art, r. omnia ad artem et ad praecepta, Cic. de Or. 2, 11. 44.
4. dētrūdo, si, sum, 3 (to thrust down, r. violently): to r oneself to beggary, ad mendicitatem se d., Pl. Men. 1, 3, 21: to r. to the necessity of civil war, ad necessitatem belli civilis d., Tac. A. 13, 43: Cic. Off. 1, 31, 114.
5. in pass. rĕcĭdo, cĭdi, cāsum, 3 (rē sometimes in the poets: to be brought down, to be r.d): to suffer the power of the royal dignity to be r.d to such a point, sinere regiae majestatis imperium eo r., Liv. 4, 2, ad med.: Cic.
6. like preced. rĕdeo, 4 (to return, to be r.d to): Caesar had been r.d to two legions, Caesar ad duas legiones redierat, Caes. B. G. 5, 48, ad init.: if my fortunes are r.d so low, si eo meae fortunae redierint, Ter. Ph. 1, 4, 23. Phr.: to r. to writing, literis mandare, Cic. de Or. 2, 12, 52: to r. within the limits of ancient manners, ad priscum morem recīdere (aliquid), Tac. A. 3, 53: military discipline had been r.d to a regular system, disciplina militaris in artis perpetuis praeceptis ordinatae modum venerat, Liv. 9, 17: which distance, r.d to Roman measurement, makes ..., quae mensura Romana computatione efficit ..., Plin. 2, 108, 112, ad fin.
II. To diminish:
1. rĕdĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3: they said they were r.d from 60,000 men to barely 5000, ex hominum millibus
2. mĭnuo, ui, ūtum, 3: expenses must be r.d, minuendi sunt sumptus, Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 59: so, sumptum extenuare, ib. Phr.: his strength being greatly r.d by an inveterate disease, diutino morbo viribus admodum attenuatis, Liv. 39, 49: to r. the system as much as possible, corpori quidquid possis detrahere, cf. Cic. Att. 6, 1, 2: to r. to 150, ad
III. To subdue: vinco, sŭbĭgo, etc.: v.
IV. Med. t. t.:
1. rĕpōno, pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 3 (to replace, set): to r. a dislocated jaw, maxillam prolapsam r., Cels. 8, 11: to r. dislocations, luxata in locum r., Sen. Ep. 104, 18.
2. rĕcompōno, 3: to r. a fracture, r. fracturam, Veg. Vet. 2, 47, 3.