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trāductĭo, ōnis, f. [traduco].

  1. * I. Lit., a leading along, conducting in triumph: traductio captorum, Aus. Grat. Act. 4.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. In gen. (acc. to traduco, II. A.), a removing, transferring from one rank to another: traductio ad plebem furibundi hominis ac perditi (Clodii), Cic. Sest. 7, 15.
    2. B. In partic.
      1. 1. (Acc. to traduco, II. B. 2.) A making a show of, exposure, public disgrace: hic damnatum cum dedecore et traductione vita exigit, Sen. Ira, 1, 6, 1: interrogationes ad traductionem nostram excogitatae, id. Ep. 85, 1; Vulg. Sap. 2, 14; cf. Lact. 4, 16, 7; id. Epit. 45, 5.
      2. 2. A leading in triumph: captivorum, Aus. Grat. Act. 4.
      3. 3. (Acc. to traduco, II. B. 4.) Of time, the passage, lapse, course: temporis, Cic. Div. 1, 56, 127.
      4. 4. (Acc. to traduco, II. B. 5.) In rhet.
        1. a. A transferring, metonymy: traductio atque immutatio in verbo: Africa terribili tremit horrida terra tumultu. Pro Afris est sumpta Africa, Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167.
        2. b. A repetition of the same word, Auct. Her. 4, 14, 20.