dēductĭo
ōnis, f.
I.
a leading away, leading on, in accordance with the different acceptations of the primitive word.
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.: rivorum a fonte, a leading or conducting off, Cic. Top. 8, 33; cf.: Albanae aquae, id. Div. 1, 44 fin.—
B.
In partic.
1.
A leading forth, transplanting of colonies, a colonizing: quae erit in istos agros deductio? Cic. Agr. 1, 5, 16; ib. 2, 34: militum in oppida, id. Phil. 2, 25, 62: oppidorum, Plin. 2, 52, 53, § 139.—
2.
A leading away of the bride: sponsae in domum mariti, Dig. 23, 2, 5.—
3.
An escorting, a conducting safely, Ambros. de Jacob. 2, 1, 4.—
4.
A putting out of possession, ejection, expulsion: ibi tum Caecinam postulasse, ut moribus deductio fieret, Cic. Caecin. 10, 27. —
5.
A deduction, diminution, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 10, 32; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 78: HERES SINE DEDVCTIONE XX., i. e. vicesimarum, Inscr. Orell. 3041; cf. vicesimus. So, sine deductione, Sen. Ben. 2, 4; id. Ep. 58.—
II.
Trop.: ex hac deductione rationis, Cic. Inv. 1, 14.