ducitur

Ducitur is a Latin verb form meaning “is led” or “is being led.” It is the present passive indicative, third person singular, of the verb ducere, “to lead.” As a present passive, ducitur indicates an ongoing or general action in which the subject receives the action of leading; the agent performing the leading may be stated with a phrase in the ablative or with a preposition such as a/ab.

In use, ducitur appears in ordinary narrative and descriptive contexts to indicate that someone or something is being led or guided. The agent can be expressed with a by-phrase, for example Puella a custode ducitur, “The girl is led by a guard,” or it can appear without an explicit agent, as in Puella per urbem ducitur, “The girl is led through the city.”

Morphologically, ducitur is part of a broader system of Latin voice: the present passive of ducere. Related forms include the active present (ducit, “he leads”) and other passive tenses (e.g., ducor, ducēris, ducitur; the infinitives ducere and ducī; the perfect passive participle ductus). The root duc- is common to many derivatives such as inducere, deducere, and deducere, influencing words like induce and deduce in English.

Etymologically, ducitur derives from ducere, a core Latin verb meaning to lead, guide, or bring. Its usage spans everyday prose to legal and rhetorical contexts where a subject’s being led or guided is described.