detractio, detractionis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
removal, withdrawal; omission (words); blood-letting; purge; slander (Plater);
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | detractio | detractiones |
| Gen. | detractionis | detractionum, detractionium |
| Dat. | detractioni | detractionibus |
| Acc. | detractionem | detractiones |
| Voc. | detractio | detractiones |
| Abl. | detractione | detractionibus |
Examples
- A
Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...algountos, sed pantos tou algeinou dicere oportuit;3 detractio enim significanda est doloris," inquit "non dolentis". Nimis minute..." - L
Liber VIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...facit adiectio amicorum sapientiorem, non facit stultiorem detractio; ergo nec beatiorem aut miseriorem. Quamdiu virtus salva fuerit..." - M
Liber Primus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...cibo et potione fames sitisque depulsa est, ipsa detractio molestiae consecutionem affert voluptatis, sic in omni re doloris..."