abstrahere
Dictionary entries
- Entry →abstraho, abstrahere, abstraxi, abstractus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
drag away from, remove forcibly, abort; carry off to execution; split;
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndsg. fut. pass. ind. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin.
Examples
- L
Octavia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...flammis meos ausa est penates, principi legem dare, abstrahere nostris coniugem caram toris, uiolare quantum licuit incesta manu..." - P
Metamorphoses III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...possis! Non illum Cereris, non illum cura quietis abstrahere inde potest, sed opaca fusus in herba spectat inexpleto..." - T
Liber XXXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...tulerunt. Consul quia ingressos in castra ab direptione abstrahere non poterat, eos, qui in cornibus fuerant, protinus..." - T
Liber XXXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...teneri posse; quod si Asiae quoque partem aliquam abstrahere uelint, dummodo non dubiis regionibus finiant, uinci suam temperantiam..." - T
Liber XXXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...tempore Philippo circa Pergamum urente sacra profanaque abstrahere eum inde respectu rerum suarum potuissent. ita Aetoli..."