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
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..."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..."Liber XXXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...tulerunt. Consul quia ingressos in castra ab direptione abstrahere non poterat, eos, qui in cornibus fuerant, protinus..."Liber XXXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...teneri posse; quod si Asiae quoque partem aliquam abstrahere uelint, dummodo non dubiis regionibus finiant, uinci suam temperantiam..."Liber XXXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...tempore Philippo circa Pergamum urente sacra profanaque abstrahere eum inde respectu rerum suarum potuissent. ita Aetoli..."