detractandi
Dictionary entries
- Entry →detracto, detractare, detractavi, detractatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
refuse (to undertake/undergo), decline, reject, evade, recoil from;; disparage/belittle, speak/write slightingly of; reduce/depreciate/detract from;
gen. sg. fut. pass. part.gen. sg. fut. pass. part.nom. pl. fut. pass. part.voc. pl. fut. pass. part.
Examples
Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...praestet?' Movet ferocem animum iuvenis seu ira seu detractandi certaminis pudor seu inexsuperabilis vis fati. Oblitus itaque imperii..."Liber II
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...animos plebis, redibatque non sua sponte plebi mos detractandi militiam, sed Sp. Licinius tribunus plebis, venisse tempus ratus..."