detractio
Dictionary entries
- Entry →detractio, detractionis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
removal, withdrawal; omission (words); blood-letting; purge; slander (Plater);
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...algountos, sed pantos tou algeinou dicere oportuit;3 detractio enim significanda est doloris," inquit "non dolentis". Nimis minute..."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..."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..."