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detractionem

Dictionary entries

  • detractio, detractionis:

    Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension

    Frequency:
    Common
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

    = removal, withdrawal; omission (words); blood-letting; purge; slander (Plater);

    Entry →
    acc. sg.

Examples

  • L

    Libri XI-XIII

    Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM

    "...refelli: 'paupertas non per possessionem dicitur, sed per detractionem' (vel, ut antiqui dixerunt, orbationem; Graeci kata steresin dicunt..."
  • M

    Liber IX

    Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES

    "...prosopopoiiai accedit illa quae est orationis per detractionem: detractum est enim quis diceret. Vertitur interim prosopopoiia in speciem..."
  • M

    Liber I

    Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES

    "...ille pexus pinguisque doctor aut illic detractionem aut hic adiectionem putabit. Quid quod quaedam, quae singula procul dubio..."

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