detractus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →detraho, detrahere, detraxi, detractus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
drag/pull/strip/take down/away/off; remove; exclude, omit, cut out; subtract;; detract (from in speech), disparage; lessen, cause diminishment/detriment;; detach, dislodge (troops); draw (into action); demolish; abstract, derive;; draw off (blood); promote discharge of; force down, induce to come down;
nom. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →detractus, detractus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
omission, taking away; rejection (L+S);
acc. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl.nom. sg.voc. pl.voc. sg.
Examples
De rhetoribus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius)
"...contra quos pronuntiabat pedibus e tribunali detractus est. Quod indigne ferens; statim contendit ad portam et inde Romam..."Liber Secundus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...ante, inquit, dixerim nonne meministi, cum omnis dolor detractus esset, variari, non augeri voluptatem? Memini vero, inquam..."Liber XXXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...materia, quo ex altiore fastigio rex quam tyrannus detractus erat, quoque plures ademptae res. ad hoc uetusta regum..."Liber XXX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...haec accusans querensque ex diutina possessione Italiae est detractus. Romam per eosdem dies et Magonem et Hannibalem profectos..."Liber X
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...erigi quidam lapide quadrato, qui ex superiore opere detractus est; aliqua pars, ut mihi videtur, testaceo opere agenda..."
