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
- G
De rhetoribus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius)
"...contra quos pronuntiabat pedibus e tribunali detractus est. Quod indigne ferens; statim contendit ad portam et inde Romam..." - M
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..." - T
Liber XXXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...materia, quo ex altiore fastigio rex quam tyrannus detractus erat, quoque plures ademptae res. ad hoc uetusta regum..." - T
Liber XXX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...haec accusans querensque ex diutina possessione Italiae est detractus. Romam per eosdem dies et Magonem et Hannibalem profectos..." - G
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..."
