detrahatur
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;
sg. pres. pass. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...quamquam a plerisque tribuitur palma, tamen, ne nihil detrahatur, deesse pondus putant. VIII. Nam ut humanae formae decorem..."Liber IV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...omnia quibus sublatis neque cognitioni quicquam neque utilitati detrahatur; solet enim quaedam esse partium brevitas, XLI. quae longam..."
