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
- M
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..." - M
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..."
