detrahebantur
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;
pl. imperf. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
ad Marciam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...illi ipsi qui adiciebantur adulescentiae anni uitae detrahebantur. 7. In hoc omnes errore uersamur, ut non putemus..."Liber XXX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...pecuniae damnum stimulat. itaque cum spolia uictae Carthagini detrahebantur, cum inermem iam ac nudam destitui inter tot armatas..."