detrahentem
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;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...vetustate ruptam pice temperata refecit. Tum clavum, qui detrahentem secutus cum camella lignea fuerat, fumoso parieti reddidit..."Liber Quartus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...nomina inponentem, verba modo mutantem, de opinionibus nihil detrahentem? [22] Patronusne causae in epilogo pro reo dicens negaret..."
