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
- G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...vetustate ruptam pice temperata refecit. Tum clavum, qui detrahentem secutus cum camella lignea fuerat, fumoso parieti reddidit..." - M
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..."
