detrahimus
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. pres. act. ind. 1st
Examples
- L
de Constantia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...ista negamus iniurias esse; non sensum illis doloris detrahimus, sed nomen iniuriae, quod non potest recipi uirtute salua..." - M
Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...quam ut exemplum desideret. Interim hoc ipso fidem detrahimus illis, quod sint tam gravia, ut pro Roscio Cicero..."
