detrahit
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. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Truculentus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quid eum velit *** homo cruminam sibi de collo detrahit, minas viginti mihi dat. accipio libens, condo in cruminam..."Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...mare non augescere magnum. Praeterea magnam sol partem detrahit aestu. quippe videmus enim vestis umore madentis exsiccare suis..."Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...pulcherrimam, non lucro captus nec varietate fortunae perterritus; detrahit amicitiae maiestatem suam qui illam parat ad bonos casus..."Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE BENEFICIIS
"...gratiae minimum apud promittentem remanet, quia auctori detrahit, quisquis post illum rogandus est. Hoc itaque curae hebebis..."de Clementia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...ille, qui, quod alteri donat, sibi detrahit, ita clementem vocabo non in alieno dolore facilem..."de Constantia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...quod dedit; uirtutem autem non dat, ideo nec detrahit: libera est, inuiolabilis, inmota, inconcussa, sic contra casus indurata..."Octavia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...sortita fratris more Iunonis toros. Ne. Incesta genetrix detrahit generi fidem, animusque numquam coniugis iunctus mihi. Se. Teneris..."Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...clara monili gestat pelagi dona rubentis, nec gemmiferas detrahit aures lapis Eoa lectus in unda, nec Sidonio mollis..."