detrahuntur
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. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
XIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...deterimus, cur in usum vestium saepe pecori lanae detrahuntur? taceo de sanguine et epulis per mortem paratis..."VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...ministeria servorum repente mutata sunt in mortis officia. detrahuntur trementibus velamenta membris, et ut grassaturas manus totum corpus..."Liber VIII
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...Caesare mitteretur; neque obscure duae legiones uni detrahuntur. Nam Cn. Pompeius legionem primam, quam ad Caesarem miserat, confectam..."