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
- M
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..." - M
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..." - G
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..."