distractus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →distractus, distracta, distractum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Calepinus
- Age:
- Neo-Latin
absent-minded;
nom. sg. (m.) - Entry →distraho, distrahere, distraxi, distractus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
draw/pull/tear apart, wrench, separate, (sub)divide; sell in parcels; distract;
nom. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
- T
Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...enim tarde venit ac perit ante paulatim facilis distractus in aëris auras; ex alto primum quia vix emittitur..." - L
Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...agros funebris famuli manus, per illa qua distractus Hippolytus loca longum cruenta tramitem signat nota, maestaeque domini membra..." 
Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...urguentem, donec defecit iniqua lapsus humo, pariterque manus distractus in ambas orat et a iugulo nitentem sustinet hastam..."- P
Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...arte novercae occiderit patriasque explerit sanguine poenas turbatis distractus equis, ad sidera rursus aetheria et superas caeli venisse..." - G
Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...posses. Quantum amares eum, desiderio expertus es, distractus separatusque, dum cedis et vinceris. Ita, quod fando inauditum, quum..."