distrahebant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →distraho, distrahere, distraxi, distractus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
draw/pull/tear apart, wrench, separate, (sub)divide; sell in parcels; distract;
pl. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- P
Liber VI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...copiam vendendi secuta vilitate, quanto quis obaeratior, aegrius distrahebant, multique fortunis provolvebantur; eversio rei familiaris dignitatem ac famam..." - P
Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...hinc fides, inde egestas inter decus ac flagitium distrahebant. cunctantibus solita insolitaque alimenta deerant, absumptis iumentis equisque..." - P
Dialogus de Oratoribus
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...assidua senatus adversus plebem certamina. Quae singula etsi distrahebant rem publicam, exercebant tamen illorum temporum eloquentiam et magnis..."