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
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..."Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...hinc fides, inde egestas inter decus ac flagitium distrahebant. cunctantibus solita insolitaque alimenta deerant, absumptis iumentis equisque..."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..."