distrahere
Dictionary entries
- Entry →distraho, distrahere, distraxi, distractus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
draw/pull/tear apart, wrench, separate, (sub)divide; sell in parcels; distract;
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndsg. fut. pass. ind. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin.
Examples
- G
Divus Iulius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...suscipere, controversias quasdam interposito per Caesarem iure iurando distrahere perseveravit. Suspicionem Caesar quibusdam suorum reliquit neque voluisse..." - T
Liber XXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...ludibrium illud, uix feminis puerisue morandis satis ualidum, distraherent diriperentque? captum hostem teneri, latentem post sarcinas. haec contemptim..." - P
Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...urbe clandestini coetus celebrabant, cum Tiberium anceps cura distrahere, vine militum servum suum coerceret an inanem credulitatem tempore..."