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
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..."Liber XXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...ludibrium illud, uix feminis puerisue morandis satis ualidum, distraherent diriperentque? captum hostem teneri, latentem post sarcinas. haec contemptim..."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..."