I.to draw or drag, to bring or conduct forcibly to a place (not in Cic. or Cæs.).
I. Lit.: “aliquem in castra,” Liv. 7, 39: “ratem ad ripam,” id. 21, 28: “pertractus ad Vitellium,” Tac. H. 2, 72: “mulierem Romam ad centumviros,” Phaedr. 3, 10, 34: “patriam suam in jus, ad aliam civitatem,” Val. Max. 5, 3, 3 ext.: “aliquem intra moenia vinctum,” id. 7, n. 8.—
b. To entice, allure to a place: “in locum iniquum pertractus,” Liv. 6, 24: “hostem ad insidiarum locum,” id. 21, 4, 4.—
II. Transf., to draw out, extract: “virus,” Scrib. Larg. 173. —
III. Trop., to lead away, lead astray: sui erroris arbitrio pertrahere et alios multos, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 15, 3, 1.
