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dē-trăho , xi, ctum, 3 (
I.inf. perf. sync. detraxe, Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 15), v. a., to draw or take off, draw away, draw or take down; to pull down; to take away, remove, withdraw (class. and very freq.).
I. Lit.
A. In gen.
(α). With acc. and de or ex with abl.: “crumenam sibi de collo,” Plaut. Truc. 3, 1, 7: “anulum de digito,” Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 38: “aliquem de curru,” Cic. Cael. 14 fin. et saep.: “aliquem ex cruce,” Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6; so, “stramenta e mulis,” Caes. B. G. 7, 45, 2: “homines ex provinciis,” Cic. Prov. Cons. 1; cf.: “inimicum ex Gallia,” id. ib. 8, 19: “Hannibalem ex Italia,” Liv. 29, 20; “aliquem pedibus e tribunali,” Suet. Rhet. 6 et saep.—
(β). With acc. and dat.: “nudo vestimenta detrahere me jubes,” Plaut. As. 1, 1, 79: “alicui anulum,” Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 31: “vestem alicui,” id. Eun. 4, 4, 40: “amiculum alicui,” Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 83: “torquem alicui,” id. Fin. 1, 7, 23: “loricam alicui,” Verg. A. 5, 260 et saep.: tegumenta scutis, Caes. B. G. 2, 21, 5: “frenos equis,” Liv. 4, 33 et saep.: “virum equo,” Liv. 22, 47; cf.: “aliquem in transvehendo,” Suet. Aug. 38.
(γ). With acc. alone: vestimenta, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17: “veste detracta,” Cic. Brut. 75, 262: “soccos detrahunt (servi),” Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 72: “detractis insignibus imperatoris,” Caes. B. C. 3, 96, 3: “vestem,” Cic. Brut. 75, 262; “statuas,” Just. 38, 8, 12.—
(δ). With ad, in, or trans: “castella trans Euphraten,” Tac. A. 15, 17 et saep.: “aliquem in judicium,” Cic. Mil. 8, 38; cf.: “aliquem ad accusationem,” id. Clu. 68, 179: “aliquem ad aequum certamen,” Liv. 22, 13: “tauros ad terram cornibus,” Suet. Claud. 21; cf.: naves ad terram, Auct. B. Alex. 10 fin.: “dominationem in carcerem et catenas,” Flor. 1, 24, 3.—
B. In partic.
1. In medic. lang., to purge, Cels. 2, 10 fin.; Plin. 27, 7, 28, § 48 et saep.—
2. With the accessory idea of depriving or diminishing, to remove, withdraw, take away a thing from any one; to draw off, remove, take away from any thing.
(α). With acc. and de or ex with abl.: “multa de suis commodis,” Cic. Lael. 16, 57: “aliquid de summa,” Lucr. 3, 513; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 78, § 181: “aliquid ex ea summa,” id. Att. 10, 5; and: “nihil de vivo,” id. Fl. 37: “ex tertia acie singulas cohortes,” Caes. B. C. 3, 89, 3; cf.: “detractis cohortibus duabus,” id. B. G. 3, 2, 3.—
(β). With acc. and dat.: “cum ei eidem detraxisset Armeniam,” Cic. Div. 2, 37 fin.: “scuto militi detracto,” Caes. B. G. 2, 25: “coronam capiti,” Liv. 38, 47; cf. Hor. S. 1, 10, 48: “auxilia illi,” Caes. B. G. 6, 5, 5: “fasces indigno (opp. deferre),” Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 34 et saep.: “pellem hostiae,” to flay, Vulg. Levit. 1, 6.—
(γ). With acc. and ab with abl.: “aliquid ab homine,” Cic. Off. 3, 6, 30.—
II. Trop.
A. In gen., to pull down, to lower (very rarely): “regum majestatem ab summo fastigio ad medium,” Liv. 37, 45, 18: “superbiam,” Vulg. Isa. 23, 9.—Far more freq.,
B. In partic. (acc. to no. I. B. 2.), to withdraw, take away, take; to lower in estimation, disparage, detract from.
(α). With de or ex: “detractis de homine sensibus,” Cic. Fin. 1, 9, 30; cf.: “quicquam de nostra benevolentia,” id. Fam. 5, 2 fin.: “tantum sibi de facultate,” id. Brut. 70 fin.; cf.: “studiose de absentibus detrahendi causa, severe dicitur,” id. Off. 1, 37, 134: “de ipso, qui scripsit, detrahi nihil volo,” Cic. Pis. 29, 71: aliquid de aliquo, Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7: “de hoc senatu detrahere,” Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 20; so, “de aliquo,” id. Att. 11, 11 fin.; Nep. Chabr. 3, 3: “de se,” Cic. Ac. 2, 5, 15; cf.: “de rebus gestis alicujus,” Nep. Timol. 5, 3: “quantum detraxit ex studio, tantum amisit ex gloria,” Cic. Brut. 67, 236; cf. id. Div. ap. Caecil. 15, 49; id. Fam. 1, 5, a.—
(β). With dat.: “nihil tibi detraxit senatus nisi, etc. (opp. dare),” id. ib. 1, 5, b; cf. “opp. concedere,” id. de Or. 2, 71; Quint. 11, 1, 71: “honorem debitum ordini,” Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 11: “illam opinionem maerenti,” id. Tusc. 3, 31, 76: “auctoritatem Cottae,” Quint. 6, 5, 10: “fidem sibi,” id. 2, 17, 15; 5, 7, 4 al.: “errorem animis,” Ov. M. 2, 39: “multum alicui,” Nep. Eum. 1, 2: “regi,” Vulg. Eccles. 10, 20.—
(γ). Absol.: “aliquid dicere detrahendae spoliandaeque dignitatis alicujus gratia,” Cic. Cael. 2 et saep.: “laudis simulatione detrahitur,” Quint. 8, 6, 55; id. 12, 9, 7.—
C. To withhold: “ususfructus in mancipanda proprietate detrahi potest,” Gai. Inst. 2, 33.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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