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dē-trecto (in the best MSS. also dē-tracto ), ăvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
I. Orig., to decline, refuse, reject any thing; and hence, to decline, refuse to do any thing (not in Cic.—for syn. cf.: nego, infitias eo, infitior, diffiteor, denego, recuso, abnuo, renuo, defugio).
(α). With acc.: militiam, * Caes. B. G. 7, 14, 9; Liv. 2, 43; Front. Strat. 4, 1, 25; 43; Flor. 1, 22, 2; Ov. M. 13, 36 al.; cf. “pugnam,” Liv. 3, 60; 4, 18: “proelium,” Just. 13, 5, 8; Front. Strat. 1, 11, 1: “certamen,” Liv. 37, 39; Tac. H. 4, 67; Curt. 3, 8: “officia sua,” Quint. 2, 1, 5: “judicandi munus,” Suet. Aug. 32 et saep.: “imperata,” Suet. Caes. 54: dominationem, id. ib. 80; cf. “principem,” id. Tib. 25: “patris jussa,” Tac. A. 3, 17: “vincla pedum,” Tib. 1, 6, 38; cf. “juga,” Verg. G. 3, 57: “aratrum,” Ov. Pont. 3, 7, 15.—
(β). With inf. (late Lat.): “tutelam administrare,” Dig. 37, 14, 19: “dicere,” Arn. 6, p. 201.—
(γ). Absol., Liv. 2, 45 fin.; 3, 38, 12; Suet. Ner. 47.—
II. To pull down with violence; hence, trop. (cf. detraho, no. II. B.), to lower in estimation, to depreciate, detract from: “advorsae res etiam bonos detractant,” Sall. J. 53 fin.: “poëtas,” Tac. Or. 11: “antiquos oratores,” id. ib. 26: “Pompeium,” Flor. 4, 2, 9 al.: “virtutes,” Liv. 38, 49: “Ciceronis, Vergilii gloriam,” Tac. Or. 12: “ingenium Homeri,” Ov. R. Am. 365: “laudes,” id. M. 5, 246: “maligne benefacta,” id. ib. 13, 271.—With dat.: sibi primo, mox omnibus detrectaturus, Suet. Vit. Pers. fin.—With de: “de vobis tamquam de malefactoribus,” Vulg. 1 Pet. 2, 12.—Absol., Ov. Tr. 2, 337.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (21):
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 7.14.9
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 2, 45
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 13.271
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 5.246
    • Vergil, Georgics, 3.57
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 32
    • Suetonius, Divus Julius, 54
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 13.36
    • Tacitus, Annales, 3.17
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 4.67
    • Suetonius, Nero, 47
    • Suetonius, Tiberius, 25
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 3, 38.12
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 3, 60
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 37, 39
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 2, 43
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 4, 18
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 38, 49
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 2, 1.5
    • Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum, 53
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 3.8
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