dē-trăho — Lewis & Short
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.
(a) 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.—
(b) 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.
(g) 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.—
(d) 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.
(a) 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.—
(b) 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.—
(g) 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.
(a) 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.—
(b) 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.—
(g) 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.