trăho — Lewis & Short
trăho, xi, ctum, 3 (
I inf. perf. sync. traxe, Verg. A. 5, 786), v. a. cf. Sanscr. trankh, trakh, to move; Gr. tre/xw, to run, to draw, drag, or haul, to drag along; to draw off, forth, or away, etc. (syn.: tracto, rapio, rapto, duco).
I Lit.
A In gen.:
Amphitruonem collo,Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 72:
cum a custodibus in fugā trinis catenis vinctus traheretur,Caes. B. G. 1, 53:
trahebatur passis Priameïa virgo Crinibus a templo Cassandra,Verg. A. 2, 403:
corpus tractum et laniatum abjecit in mare,Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:
materiam (malagmata),Cels. 4, 7:
bilem,Plin. 25, 5, 22, § 54:
vapor porro trahit aëra secum,Lucr. 3, 233:
limum harenamque et saxa ingentia fluctus trahunt,Sall. J. 78, 3: Charybdis naves ad litora trahit, id. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 3, 425; cf.:
Scyllam naves in saxa trahentem, Verg. l. l.: (haematiten) trahere in se argentum, aes, ferrum,Plin. 36, 20, 38, § 146: Gy. Amiculum hoc sustolle saltem. Si. Sine trahi, cum egomet trahor, let it drag or trail, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 117; cf.:
tragula ab eo, quod trahitur per terram,Varr. L. L. 5, § 139 Müll.:
sarcinas,Sen. Ep. 44, 6:
vestem per pulpita,Hor. A. P. 215:
plaustra per altos montes cervice (boves),Verg. G. 3, 536:
siccas machinae carinas,Hor. C. 1, 4, 2:
genua aegra,Verg. A. 5, 468:
trahantur per me pedibus omnes rei,Cic. Fam. 7, 32, 2; cf.:
aliquem ad praetorem,Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 45:
praecipitem in pistrinum,id. Ps. 1, 5, 79:
Hectorem circum sua Pergama,to drag, trail, Ov. M. 12, 591. —
Of a train of soldiers, attendants, etc.: Scipio gravem jam spoliis multarum urbium exercitum trahens,Liv. 30, 9, 10:
ingentem secum occurrentium prosequentiumque trahentes turbam,id. 45, 2, 3; 6, 3, 4; cf.:
sacra manu victosque deos parvumque nepotem Ipse trahit,Verg. A. 2, 321:
secum legionem,Val. Max. 3, 2, 20:
feminae pleraeque parvos trahentes liberos, ibant,Curt. 3, 13, 12; 5, 5, 15:
uxor, quam comitem trahebat,id. 8, 3, 2:
folium secum,Val. Max. 4, 3, 12:
cum privato comitatu quem semper secum trahere moris fuit,Vell. 2, 40, 3:
magnam manum Thracum secum,id. 2, 112, 4.—
B In partic.
1 To draw out, pull out, extract, withdraw:
trahens haerentia viscere tela,drawing out, extracting, Ov. M. 6, 290:
ferrum e vulnere,id. ib. 4, 120:
e corpore ferrum,id. F. 5, 399:
de corpore telum,id. M. 5, 95; cf.:
gladium de visceribus,Mart. 1, 14, 2:
manu lignum,Ov. M. 12, 371; cf.:
te quoque, Luna, traho (i. e. de caelo),draw down, id. ib. 7, 207:
captum Jovem Caelo trahit,Sen. Oct. 810. —
2 To draw together, bring together, contract, wrinkle:
at coria et carnem trahit et conducit in unum,Lucr. 6, 968:
in manibus vero nervi trahere,id. 6, 1190:
vultum rugasque coëgit,Ov. Am. 2, 2, 33.—
3 Of fluids, etc., to draw in, take in, quaff; draw, draw up: si pocula arente fauce traxerim, had drawn in, i. e. quaffed, Hor. Epod. 14, 4; cf. Ov. M. 15, 330:
aquas,Luc. 7, 822:
venena ore,id. 9, 934:
ubera,id. 3, 351 al.:
ex puteis jugibus aquam calidam trahi (videmus),Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 25: navigium aquam trahit, draws or lets in water, leaks, Sen. Ira, 2, 10, 5; cf.:
sanguinem jumento de cervice,to draw, let, Veg. Vet. 3, 43.—Of smelling:
odorem naribus,Phaedr. 3, 1, 4.—Of drawing in the breath, inhaling:
auras ore,Ov. M. 2, 230:
animam,Plin. 11, 3, 2, § 6; cf.:
Servilius exiguā in spe trahebat animam,Liv. 3, 6, 8:
spiritum,to draw breath, Col. 6, 9, 3; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 4; Cels. 4, 4; Curt. 3, 6, 10: spiritum extremum, Phaedr. 1, 21, 4:
penitus suspiria,to heave sighs, to sigh, Ov. M. 2, 753:
vocem imo a pectore,Verg. A. 1, 371.—
4 To take on, assume, acquire, get:
Iris Mille trahens varios adverso sole colores,Verg. A. 4, 701:
squamam cutis durata trahebat,Ov. M. 3, 675:
colorem,id. ib. 2, 236;
14, 393: ruborem,id. ib. 3, 482;
10, 595: calorem,id. ib. 11, 305:
lapidis figuram,id. ib. 3, 399:
maturitatem,Col. 1, 6, 20:
sucum,id. 11, 3, 60:
robiginem,Plin. 36, 18, 30, § 136. —
5 To drag away violently, to carry off, plunder, = a)/gein kai\ fe/rein:
cetera rape, trahe,Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 12:
rapere omnes, trahere,Sall. C. 11, 4:
quibus non humana ulla neque divina obstant, quin ... in opes potentisque trahant exscindant,id. H. 4, 61, 17 Dietsch:
sibi quisque ducere, trahere, rapere,id. J. 41, 5:
de aliquo trahere spolia,Cic. Balb. 23, 54:
praedam ex agris,Liv. 25, 14, 11:
tantum jam praedae hostes trahere, ut, etc.,id. 10, 20, 3; cf.:
pastor cum traheret per freta navibus Idaeis Helenen,Hor. C. 1, 15, 1.—
6 Trahere pecuniam (for distrahere), to make away with, to dissipate, squander:
omnibus modis pecuniam trahunt, vexant,Sall. C. 20, 12.—
7 Of drugs, etc., to purge, rcmove, clear away:
bilem ex alvo,Plin. 25, 5, 22, § 54; 26, 8, 42, § 69:
pituitam,id. 21, 23, 94, § 166:
cruditates, pituitas, bilem,id. 32, 9, 31, § 95.—
8 Trahere lanam, vellera, etc., to draw out lengthwise, i. e. to spin, manufacture: manibus trahere lanam, Varr. ap. Non. 545, 12:
lanam,Juv. 2, 54:
vellera digitis,Ov. M. 14, 265:
data pensa,id. ib. 13, 511; id. H. 3, 75:
Laconicas purpuras,Hor. C. 2, 18, 8.—
II Trop.,
A In gen.
1 To draw, draw along; to attract, allure, influence, etc.:
trahimur omnes studio laudis et optimus quisque maxime gloriā ducitur,Cic. Arch. 11, 26; cf.:
omnes trahimur et ducimur ad cognitionis et scientiae cupiditatem,id. Off. 1, 6, 18:
allicere delectatione et viribus trahere,Quint. 5, 14, 29:
trahit sua quemque voluptas,Verg. E. 2, 65: aliquem in aliam partem, to bring or gain over, Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 2; so,
Drusum in partes,Tac. A. 4, 60:
civitatem ad regem,Liv. 42, 44, 3:
aliquem in suam sententiam,id. 5, 25, 1; cf.
also: rem ad Poenos,id. 24, 2, 8; 23, 8, 2:
res ad Philippum,id. 32, 19, 2:
ni ea res longius nos ab incepto traheret,draw off, divert, Sall. C. 7, 7.—
2 To drag, lead, bring:
plures secum in eandem calamitatem,Cic. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19:
Lucanos ad defectionem,Liv. 25, 16, 6:
quo fata trahunt retrahuntque, sequamur,Verg. A. 5, 709: ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt, Cleanth. ap. Sen. Ep. 107, 11.—
3 To draw to, i. e. appropriate, refer, ascribe, set down to, etc.:
atque egomet me adeo cum illis una ibidem traho,Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 166: St. Quid quod dedisti scortis? Le. Ibidem una traho, id. ib. 2, 4, 10:
hi numero avium regnum trahebant,drew to their side, laid claim to, claimed, Liv. 1, 7, 1; cf.:
qui captae decus Nolae ad consulem trahunt,id. 9, 28, 6:
omnia non bene consulta in virtutem trahebantur,were set down to, referred, attributed, Sall. J. 92, 2:
ornatum ipsius (ducis) in superbiam,Tac. H. 2, 20:
cuncta Germanici in deterius,id. A. 1, 62 fin.:
fortuita ad culpam,id. ib. 4, 64:
id ad clementiam,id. ib. 12, 52; cf.:
aliquid in religionem,Liv. 5, 23, 6:
cur abstinuerit spectaculo ipse, varie trahebant,Tac. A. 1, 76 fin.:
in se crimen,Ov. M. 10, 68:
spinas Traxit in exemplum,adopted, id. ib. 8, 245. —
4 To drag, distract, etc.:
quae meum animum divorse trahunt,Ter. And. 1, 5, 25:
trahi in aliam partem mente atque animo,Caes. B. C. 1, 21:
Vologeses diversas ad curas trahebatur,Tac. A. 15, 1.—
5 To weigh, ponder, consider:
belli atque pacis rationes trahere,Sall. J. 97, 2; cf. id. ib. 84, 4: trahere consilium, to form a decision or determination, id. ib. 98, 3.—
6 To get, obtain, derive: qui majorem ex pernicie et peste rei publicae molestiam traxerit, who has derived, i. e. has received, suffered, Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 1:
qui cognomen ex contumeliā traxerit,id. Phil. 3, 6, 16:
nomen e causis,Plin. 15, 14, 15, § 51:
inde nomen,id. 36, 20, 38, § 146:
nomen ab illis,Ov. M. 4, 291:
originem ab aliquo,to derive, deduce, Plin. 5, 24, 21, § 86; 6, 28, 32, § 157:
scio ab isto initio tractum esse sermonem,i. e. has arisen, Cic. Brut. 6, 21: facetiae, quae multum ex vero traxere, drew, i. e. they were founded largely on truth, Tac. A. 15, 68; cf.:
multum ex moribus (Sarmatarum) traxisse,id. G. 46, 2.—
7 Of time, to protract, drag out, linger:
afflictus vitam in tenebris luctuque trahebam,Verg. A. 2, 92; so,
vitam,Phaedr. 3, 7, 12; 4, 5, 37; Plin. 28, 1, 2, § 9:
traherent cum sera crepuscula noctem,was bringing on the night, Ov. M. 1, 219: verba, to drag, i. e. to utter with difficulty, Sil. 8, 79.—
8 To draw out, in respect of time; to extend, prolong, lengthen; to protract, put off, delay, retard (cf.:
prolato, extendo): sin trahitur bellum,Cic. Att. 10, 8, 2; cf. Liv. 5, 10, 7; Sall. J. 23, 2:
trahere omnia,to interpose delays of all kinds, id. ib. 36, 2; Ov. M. 12, 584:
pugnam aliquamdiu,Liv. 25, 15, 14:
dum hoc naturae Corpus ... manebit incolume, comitem aevi sui laudem Ciceronis trahet,Vell. 2, 66, 5:
obsidionem in longius,Quint. 1, 10, 48; cf.:
rem de industriā in serum,Liv. 32, 35, 4:
omnia,id. 32, 36, 2:
jurgiis trahere tempus,id. 32, 27, 1:
tempus, Auct. B. Alex. 38, 2: moram ficto languore,Ov. M. 9, 767:
(legati) querentes, trahi se a Caesare,that they were put off, delayed, Suet. Tib. 31 fin.; so,
aliquem sermone, quousque, etc.,Val. Max. 4, 4, 1:
Marius multis diebus et laboribus consumptis anxius trahere cum animo suo, omitteretne inceptum,Sall. J. 93, 1.—
9 Rarely neutr., to drag along, to last, endure. si quis etiam in eo morbo diutius traxit, Cels. 2, 8 med.:
decem annos traxit ista dominatio,Flor. 4, 2, 12.—Hence, tractus, a, um, P. a., drawn on, i. e. proceeding continuously, flowing, fluent, of language:
genus orationis fusum atque tractum,Cic. de Or. 2, 15, 64:
in his (contione et hortatione) tracta quaedam et fluens expetitur,id. Or. 20, 66.—
B Subst.: tractum, i, n., any thing drawn out at length.
1 A flock of wool drawn out for spinning:
tracta de niveo vellere dente,Tib. 1, 6, 80.—
2 A long piece of dough pulled out in making pastry, Cato, R. R. 76, 1; 76, 4; Apic. 2, 1; 4, 3; 5, 1 al.—Called also tracta, ae, f., Plin. 18, 11, 27, § 106.