detraho
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdeː.tra.hoː/
Verb
dētrahō (present infinitive dētrahere, perfect active dētraxī, supine dētractum); third conjugation
- I draw, pull, take or drag off, down or away; remove, detach, withdraw.
- I take away, deprive, diminish, strip, rob.
- I pull down, drag down, lower.
- I withhold, divert.
- I withdraw, take away; lower in estimation, disparage, detract from.
Inflection
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Descendants
- Catalan: detreure, detractar
- English: detract
- French: détracter, détracteur, détractrice
References
- detraho in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- detraho in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- detraho in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to detract from a person's reputation, wilfully underestimate a person: de gloria, fama alicuius detrahere
- to detract from a person's reputation, wilfully underestimate a person: de gloria, fama alicuius detrahere
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