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Latin
Etymology
From dē- + trahō (“I drag”).
Pronunciation
Verb
dētrahō (present infinitive dētrahere, perfect active dētrāxī, supine dētractum); third conjugation
- to draw, pull, take or drag off, down or away; remove, detach, withdraw
- to take away, deprive, diminish, strip, rob
- to pull down, drag down, lower
- to withhold, divert
- to withdraw, take away; lower in estimation, disparage, detract from
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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