Lewis Short
dētractĭo (noun F) : detraho
* A drawing off, taking away, withdrawal.
* In gen. (good prose): alieni, opp. appetitio,Cic. Off. 3, 6, 30: doloris,id. ib. 3, 33, 118: loci,departure from,id. Att. 12, 35: sanguinis,Cels. 4, 4; Quint. 2, 10, 6; Plin. 17, 26, 39, § 246: illa ipsa (sc. Praxitelia capita) efficiuntur detractione,Cic. Div. 2, 21, 48.
* In partic.
* Medic. t. t., a purging: cibi,Cic. Univ. 6.—More freq. absol., Cels. 2, 10; Scrib. Comp. 101 et saep.—In plur., Vitr. 1, 6; Plin. 16, 44, 92, § 244; 22, 25, 64, § 133.
* Rhet. t. t., a taking away, leaving out, ellipsis, Quint. 1, 5, 38; 9, 2, 37 al.
* Detraction, slander, evil-speaking, Vulg. Sap. 1, 11.—Plur., id. 2 Cor. 12, 20.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary