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* 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.).
* Lit.
* In gen.
* Trop.
* In partic.
* 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.
* 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.
* In medic. lang., to purge, Cels. 2, 10 fin.; Plin. 27, 7, 28, § 48 et saep.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* With acc. and ab with abl.: aliquid ab homine,Cic. Off. 3, 6, 30.
* 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.
* In partic. (acc. to no. I. B. 2.), to withdraw, take away, take; to lower in estimation, disparage, detract from.
* 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.
* To withhold: ususfructus in mancipanda proprietate detrahi potest,Gai. Inst. 2, 33.
* Absol.: aliquid dicere detrahendae spoliandaeque dignitatis alicujus gratia,Cic. Cael. 2 et saep.: laudis simulatione detrahitur,Quint. 8, 6, 55; id. 12, 9, 7.

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