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trahō trāxī (inf perf. trāxe for trāxisse, V.), tractus, ere Source etymology: TRAG- , to draw, drag, haul, train along, draw off, pull forth, drag away : cum a custodibus in fugā trinis catenis vinctus traheretur, Cs.: trahantur pedibus omnes rei (sc. ad supplicium): Hector circum sua Pergama tractus, O.: nullum vacuum tractum esse remum, pulled : limum harenamque fluctūs trahunt, S.: Hectoris umbra circum sua Pergama, to trail , O.—Of followers or attendants, to lead, draw, take along, be followed by : exercitum, L.: Sacra manu victosque deos, V.: uxor, quam comitem trahebat, Cu.— To draw out, pull out, extract, withdraw : haerentia viscere tela, O.: e corpore ferrum, O.: Te quoque, Luna, traho, drag down , O.— To draw together, bring together, contract, wrinkle : voltum, rugasque coëgit, O.— To draw, draw up, draw in, take in, quaff, inhale : Pocula fauce, quaff , H.: ex puteis iugibus aquam trahi (videmus): Odorem naribus, Ph.: exiguā in spe animam, L.: spiritum, Cu.: penitus suspiria, to heave sighs , O.: imo a pectore vocem, V.— To take on, assume, acquire, get : Iris Mille trahens varios adverso sole colores, V.: sannam cutis durata trahebat, O.: lapidis figuram, O.— To drag away violently, carry off, plunder : rapere omnes, trahere, S.: de nobis trahere spolia: praedam ex agris, L.— To make away with, dissipate, squander : pecuniam, S.— To draw out, spin, manufacture : lanam, Iu.: vellera digitis, O.: Laconicas purpuras, H.—Fig., to draw, draw along, lead on, force, attract, allure, influence : trahimur omnes studio laudis: trahit sua quemque voluptas, V.: me in aliam partem, to gain over : ad Poenos rem, L.: si alii alio trahunt res, i. e. if they divide into factions , L.: per principes factionibus et studiis trahuntur, Ta.: longius nos ab incepto, divert , S.— To drag, lead, bring : plures secum in eandem calamitatem: ad defectionem Lucanos, L.: traherent cum sera crepuscula noctem, O.— To draw to, appropriate, refer, ascribe, set down to : hi numero avium regnum trahebant, i. e. laid claim to , L.: omnia non bene consulta in virtutem trahebantur, S.: Iovis equis aequiperatum dictatorem in religionem trahebant, i. e. regarded as impious presumption , L.: spinas Traxit in exemplum, took , O.: apud civīs partem doloris publica trahebat clades, appropriated , L.— To drag, distract : meum animum divorse, T.: in aliam partem mente trahi, Cs.— To weigh, ponder, consider : belli atque pacis rationes, S.: consilium, i. e. form a plan , S.— To get, obtain, derive, acquire, experience : maiorem ex peste rei p. molestiam: nomen ab illis, O.: multum ex moribus (Sarmatarum) traxisse, adopted , Ta.—In time, to protract, drag out, linger through, extend, prolong, lengthen, delay, retard : vitam in tenebris, V.: si trahitur bellum: de industriā rem in serum, L.: iurgiis tempus, S.: Marius anxius trahere cum animo suo, omitteretne inceptum, i. e. deliberated , S.

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