abstraho

Latin

Etymology

    From ab- (away from) +‎ trahō (drag, haul).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    abstrahō (present infinitive abstrahere, perfect active abstrāxī, supine abstractum); third conjugation

    1. to draw away from, drag or pull away
    2. to withdraw, alienate from
    3. (figuratively) to divert, draw away

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    References

    • abstraho”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • abstraho”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • abstraho”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to carry off into slavery: aliquem in servitutem abducere, abstrahere