attraho

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

    ad- +‎ trahō (drag).

    Compare typologically Russian привлека́ть (privlekátʹ) (akin to влечь (vlečʹ)), притяга́тельный (pritjagátelʹnyj), притя́гивать (pritjágivatʹ) (akin to тяну́ть (tjanútʹ)).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    attrahō (present infinitive attrahere, perfect active attrāxī, supine attractum); third conjugation

    1. to draw, pull or drag to or towards with force
    2. (figuratively) to draw, allure, lead, bring, move, attract

    Conjugation

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Catalan: atraure
    • English: attract
    • Old French: atraire
    • Galician: atraer
    • Italian: attrarre
    • Portuguese: atrair
    • Romanian: atrage, atragere
    • Sicilian: attràjiri
    • Spanish: atraer

    References

    • attraho”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • attraho”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • attraho”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.