distraho

Latin

Etymology

From dis- +‎ trahō (“I drag”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdis.tra.hoː/, [ˈd̪ɪs̠t̪rä(ɦ)oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdis.tra.o/, [ˈd̪ist̪räo]

Verb

distrahō (present infinitive distrahere, perfect active distrāxī, supine distractum); third conjugation

to draw, pull or drag asunder; tear in pieces, separate forcibly, divide; scatter
Synonyms: dīscindō, scindō, carpō, distineō, findō, discerpō, discīdō, incīdō, intercīdō

Antonyms: cōgō, congerō, coniungō, contrahō
to sell separately (in parcels), retail; sell (in general)
to draw in different directions; divide, distract, perplex
to separate in sentiment, estrange, alienate
- c. 100-110, Tacitus, Histories: Book 4‎^[1]:
  Obsessos hinc fides, inde egestas inter decus ac flagitium distrahebant.
  The ties of loyalty on the one hand, and the necessities of famine on the other, kept the besieged wavering between the alternatives of glory and infamy.

Conjugation

Conjugation of distrahō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	distrahō	distrahis		distrahit	distrahimus	distrahitis		distrahunt
	imperfect	distrahēbam	distrahēbās		distrahēbat	distrahēbāmus	distrahēbātis		distrahēbant
	future	distraham	distrahēs		distrahet	distrahēmus	distrahētis		distrahent
	perfect	distrāxī	distrāxistī		distrāxit	distrāximus	distrāxistis		distrāxērunt, distrāxēre
	pluperfect	distrāxeram	distrāxerās		distrāxerat	distrāxerāmus	distrāxerātis		distrāxerant
	future perfect	distrāxerō	distrāxeris		distrāxerit	distrāxerimus	distrāxeritis		distrāxerint
passive	present	distrahor	distraheris, distrahere		distrahitur	distrahimur	distrahiminī		distrahuntur
	imperfect	distrahēbar	distrahēbāris, distrahēbāre		distrahēbātur	distrahēbāmur	distrahēbāminī		distrahēbantur
	future	distrahar	distrahēris, distrahēre		distrahētur	distrahēmur	distrahēminī		distrahentur
	perfect	distractus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	distractus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	distractus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	distraham	distrahās		distrahat	distrahāmus	distrahātis		distrahant
	imperfect	distraherem	distraherēs		distraheret	distraherēmus	distraherētis		distraherent
	perfect	distrāxerim	distrāxerīs		distrāxerit	distrāxerīmus	distrāxerītis		distrāxerint
	pluperfect	distrāxissem	distrāxissēs		distrāxisset	distrāxissēmus	distrāxissētis		distrāxissent
passive	present	distrahar	distrahāris, distrahāre		distrahātur	distrahāmur	distrahāminī		distrahantur
	imperfect	distraherer	distraherēris, distraherēre		distraherētur	distraherēmur	distraherēminī		distraherentur
	perfect	distractus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	distractus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	distrahe		—	—	distrahite		—
active	future	—	distrahitō		distrahitō	—	distrahitōte		distrahuntō
passive	present	—	distrahere		—	—	distrahiminī		—
passive	future	—	distrahitor		distrahitor	—	—		distrahuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		distrahere		distrahī		distrahēns		—
future		distractūrum esse		distractum īrī		distractūrus		distrahendus, distrahundus
perfect		distrāxisse		distractum esse		—		distractus
future perfect		—		distractum fore		—		—
perfect potential		distractūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		distrahendī	distrahendō		distrahendum	distrahendō	distractum		distractū

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

→ Catalan: distreure
English: distract
French: distraire
- → Romanian: distra
Galician: distraer
Italian: distrarre
Occitan: distraire
Old French: destraire
Piedmontese: distrae
Portuguese: distrair
Romanian: distrage
Sicilian: distràjiri
Spanish: distraer

References

“distraho”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“distraho”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
distraho in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
distraho in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016