protraho

Latin

Etymology

From prō- +‎ trahō (“I drag”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈproː.tra.hoː/, [ˈproːt̪rä(ɦ)oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.tra.o/, [ˈprɔːt̪räo]

Verb

prōtrahō (present infinitive prōtrahere, perfect active prōtrāxī, supine prōtractum); third conjugation

1. to drag, pull, draw or bring forth or out (to a place)
2. to bring to light, discover, disclose, reveal, expose

   Synonyms: ostendō, praebeō, ostentō, prōdō, indicō, acclārō, expōnō, prōpōnō, prōferō, profiteor, vulgō, gerō, praestō, coarguō, fateor

3. to betray

   Synonyms: trādō, prōdō, indicō, laedō

4. to lengthen out something as to time; prolong, protract, defer

   Synonyms: retardō, moror, trahō, dubitō, extrahō, differō

   Antonyms: ruō, accurrō, currō, festīnō, prōvolō, properō, corripiō, affluō, mātūrō

5. to extend, increase

   Synonyms: extendō, distendō, pandō, porrigō, prōlongō, prōferō, trahō, explicō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of prōtrahō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	prōtrahō		prōtrahis		prōtrahit		prōtrahimus		prōtrahitis		prōtrahunt
	imperfect	prōtrahēbam		prōtrahēbās		prōtrahēbat		prōtrahēbāmus		prōtrahēbātis		prōtrahēbant
	future	prōtraham		prōtrahēs		prōtrahet		prōtrahēmus		prōtrahētis		prōtrahent
	perfect	prōtrāxī		prōtrāxistī		prōtrāxit		prōtrāximus		prōtrāxistis		prōtrāxērunt, prōtrāxēre
	pluperfect	prōtrāxeram		prōtrāxerās		prōtrāxerat		prōtrāxerāmus		prōtrāxerātis		prōtrāxerant
	future perfect	prōtrāxerō		prōtrāxeris		prōtrāxerit		prōtrāxerimus		prōtrāxeritis		prōtrāxerint
passive	present	prōtrahor		prōtraheris, prōtrahere		prōtrahitur		prōtrahimur		prōtrahiminī		prōtrahuntur
	imperfect	prōtrahēbar		prōtrahēbāris, prōtrahēbāre		prōtrahēbātur		prōtrahēbāmur		prōtrahēbāminī		prōtrahēbantur
	future	prōtrahar		prōtrahēris, prōtrahēre		prōtrahētur		prōtrahēmur		prōtrahēminī		prōtrahentur
	perfect	prōtractus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	prōtractus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	prōtractus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	prōtraham		prōtrahās		prōtrahat		prōtrahāmus		prōtrahātis		prōtrahant
	imperfect	prōtraherem		prōtraherēs		prōtraheret		prōtraherēmus		prōtraherētis		prōtraherent
	perfect	prōtrāxerim		prōtrāxerīs		prōtrāxerit		prōtrāxerīmus		prōtrāxerītis		prōtrāxerint
	pluperfect	prōtrāxissem		prōtrāxissēs		prōtrāxisset		prōtrāxissēmus		prōtrāxissētis		prōtrāxissent
passive	present	prōtrahar		prōtrahāris, prōtrahāre		prōtrahātur		prōtrahāmur		prōtrahāminī		prōtrahantur
	imperfect	prōtraherer		prōtraherēris, prōtraherēre		prōtraherētur		prōtraherēmur		prōtraherēminī		prōtraherentur
	perfect	prōtractus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	prōtractus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		prōtrahe		—		—		prōtrahite		—
	future	—		prōtrahitō		prōtrahitō		—		prōtrahitōte		prōtrahuntō
passive	present	—		prōtrahere		—		—		prōtrahiminī		—
	future	—		prōtrahitor		prōtrahitor		—		—		prōtrahuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		prōtrahere			prōtrahī			prōtrahēns			—
future		prōtractūrum esse			prōtractum īrī			prōtractūrus			prōtrahendus, prōtrahundus
perfect		prōtrāxisse			prōtractum esse			—			prōtractus
future perfect		—			prōtractum fore			—			—
perfect potential		prōtractūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		prōtrahendī		prōtrahendō		prōtrahendum		prōtrahendō		prōtractum		prōtractū

Derived terms

• prōtrāctē
• prōtrāctiō
• prōtrāctus

Related terms

• abstrahō
• attrahō
• circumtrahō
• contrahō
• dētrahō
• distrahō
• extrahō
• intertrahō
• intrahō
• obtrahō
• pertrahō
• retrahō
• subtrahō
• supertrahō
• trahō

Descendants

• English: protract
• French: portraire
• → English: portray
• Italian: protrarre
• Portuguese: protrair
• Sicilian: prutràjiri

References

• “protraho”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “protraho”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• protraho in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• protraho in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016