distraho

Latin

Etymology

From dis- +‎ trahō (“I drag”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) 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

1. 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

2. to sell separately (in parcels), retail; sell (in general)
3. to draw in different directions; divide, distract, perplex
4. 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
		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
		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
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	distrahe	—	—	distrahite	—
	future	—	distrahitō	distrahitō	—	distrahitōte	distrahuntō
passive	present	—	distrahere	—	—	distrahiminī	—
	future	—	distrahitor	distrahitor	—	—	distrahuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		distrahere	distrāxisse	distractūrum esse	distrahī	distractum esse	distractum īrī
participles		distrahēns	—	distractūrus	—	distractus	distrahendus, distrahundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		distrahendī	distrahendō	distrahendum	distrahendō	distractum	distractū

Derived terms

• distrāctiō
• distrāctor
• distrāctus

Related terms

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

 

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