extraho

extraho

Latin

Etymology

    From ex- (out of) + trahō (to drag).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    extrahō (present infinitive extrahere, perfect active extrāxī, supine extractum); third conjugation

    1. (transitive) to drag, pull or draw forth or out; extract, remove
      Synonyms: excipiō, ēiciō, exuō, exciō, ēdūcō
      Antonyms: intrōferō, īnserō, īnferō, īnsertō
    2. (transitive) to extricate, release; draw out, extract, eradicate, rescue
      Synonyms: līberō, excipiō
    3. (transitive, of time) to draw out, protract, prolong, put off
      Synonyms: prōtrahō, trahō

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    References

    • extraho”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • extraho”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • extraho”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • (ambiguous) to totally eradicate false principles: errorem stirpitus extrahere
      • (ambiguous) to banish devout sentiment from the minds of others: religionem ex animis extrahere (N. D. 1. 43. 121)
      • (ambiguous) to pass the whole day in discussion: dicendi mora diem extrahere, eximere, tollere
      • (ambiguous) to protract, prolong a war: bellum ducere, trahere, extrahere