distraho

From dis- +‎ trahō (“I drag”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdɪs.tra.(ɦ)oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd̪is.t̪ra.o]

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.

• distrāctiō
• distrāctor
• distrāctus

• “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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016