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herausreißen

From LSJ

Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses

Plato, Laws, 719c

German > Latin

herausreißen, s. ausreißen, entreißen, reißen aus etc. – sich h. (bildl.), se expedire ab alqa re (z.B. ab omni occupatione); se abducere ab alqa re (z.B. ab omni rei publicae cura). – sich (wieder) aus großen Verlusten (beim Spiel) h., ex magnis damnis retrahi.