abstraho
ὑπόσχεσιν τὸ πρᾶγμα γενναίαν ἔχει → the affair holds a noble promise
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
abs-trăho: xi, ctum, 3, v. a. (abstraxe = abstraxisse, Lucr. 3, 650),
I to draw away from a place or person, to drag or pull away.
I Lit.
A In gen.: ut me a Glycerio miserum abstrahat, Ter. And. 1, 5, 8; so, liberos ab aliquo, Caes. B. G. 3, 2, 5: aliquem de matris complexu avellere atque abstrahere, Cic. Font. 21 (17): aliquem e gremio e sinuque patriae, id. Cael. 24, 59; for which, aliquem gremio, Ov. M. 13, 658: aliquem raptim ex oculis hominum, Liv. 39, 49, 12: naves e portu, id. 37, 27, 6 (al. a portu): aliquem a conspectu omnium in altum, Cic. de Or. 3, 36, 145 (corresp. with, a terra abripuit).—Absol.: bona civium Romanorum diripiunt ... in servitutem abstrahunt, Caes. B. G. 7, 42, 3: navem remulco abstraxit, id. B. C. 2, 23. —
B Esp., to withdraw, alienate from a party: copias a Lepido, Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 3: Germanicum suetis legionibus, Tac. A. 2, 5.
II Trop., to draw away, withdraw, divert: animus se a corpore abstrahet, Cic. Rep. 6, 26: a rebus gerendis senectus abstrahit (for which in the preced., avocare), id. de Sen. 6: me a nullius commodo, id. Arch. 6, 12: aliquem a malis, non a bonis, id. Tusc. 1, 34 fin. al.: magnitudine pecuniae a bono honestoque in pravum abstractus est, Sall. J. 29, 2: omnia in duas partes abstracta sunt, respublica, quae media fuerat, dilacerata, id. ib. 41, 5.—Hence, abstractus, a, um, P. a.; in the later philosophers and grammarians, abstract (opp. concrete): quantitas, Isid. Or. 2, 24, 14.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
abstrăhō,¹⁰ trāxī, tractum, ĕre, tr.
1 tirer, traîner loin de, séparer de, détacher de, éloigner de [au pr. et fig.] : a) a rebus gerendis Cic. CM 15, détourner de l’activité politique, cf. Sulla 11 ; Arch. 12 ; Phil. 3, 31 ; a sollicitudine Cic. Dej. 38, arracher, soustraire à l’inquiétude ; se a similitudine Græcæ locutionis Cic. Br. 259, se détourner d’une imitation du parler grec ; a corpore animus abstractus Cic. Div. 1, 66, l’âme détachée du corps ; b) de matris amplexu aliquem Cic. Font. 46, arracher qqn des bras de sa mère, cf. Ov. H. 15, 154 ; c) e sinu gremioque patriæ Cic. Cæl. 59, arracher du sein, du giron de la patrie, cf. Sulla 9 ; Liv. 37, 27, 6 ; 38, 49, 8 ; d) frumento ac commeatu abstractus Cæs. C. 3, 78, 3, entraîné loin du ravitaillement et des approvisionnements
