subtraho

sub-trăho, xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to draw away from underneath or by stealth; also, in gen., to draw off, carry off, withdraw, take away, remove, etc. (class.; syn. subduco).

I.

Lit.:

subtractus Numida mortuo superincubanti Romano vivus,

Liv. 22, 51, 9 (Weissenb. substratus):

pedibus raptim tellus subtracta,

Lucr. 6, 605:

effracto colla jugo,

Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 40:

viro (peculium),

Plaut. Cas. 2, 2, 28:

(impedimenta) clandestinā fugā,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 33:

aggerem cuniculis,

Caes. B. G. 7, 22:

si dediticii subtrahantur,

id. ib. 1, 44; Cic. Mur. 37, 80:

hastatos primae legionis ex acie,

Liv. 10, 14:

milites ab dextro cornu,

id. 44, 37: cibum alicui, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 105, 10:

materiam, quae laedere videtur,

Cels. 3, 4:

oculos,

to turn away, avert, Tac. A. 3, 53; id. Agr. 45:

se a curiā et ab omni parte rei publicae,

to withdraw, retire, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 5; so,

se,

Liv. 44, 16: teque adspectu ne subtrahe nostro, Verg. A. 6, 465:

Armeniam ad Parthos se subtrahentem,

Flor. 4, 12, 43:

servus domino se,

Dig. 21, 1, 17. — Also without se:

repente interdiu vel noctu subtrahebat,

he would withdraw, Suet. Caes. 65:

praefectum praetorio non ex ingerentibus sed ex subtrahentibus legere,

Plin. Pan. 86, 2. —

Mid.: vastis tremit ictibus puppis Subtrahiturque solum,

withdraws itself, gives way under it, Verg. A. 5, 199:

subtracto solo,

Tac. A. 1, 70:

subtractus fugā,

Plin. 8, 37, 56, § 134.—

II.

Trop.:

neque verba sedem habere possunt, si rem subtraxeris, neque, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 5, 19:

necessaria cum periculo subtrahuntur,

Quint. 4, 2, 44:

verba pudoris gratiā,

id. 9, 3, 59:

verbum,

id. 9, 3, 58:

S litteram,

id. 9, 4, 38:

narrationem,

id. 4, 2, 8:

nomina candidatorum,

Tac. A. 1, 81;

for which: aliis nominatis, me unum subtrahebat,

to omit, not mention, Curt. 6, 10, 7; id. ib. §

9: aliquem bello,

Liv. 8, 29; cf.:

cui judicio eum mors subtraxit,

id. 6, 1:

aliquem judicio,

id. 9, 26:

aliquem irae militum,

Tac. H. 3, 7:

aliquem minis populi,

Just. 16, 4, 20.— Reflex.:

me a curiā,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 5:

se legum actionibus,

Quint. 7, 4, 39:

se oneri,

id. 12, 9, 21:

se labori,

Col. 1, 9, 6:

se discrimini alicujus,

Vell. 2, 86 fin. Ruhnk. et saep.: subtrahente se, withdrawing himself (as surety), Liv. 28, 25.