Subtraho, súbtrahis, subtraxi, subtractum, subtráhere. Plin. To take away: to with draw: to steale.Subtractus fuga. Plin. That escaped by flight.Subtrahere è pondere. Plin. To take from the weight.Subtrahere aliquid alicui. Plautus. To take or steale awaye from one.Subtrahere aliquem bello dicitur morbus.Liu.To lette, or keepe one that he cannot go to warre.Subtrahere se curia.Cic.Amplexu alicuius subtrahere se.Virg.Aspectu alicuius subtrahere se. Virgil. To steale out of ones sight.Colla iugo subtrahere.Ouid.To get their neckes out of the yoke.Subtrahere famæ.Plin. iun.To let one to haue anye brute or fame: to keepe one from hauing, &c.Subtrahere aliquem inuidiæ.Plin. iun.To bring out of hatred and displeasure.Cui iudicio eum mors subtraxit.Liu.Subtrahere se labori. Col. To eschew labour and paine.Materiam furori alicuius subtrahere.Cic.To take away the matter or occasion, to encrease or feede ones furie.Timor ipse subtrahit vires.Ouid.Diminisheth or taketh away.Subtrahere & adimere alicui vicarium suæ diligentiæ.Cic. Subtrahere aluum, Vide ALVVS.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
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.