trahō trāxī (inf perf. trāxe for trāxisse, V.), tractus, ere TRAG-, to draw, drag, haul, train along, draw off, pull forth, drag away: cum a custodibus in fugā trinis catenis vinctus traheretur, Cs.: trahantur pedibus omnes rei (sc. ad supplicium): Hector circum sua Pergama tractus, O.: nullum vacuum tractum esse remum, pulled: limum harenamque fluctūs trahunt, S.: Hectoris umbra circum sua Pergama, to trail, O.

—Of followers or attendants, to lead, draw, take along, be followed by: exercitum, L.: Sacra manu victosque deos, V.: uxor, quam comitem trahebat, Cu.

—To draw out, pull out, extract, withdraw: haerentia viscere tela, O.: e corpore ferrum, O.: Te quoque, Luna, traho, drag down, O.

—To draw together, bring together, contract, wrinkle: voltum, rugasque coegit, O.

—To draw, draw up, draw in, take in, quaff, inhale: Pocula fauce, quaff, H.: ex puteis iugibus aquam trahi (videmus): Odorem naribus, Ph.: exiguā in spe animam, L.: spiritum, Cu.: penitus suspiria, to heave sighs, O.: imo a pectore vocem, V.

—To take on, assume, acquire, get: Iris Mille trahens varios adverso sole colores, V.: sannam cutis durata trahebat, O.: lapidis figuram, O.

— To drag away violently, carry off, plunder: rapere omnes, trahere, S.: de nobis trahere spolia: praedam ex agris, L.

—To make away with, dissipate, squander: pecuniam, S.

—To draw out, spin, manufacture: lanam, Iu.: vellera digitis, O.: Laconicas purpuras, H.

—Fig., to draw, draw along, lead on, force, attract, allure, influence: trahimur omnes studio laudis: trahit sua quemque voluptas, V.: me in aliam partem, to gain over: ad Poenos rem, L.: si alii alio trahunt res, i. e. if they divide into factions, L.: per principes factionibus et studiis trahuntur, Ta.: longius nos ab incepto, divert, S.

—To drag, lead, bring: plures secum in eandem calamitatem: ad defectionem Lucanos, L.: traherent cum sera crepuscula noctem, O.

—To draw to, appropriate, refer, ascribe, set down to: hi numero avium regnum trahebant, i. e. laid claim to, L.: omnia non bene consulta in virtutem trahebantur, S.: Iovis equis aequiperatum dictatorem in religionem trahebant, i. e. regarded as impious presumption, L.: spinas Traxit in exemplum, took, O.: apud civīs partem doloris publica trahebat clades, appropriated, L.

—To drag, distract: meum animum divorse, T.: in aliam partem mente trahi, Cs.

—To weigh, ponder, consider: belli atque pacis rationes, S.: consilium, i. e. form a plan, S.

—To get, obtain, derive, acquire, experience: maiorem ex peste rei p. molestiam: nomen ab illis, O.: multum ex moribus (Sarmatarum) traxisse, adopted, Ta.

—In time, to protract, drag out, linger through, extend, prolong, lengthen, delay, retard: vitam in tenebris, V.: si trahitur bellum: de industriā rem in serum, L.: iurgiis tempus, S.: Marius anxius trahere cum animo suo, omitteretne inceptum, i. e. deliberated, S.