protraho
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From prō- + trahō (“I drag”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈproː.tra.hoː/, [ˈproːt̪rä(ɦ)oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpro.tra.o/, [ˈprɔːt̪räo]
Verb[edit]
prōtrahō (present infinitive prōtrahere, perfect active prōtrāxī, supine prōtractum); third conjugation
- I drag, pull, draw or bring forth or out (to a place).
- I bring to light, discover, disclose, reveal, expose.
- I betray
- I lengthen out something as to time; prolong, protract, defer.
- I extend, increase.
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Descendants[edit]
- English: protract
- French: portraire
- → English: portray
- Italian: protrarre
- Portuguese: protrair
- Sicilian: prutràjiri
References[edit]
- “protraho”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “protraho”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- protraho in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- protraho in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016