trahō

trahō

Latin

Alternative forms

• tragō (Early Medieval Latin)

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *traɣō, seemingly from Proto-Indo-European *tregʰ- (“to drag, pull?”), a variation of *dʰregʰ- (“to pull, draw, drag”).

The closest IE cognates are Old Irish tethraig (“ran away, receded”), Middle Welsh treul (“trouble, weakness”) < Proto-Celtic *trāglo-. Possibly connected with Proto-Celtic *tregess (“foot”), Gothic 𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (þragjan, “to run”), Proto-Slavic *tragъ, but semantically problematic. De Vaan deems a connection with Proto-Germanic *draganą (“to drag, draw”) as formally impossible, but this could be another reflex of a substrate loanword.

Weiss prefers a connection with Proto-Germanic *draganą (“to drag, draw”), under the assumptions that Grassmann's law operated in Latin before liquids so that the resulting initial deaspirated cluster *dr- would then regularly appear as tr- in Latin as it does word-medially.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtra.hoː/, [ˈt̪rä(ɦ)oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtra.o/, [ˈt̪räːo]

Verb

trahō (present infinitive trahere, perfect active trāxī, supine tractum); third conjugation

1. to drag, pull [ synonyms ▲]

   Synonyms: efferō, portō, ferō, gerō, vehō, addūcō

2. to trail
3. to extract, withdraw
4. to plunder, squander [ synonyms ▲]

   Synonyms: dēpraedor, praedor, dīripiō, populor, expugnō, agō

5. to draw out, extend, lengthen, prolong [ synonyms ▲]

   Synonyms: extendō, distendō, pandō, prōlongō, porrigō, prōferō, explicō, prōtrahō

6. (of time) to protract, drag out, linger [ synonyms, antonyms ▲]

   Synonyms: retardō, moror, cūnctor, tardō, prōtrahō, dubitō, extrahō, differō

   Antonyms: ruō, accurrō, currō, festīnō, prōvolō, properō, corripiō, affluō, mātūrō

7. to weigh, ponder, consider [ synonyms ▲]

   Synonyms: cōnsīderō, dubitō, ponderō, pendō, perpendō, dēlīberō, circumspiciō, cōnsultō, putō, reputō, videō

8. (figuratively) to attract, draw (someone; their attention)
9. (by extension) to attract the support of, sway, win over [ synonyms ▲][ quotations ▼]

   Synonyms: persuādeō, convincō, perpellō, flectō, admoneō