per-trăho Copy link Outline I. Lit.b. To entice, allure to a placeII. Transf., to draw out, extractIII. Trop., to lead away, lead astray • per-trăho, xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to draw or drag, to bring or conduct forcibly to a place (not in Cic. or Cæs.). I. Lit.: aliquem in castra, Liv. 7, 39: ratem ad ripam, id. 21, 28: pertractus ad Vitellium, Tac. H. 2, 72: mulierem Romam ad centumviros, Phaedr. 3, 10, 34: patriam suam in jus, ad aliam civitatem, Val. Max. 5, 3, 3 ext.: aliquem intra moenia vinctum, id. 7, n. 8.— b. To entice, allure to a place: in locum iniquum pertractus, Liv. 6, 24: hostem ad insidiarum locum, id. 21, 4, 4.— II. Transf., to draw out, extract: virus, Scrib. Larg. 173. — III. Trop., to lead away, lead astray: sui erroris arbitrio pertrahere et alios multos, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 15, 3, 1.