drag (v.) Copy link Outline I. Trans.1. trăho, xi, ctum, 3 (in most senses of the Eng.)2. răpio, pui, ptum, 3 (with suddenness or violence)II. Intrans. • drag (v.): I. Trans.: 1. trăho, xi, ctum, 3 (in most senses of the Eng.): oxen d. wains., boves plaustra tr., Virg.: to d. Hector round Troy, Hectora circum Pergama tr., Ov.: to d. any one before the praetor, aliquem ad praetorem tr., Pl.: d.ing his weary limbs along, aegra genua trahens, Virg. 2. răpio, pui, ptum, 3 (with suddenness or violence): to d. a person into court, aliquem r. in jus, Hor.; into prison, in carcerem, Suet. See also foll. art. II. Intrans.: to hang to the ground; to become tedious: Phr.: to prevent their tails d.ing, *ne iis caudae humi trahantur: letting his robe d. in the dust, pulveream trahens pallam, Ov.: the story d.s toward the end, *extrema historia longius ducitur, ita ut legentibus taedium afferat: v. to drag on (II.)