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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• detract from:
      1. 1. dētrăho, xi, ctum, 3 (with de and abl.): to d. at all from our goodwill, quicquam de nostra benevolentia d., Cic.: to d. from a person's character, and involve him in unpopularity, de aliquo d., et eum in invidiam vocare, Cic.
      2. 2. dērŏgo, 1 (with acc. and dat. or abl. with de): to d. from any one's credit, fidem alicui d., Cic.: to d. somewhat from the magnificence, de magnificentia quiddam d., Cic.
      3. 3. immĭnuo, i, ūtum, 3 (to diminish: with de and abl. or acc.): to d. somewhat from the enjoyment, im. aliquid de voluptate, Cic.: to d. from any one's praise, laudem alicujus im., Cic.: v. to diminish.
      4. 4. dēcerpo, psi, ptum, 3 (with de and abl.: less freq.): lest a joke should d. at all from his gravity, ne quid jocus de gravitate decerperet, Cic.
      5. 5. dēlībo, 1 (lit. to sip a little: with de): to d. somewhat from one's own glory, aliquid de gloria sua d., Cic.
      6. 6. dētracto (-trecto), 1 (with dat. or acc.): to d. from oneself, sibi d., Sen.: envy d.s from virtues, invidia virtutes d., Liv.
      7. 7. obtrecto, 1 (with dat.: esp. of depreciatory language): that the general's praises might be d.'d from, ut obtrectaretur laudibus ducis, Liv.: v. to carp at.
      8. 8. ēlĕvo, 1 (lit. to make light: with acc.): you d. from your authority, vos auctoritatem vestram e., Liv.: to d. from any one's glorious deeds, alicujus praeclara facta e., Liv.: v. to disparage.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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detrahere de aliquo or de aliqua re (to take away something from the merits, etc., of a person or thing; e.g., de alicujus rebus gestis, fama, gloria): (verbis) elevare aliquem or aliquid (to speak lightly, and so depreciate the moral worth of anything, alicujus facta, res gestas, auctoritatem): minuere or imminuere (to lessen, alicujus gloriam, laudem): detrectare (so to deal with an object as to lower it IMPROP.; implying a feeling of antipathy; Sall., Liv., Ov., alicujus virtutes, laudes, etc.): obtrectare alicui or alicui rei (to set one’s self against a person or his merits, etc., from envy or jealousy; it implies active opposition and rivalry, laudibus or laudes alicujus).