draw Copy link Outline I. To pull steadily1. trăho, xi, ctum, 32. dūco, xi, ctum, 33. vĕho, xi, ctum, 3 (rare in this sense)II. Of fluids; to lift by means of a vessel1. haurio, si, stum, 42. trăho, xi, ctum, 33. dēprōmo, psi, ptum, 3 (from a deep vessel)III. By analogy with (II.); to fetch, heave1. trăho, 32. dūco, 33. haurio, 4IV. To remove from the sheathV. By reasoningVI. To represent by lines1. dēlīneo, 1 (in outline)2. dēsigno, 1 (in outline)3. descrībo, psi, ptum, 3 (esp., but not solely, of geometrical figures)VII. To withdraw money from a banker by a cheque • draw: I. To pull steadily: 1. trăho, xi, ctum, 3: to d. waggons, plaustra tr., Virg.: the loadstone d.s iron to it, magnes ferrum in se tr., Cic.: to d. a sword from a wound, ferrum e vulnere tr., Ov. But traho is often used of violent pulling: v. to drag. 2. dūco, xi, ctum, 3: (a road by which) the waggons had to be drawn one by one, qua singuli carri ducerentur, Caes.: to d. a sword out of its scabbard, ferrum vagina d., Ov.: Virg. 3. vĕho, xi, ctum, 3 (rare in this sense): the car was d.n by white horses, currum vehebant albentes equi, Curt.: Hor. II. Of fluids; to lift by means of a vessel: 1. haurio, si, stum, 4: to d. water, aquam h., Cic.: to d. from a cask, de dolio h., Cic. Fig.: to d. from the Stoics' well-springs, a fontibus Stoicorum h., Cic. 2. trăho, xi, ctum, 3: we see warm water d.n (i. e. obtained) from perennial springs, videmus ex puteis jugibus aquam calidam trahi, Cic. 3. dēprōmo, psi, ptum, 3 (from a deep vessel): to d. wine from the jar, merum d. diota, Hor. III. By analogy with (II.); to fetch, heave: 1. trăho, 3: to d. deep sighs, penitus suspiria tr., Ov.: d.ing one's last breath, trahens extremum spiritum, Phaedr.: v. to fetch. 2. dūco, 3: to d. life and breath, vitam et spiritum d., Cic.: Hor.: to d. (suck) the breasts, ubera d., Ov. 3. haurio, 4: to d. blood (by a wound), cruorem h., Ov.: to d. one's expenses from the treasury, sumptum ex aerario h., Cic. Phr.: to d. one's information from reliable sources, aliquid certis auctoribus comperire, Cic.: they drew consolation from the fact that ..., hoc sibi solatii proponebant, quod, etc., Caes.: I should d. consolation from my very age, afferret mihi aetas ipsa solatium, Cic. IV. To remove from the sheath: Phr.: to d. one's sword, gladium (or ferrum) destringere, Caes.: Liv.; stringere, Caes.: Liv.; educere (with or without e vagina), Cic.; nudare, Ov.; ensem recludere, Virg. V. By reasoning: Phr.: to d. a conclusion, concludere, colligere, conjicere, conjecturam facere, v. to conclude., infer. VI. To represent by lines: 1. dēlīneo, 1 (in outline): to d. a likeness on a wall, imaginem in pariete d., Plin. 2. dēsigno, 1 (in outline): he d.s the outline of the city with the plough, urbem designat aratro, Virg.: poet., of representation by painting: he d.s Europa deceived by the form of a bull, elusam designat imagine tauri Europam, Ov.: v. to mark out. 3. descrībo, psi, ptum, 3 (esp., but not solely, of geometrical figures): to d. diagrams in sand, geometricas formas in arena d., Cic.: Liv.: to d. a person's likeness accurately, recte d. alicujus formam, Pl. Phr.: to d. a face, lineamenta oris effingere, Cic.: to d. the plan of a portico, formam porticus scribere, Plin. See also to paint. N.B. For to draw (fig.) by means of descriptive words, v. to delineate. VII. To withdraw money from a banker by a cheque: Phr.: to d. a cheque for the settlement of an account, delegatione solutionem perficere, Sen.: to d. on a banker, *argentarium delegare debitorem, cf. Dig. 46, 2, 13 (delēgo is to assign another person to take one's duty or liability): I paid for her by d.ing a cheque on my banker, pro istac rem solvi a trapezita meo, Pl. Miscell. Phr.: to d. (cast) lots, sortiri, sortes ducere (also sorte ducere), v. lots: to d. tears, lacrimas movere, Quint.; lacrimas alicui excutere (either by a sudden surprise or against one's will), Ter.; lacrimas elicere, Pl.: to d. a line, lineam ducere, Plin.: to d. rein, i. e. for the purpose of stopping one's horse, equum sustinere, Cic. (lora, habenas adducere is to keep a tight rein): to d. teeth, dentes extrahere, Plin.; dentes eximere, Cels. See also foll. art.
DRAW Copy link • DRAW 1. TR., Pull forwards slowly, etc., trahere (to draw by force; in very many of the English meanings of the word; e.g., to draw water from a well, aquam ex puteo; a weapon out of a body, ferrum e vulnere, telum de corpore, both Ov.: to be drawing his last breath, extremum spiritum, Phaedrus. [animam agere in prose]: also IMPROP., to be drawn to anything, trahi or trahi et duci ad aliquid: to draw anybody from, trahere aliquem longius a re: to draw anybody over to one’s opinion, trahere aliquem ad suam sententiam, etc.): ducere (to lead; as used figuratively, ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt): vehere (to draw a vehicle; of horses, etc.; also equi vehunt aliquem). To draw a carriage, currum vehere (general term); currum ducere (to drag it along; of men; ☞ Cic., Tusc., 1, 47, 113). To draw anything to anything, trahere or attrahere ad aliquid to draw ships to shore, naves subducere (i. e., after the voyage is ended); naves trahere ad litora (against the will of the crew; Sall., Fragm. ap Serv., Verg., Aen., 3, 425). To draw anything to one’s self ad se trahere or attrahere: ad se allicere et trahere (PROP.; e.g., of the magnet): to draw anything through anything, trajicere aliquid per aliquid (e.g., thread through the eye of a needle). Of drawing liquids. (a) PROPR., haurire. To draw water from a well, aquam haurire de puteo; aquam trahere ex puteo (with reference to the lifting it up); to draw (beer, etc.), de dolio haurire or eximere (vinum, etc.): promere (with or without dolio): defundere (i. e., ex cado in crateram atque ex hac in pocula, Orell., who says that diffundere [Juv., 5, 50] is “vinum ex lacu in dolia, vel ex his in amphoras transfundere”). (b) IMPROPR., haurire (a or e fonte, or fonte only; all Cic.; with adverbs, inde, unde, etc.): repetere ab aliqua re (derive it from a distant source). To represent by pictures, delineare: designare: describere (but these words are not used absolutely; but an accusative must be added, delineare imagines, etc.): pingere (to paint; with accusative, speciem hominis, etc.): depingere (also aliquid; imaginem in tabula, Ov.; also of depicting in words, rempublicam in sermone aliquo depingere, Cic.): describere (figuratively): To draw figures in the dust, quaedam or formas in pulvere describere: to draw anything well, probe depingere aliquid: to be able to draw, graphidos scientiam habere. PHRASES (more or less idiomatical) with “to draw.” - To draw BIT, frenos eximere equo (Liv.): frenos detrahere equo or equis (Liv., 4, 33; PROP., to take off the bridle); equi reficiendi (or, -orum -orum) causa subsistere (to rest one’s horse; after Caes. B. C. 2, 42, end). To draw BLOOD, sanguinem mittere alicui (to bleed him; PROP.); cruorem elicere (e.g., levi ictu, Tac.). To draw DRY, exhaurire (e.g., the treasury, aerarium; also omnem pecuniam ex aerario exhaurire; a province, provinciam sumptibus et jacturis; anybody, sumptu exhaurire aliquem). To draw TEARS, movere lacrimas (Quint. 4, 2, 77); lacrimas ciere (Verg.); commovere (Curt.); from anybody, *tantum alicui misericordiam commovere, ut lacrimas tenere non possit; from the people, fletum movere populo; from anybody against his will, lacrimas excutere alicui (Terentianus): he would have drawn tears from the very stones, lapides mehercule flere coegisset. To draw in LENGTH, producere, trahere, extrahere (with reference to time); tendere, extendere (with reference to space). To draw CUTS or LOTS, sortes ducere [Vid: LOT]: to draw a lot, sortem ducere or educere. To draw a LINE, lineam scribere (if with a pen, etc.); lineam ducere (general term). To draw a SWORD, gladium (e vagina) educere; gladium educere, stringere, or destringere (☞ nudare is poetical). With a drawn sword, gladio stricto. To draw CURTAINS; [Vid: CURTAIN]. To draw a CONCLUSION or INFERENCE; Vid: the substantives. To draw CONFORT from anything, se solari aliqua re; hoc solatio utor, quod, etc., hoc est mihi solatio. To draw anybody’s ATTENTION [Vid: ATTENTION]. To draw MONEY from the treasury, pecuniam (sumtum, etc.) ex aerario haurire. To draw a BILL, conscribere syngrapham: perscribere pecuniam: delegatione solutionem perficere: to draw a bill payable at Athens, permutare alicui pecuniam Athenas: to draw a bill upon anybody, aliquem delegare alicui (a quo fiat numeratio, Cic.). To draw a HARE, leporem exenterare. To draw a TOOTH, dentem (alicui evellere) [Vid: TOOTH]. To draw a BOW, arcum adducere (Verg.). To DRAW ASIDE, aliquem sevocare: aliquem seducere. To DRAW AWAY, abducere, deducere, avertere: avocare: sevocare (from duty, etc.); anybody from agriculture, abducere aliquem ab aratro; revocare aliquem ab agricultura. To draw anybody away from duly; Vid: DUTY. To DRAW BACK, pedem or gradum referre (of an army); secedere (to step aside, of persons); se subtrahere (by degrees or imperceptibly): to draw buck from anything, recedere a, etc.; se recipere a; se removere a, etc. (to withdraw). To DRAW IN, Vid. INVEIGLE, ENTICE. To DRAW NEAR, prope accedere: appropinquare (to come near, both with reference to place): prope adesse: subesse (to be close at hand): appropinquare: appetere (to approach, of time): to draw near (e.g., a spot, the fire, etc.): propius se movere: to draw near anybody or anything, (propius) accedere ad, with accusative: to draw near the town with the army, exercitum ad urbem (propius) admovere: a period or time draws near, when, etc., prope adest, cum, etc.: the seventh day was drawing near, appetebat dies septimus. To DRAW OFF (fin a cask). Vid: To DRAW (of liquids). To DRAW OFF, [Vid: To DRAW AWAY.] to draw off the mind from anything, mentem or mentis aciem a re abducere, or sevocare: to draw off anybody’s attention. [Vid: DISTRACT]. = Pull off, detrahere alicui or de aliqua re; a ring, alicui de digito annulum detrahere or auferre; alicui annulum extrahere or eximere. To draw off troops, abducere exercitum (infecta re) ab aliquo loco. To DRAW ON, To cause, Vid: To entice, Vid: To DRAW OVER (to a party, etc.), abducere (e.g., the soldiers): aliquem participem facere alicujus rei; aliquem alicujus rei socium or in alicujus rei societatem assumere (e.g., to a plan, consilii; to a conspiracy, conjurationis): aliquem in suas partes ducere or trahere; aliquem ad causam perducere (to one’s side): in sententiam suam adducere, or (quite) perducere (to an opinion): to try to bring anybody over, alicujus animum or aliquem tentare (e.g., by money, threats, etc.); aliquem or alicujus animum sollicitare (e.g., by money, threats, etc.). To DRAW OUT, extrahere: educere (milites ex castris, etc.): elicere (tempt out). To draw out a secret, expiscari aliquid: to draw one’s money out of a concern, renunciare societatem, or socio. To DRAW TIGHT, astringere (to make tighter, etc., by drawing on; e.g., a fetter, vinculum); intendere, contendere (to strain or draw tight what before was loose). To DRAW UP (in writing), scribere (to write out, write down a letter, law, writing, will, edict, etc.): conscribere (to compose in writing): concipere (to conceive in words): perscribere (to write down carefully, exactly, or at length, an edict, a decree of the Senate, an account, etc.): conficere (to compose, general term). 2. v. INTR. As a beast of burden, trahere: to make a beast draw, jugum imponere.