abstrahor

at-trăho, traxi, tractum, 3, v. a., to draw to or toward, to attract, drag with force, draw (rare but class.; syn.: traho, duco, adduco).

Lit.: adducitur a Veneriis atque adeo attrahitur Lollius, is dragged by force, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 25:

te ipsum putare me attractum iri, si de pace agatur,

id. Att. 10, 1, 3:

aliquem Romam,

id. Fam. 7, 10 fin.:

tribunos attrahi ad se jussit,

Liv. 29, 9 fin.:

uncus alae iniciendus paulatimque attrahendus est,

Cels. 7, 29:

magnes attrahens ferrum,

Plin. 36, 16, 25, § 128:

pulmo attrahens ac reddens animam,

id. 11, 37, 72, § 188; so,

spiritum attrahere,

Vulg. Psa. 118, 131:

vultus tuus colligit rugas et attrahit frontem,

contracts, Sen. Ben. 6, 7 al.:

quae causa attraxerit Arpos,

Verg. A. 11, 250:

sed quos fugit, attrahit unā,

Ov. M. 14, 63:

ducem Attrahite huc vinctum,

id. ib. 3, 563:

arcus,

id. R. Am. 435:

amnes attrahere auxilio sitientibus hortis,

Col. 10, 24:

attraxit eum in siccum,

Vulg. Tob. 6, 4; ib. Ezech. 32, 20:

jugum attrahere,

to draw, bear, ib. Eccli. 28, 23.—

Trop., to draw, lead, bring, move, attract, etc.:

nihil esse quod ad se rem ullam tam inliciat et tam attrahat quam ad amicitiam similitudo,

Cic. Lael. 14, 50: recepi causam Siciliae;

ea me ad hoc negotium provincia attraxit,

prompted, moved, incited, id. Verr. 2, 2, 1:

quandoquidem in partes, ait, attrahor,

I am drawn by force to take sides, Ov. M. 5, 93 (Merk., abstrahor):

discipulos,

id. F. 3, 830:

ideo attraxi te miserans,

Vulg. Jer. 31, 3.—Hence, * attractus, a, um, P. a., drawn or attracted; of the brow, contracted, knit:

frons attractior,

Sen. Ben. 4, 31.