called+forth

flo, flāvi, flātum, 1, v. n. and a. [root fla-; Gr. ek-phlainô, to stream forth; phlasmos, vain-glorying; hence, Lat. flatus, flabrum, etc., flos, flōreo, Flōra; Germ. blasen, blähen;

Eng. blow, bloom, blast, etc.,

Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 301; cf. Grimm, Wörterb. s. v. blähen, blasen].

Neutr., to blow (class.; cf.:

spiro, halo): belle nobis flavit ab Epiro lenissimus ventus,

Cic. Att. 7, 2, 1:

corus ventus in his locis flare consuevit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 7, 3; id. B. C. 3, 25, 1; 3, 26 fin.; Quint. 12, 10, 67; Ov. M. 7, 664:

Etesiae contra fluvium flantes,

Lucr. 6, 717:

quinam flaturi sint venti,

Plin. 3, 9, 14, § 94:

inflexo Berecynthia tibia cornu Flabit,

will blow, sound, Ov. F. 4, 181.—Prov.: simul flare sorbereque haud factu facile'st: ego hic esse et illic simitu hau potui, i. e. to do two opposite things at once, as we say, to blow hot and cold with the same breath, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 104.—

Act., to blow, blow at, blow out, blow up, or blow away (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic.).

Lit.:

hieme anima, quae flatur, omnium apparet,

which is emitted, Varr. L. L. 6, § 9 Müll.: Chimaera Ore foras acrem flaret de corpore flammam. Lucr. 5, 906:

pulvis vento flatus, Auct. B. Afr. 52, 4: tibia flatur,

is blown, Ov. F. 4, 341:

Phrygius lapis flatur follibus, donec rubescat,

is blown upon, Plin. 36, 19, 36, § 143.—

Transf., to cast or coin metals by blowing:

aes antiquissimum, quod est flatum, pecore est notatum,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 9:

flata signataque pecunia,

Gell. 2, 10, 3.—Hence, the directors of the mint were called triumviri auro argento aeri flando feriundo (abbrev. III. VIRI A. A. A. F. F.), Inscr. Orell. 569; v. ferio.—

Trop.:

omisso magna semper flandi tumore,

of high-flown, bombastic talk, Quint. 12, 6, 5: spernere succina, flare rosas, Fulva monilia respuere, qs. to blow away, i. e. to despise, Prud. steph. 3, 21.

Gorgo, ŏnis, or -gūs (also Gorgŏ-na, ae, Prud. steph. 10, 278), f., = Gorgô, a daughter of Phorcus, called Medusa, whose hair consisted of snakes, and who turned all she looked upon to stone; she was killed by Perseus. Her head was fixed on the shield of Pallas, and from her blood sprang the winged horse Pegasus, Ov. M. 4, 699; 5, 180; 202; Verg. A. 2, 616; 8, 438; Val. Fl. 3, 54; Mart. 9, 26, 5; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124.—In apposition:

ora Medusae Gorgonis anguineis cincta fuisse comis,

Ov. Tr. 4, 7, 12.— Plur., the Gorgons, the three daughters of Phorcus, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, all of whom are described as above, Verg. A. 6, 289; Plin. 6, 31, 36, § 200; Mart. 10, 4, 9. —

Derivv.

Gorgŏnĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Gorgon, Gorgonian:

crines,

Ov. M. 4, 801; 5, 196:

domus,

the dwelling of Gorgon, id. ib. 4, 779:

ignis,

id. A. A. 3, 504:

venena,

i. e. snaky hair like that of Gorgon, Verg. A. 7, 341:

equus,

i. e. Pegasus, Ov. F. 3, 450; Stat. Th. 4, 61:

caballus, the same,

Juv. 3, 118.—Hence also:

lacus,

the fountain Hippocrene, on Mount Helicon, which burst forth where Pegasus struck the ground with his hoof, Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 32.—

Gorgŏnĭa, ae, f., coral (which hardens in the air), Plin. 37, 10, 59, § 164.

Gorgo, ŏnis, or -gūs (also Gorgŏ-na, ae, Prud. steph. 10, 278), f., = Gorgô, a daughter of Phorcus, called Medusa, whose hair consisted of snakes, and who turned all she looked upon to stone; she was killed by Perseus. Her head was fixed on the shield of Pallas, and from her blood sprang the winged horse Pegasus, Ov. M. 4, 699; 5, 180; 202; Verg. A. 2, 616; 8, 438; Val. Fl. 3, 54; Mart. 9, 26, 5; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124.—In apposition:

ora Medusae Gorgonis anguineis cincta fuisse comis,

Ov. Tr. 4, 7, 12.— Plur., the Gorgons, the three daughters of Phorcus, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, all of whom are described as above, Verg. A. 6, 289; Plin. 6, 31, 36, § 200; Mart. 10, 4, 9. —

Derivv.

Gorgŏnĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Gorgon, Gorgonian:

crines,

Ov. M. 4, 801; 5, 196:

domus,

the dwelling of Gorgon, id. ib. 4, 779:

ignis,

id. A. A. 3, 504:

venena,

i. e. snaky hair like that of Gorgon, Verg. A. 7, 341:

equus,

i. e. Pegasus, Ov. F. 3, 450; Stat. Th. 4, 61:

caballus, the same,

Juv. 3, 118.—Hence also:

lacus,

the fountain Hippocrene, on Mount Helicon, which burst forth where Pegasus struck the ground with his hoof, Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 32.—

Gorgŏnĭa, ae, f., coral (which hardens in the air), Plin. 37, 10, 59, § 164.

Gorgo, ŏnis, or -gūs (also Gorgŏ-na, ae, Prud. steph. 10, 278), f., = Gorgô, a daughter of Phorcus, called Medusa, whose hair consisted of snakes, and who turned all she looked upon to stone; she was killed by Perseus. Her head was fixed on the shield of Pallas, and from her blood sprang the winged horse Pegasus, Ov. M. 4, 699; 5, 180; 202; Verg. A. 2, 616; 8, 438; Val. Fl. 3, 54; Mart. 9, 26, 5; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124.—In apposition:

ora Medusae Gorgonis anguineis cincta fuisse comis,

Ov. Tr. 4, 7, 12.— Plur., the Gorgons, the three daughters of Phorcus, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, all of whom are described as above, Verg. A. 6, 289; Plin. 6, 31, 36, § 200; Mart. 10, 4, 9. —

Derivv.

Gorgŏnĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Gorgon, Gorgonian:

crines,

Ov. M. 4, 801; 5, 196:

domus,

the dwelling of Gorgon, id. ib. 4, 779:

ignis,

id. A. A. 3, 504:

venena,

i. e. snaky hair like that of Gorgon, Verg. A. 7, 341:

equus,

i. e. Pegasus, Ov. F. 3, 450; Stat. Th. 4, 61:

caballus, the same,

Juv. 3, 118.—Hence also:

lacus,

the fountain Hippocrene, on Mount Helicon, which burst forth where Pegasus struck the ground with his hoof, Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 32.—

Gorgŏnĭa, ae, f., coral (which hardens in the air), Plin. 37, 10, 59, § 164.

Gorgo, ŏnis, or -gūs (also Gorgŏ-na, ae, Prud. steph. 10, 278), f., = Gorgô, a daughter of Phorcus, called Medusa, whose hair consisted of snakes, and who turned all she looked upon to stone; she was killed by Perseus. Her head was fixed on the shield of Pallas, and from her blood sprang the winged horse Pegasus, Ov. M. 4, 699; 5, 180; 202; Verg. A. 2, 616; 8, 438; Val. Fl. 3, 54; Mart. 9, 26, 5; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124.—In apposition:

ora Medusae Gorgonis anguineis cincta fuisse comis,

Ov. Tr. 4, 7, 12.— Plur., the Gorgons, the three daughters of Phorcus, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, all of whom are described as above, Verg. A. 6, 289; Plin. 6, 31, 36, § 200; Mart. 10, 4, 9. —

Derivv.

Gorgŏnĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Gorgon, Gorgonian:

crines,

Ov. M. 4, 801; 5, 196:

domus,

the dwelling of Gorgon, id. ib. 4, 779:

ignis,

id. A. A. 3, 504:

venena,

i. e. snaky hair like that of Gorgon, Verg. A. 7, 341:

equus,

i. e. Pegasus, Ov. F. 3, 450; Stat. Th. 4, 61:

caballus, the same,

Juv. 3, 118.—Hence also:

lacus,

the fountain Hippocrene, on Mount Helicon, which burst forth where Pegasus struck the ground with his hoof, Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 32.—

Gorgŏnĭa, ae, f., coral (which hardens in the air), Plin. 37, 10, 59, § 164.

Memnon, ŏnis, m., = Memnôn, son of Tithonus and Aurora, and king of the Ethiopians; he went to the aid of the Trojans, and was slain by Achilles:

nigri Memnonis arma,

Verg. A. 1, 489.— When burned on the funeral pile he is said to have been changed by Aurora into a bird, while from his ashes many other birds flew up, called Memnoniae or Memnonides, who every year flew from Ethiopia to Troy and fought over Memnon's tomb, Ov. M. 13, 600 sq.; id. ib. 13, 617; Plin. 10, 26, 37, § 74. The black marble statue of Memnon, near Thebes, when struck by the first beams of the sun, gave forth a sound like that of a lute-string, which was regarded as Memnon's greeting to his mother:

dimidio magicae resonant ubi Memnone chordae,

Juv. 15, 5; cf.:

mater lutea Memnonis, i. e. Aurora,

Ov. F. 4, 714:

Memnonis saxea effigies,

Tac. A. 2, 61.—The fate of Memnon was the subject of a poem by Alpinus, Hor. S. 10, 36. —Hence,

Memnŏnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Memnon, Memnonian.

Lit.:

Memnoniae aves,

Sol. 40.—

Transf., Oriental, Moorish, black ( poet.):

color,

Ov. P. 3, 3, 96:

regna,

Luc. 3, 284.— Esp., as subst.: Memnŏnĭa ( Menn-), ae, f., a precious stone, of a black color, Plin. 37, 10, 63, § 173.—

Memnŏnĭ-des, um, f. plur., the birds of Memnon; v. supra.

Memnon, ŏnis, m., = Memnôn, son of Tithonus and Aurora, and king of the Ethiopians; he went to the aid of the Trojans, and was slain by Achilles:

nigri Memnonis arma,

Verg. A. 1, 489.— When burned on the funeral pile he is said to have been changed by Aurora into a bird, while from his ashes many other birds flew up, called Memnoniae or Memnonides, who every year flew from Ethiopia to Troy and fought over Memnon's tomb, Ov. M. 13, 600 sq.; id. ib. 13, 617; Plin. 10, 26, 37, § 74. The black marble statue of Memnon, near Thebes, when struck by the first beams of the sun, gave forth a sound like that of a lute-string, which was regarded as Memnon's greeting to his mother:

dimidio magicae resonant ubi Memnone chordae,

Juv. 15, 5; cf.:

mater lutea Memnonis, i. e. Aurora,

Ov. F. 4, 714:

Memnonis saxea effigies,

Tac. A. 2, 61.—The fate of Memnon was the subject of a poem by Alpinus, Hor. S. 10, 36. —Hence,

Memnŏnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Memnon, Memnonian.

Lit.:

Memnoniae aves,

Sol. 40.—

Transf., Oriental, Moorish, black ( poet.):

color,

Ov. P. 3, 3, 96:

regna,

Luc. 3, 284.— Esp., as subst.: Memnŏnĭa ( Menn-), ae, f., a precious stone, of a black color, Plin. 37, 10, 63, § 173.—

Memnŏnĭ-des, um, f. plur., the birds of Memnon; v. supra.

trăho, xi, ctum, 3 ( inf. perf. sync. traxe, Verg. A. 5, 786), v. a. [cf. Sanscr. trankh, trakh, to move; Gr. trechô, to run], to draw, drag, or haul, to drag along; to draw off, forth, or away, etc. (syn.: tracto, rapio, rapto, duco).

Lit.

In gen.:

Amphitruonem collo,

Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 72:

cum a custodibus in fugā trinis catenis vinctus traheretur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 53:

trahebatur passis Priameïa virgo Crinibus a templo Cassandra,

Verg. A. 2, 403:

corpus tractum et laniatum abjecit in mare,

Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:

materiam (malagmata),

Cels. 4, 7:

bilem,

Plin. 25, 5, 22, § 54:

vapor porro trahit aëra secum,

Lucr. 3, 233:

limum harenamque et saxa ingentia fluctus trahunt,

Sall. J. 78, 3: Charybdis naves ad litora trahit, id. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 3, 425; cf.:

Scyllam naves in saxa trahentem, Verg. l. l.: (haematiten) trahere in se argentum, aes, ferrum,

Plin. 36, 20, 38, § 146: Gy. Amiculum hoc sustolle saltem. Si. Sine trahi, cum egomet trahor, let it drag or trail, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 117; cf.:

tragula ab eo, quod trahitur per terram,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 139 Müll.:

sarcinas,

Sen. Ep. 44, 6:

vestem per pulpita,

Hor. A. P. 215:

plaustra per altos montes cervice (boves),

Verg. G. 3, 536:

siccas machinae carinas,

Hor. C. 1, 4, 2:

genua aegra,

Verg. A. 5, 468:

trahantur per me pedibus omnes rei,

Cic. Fam. 7, 32, 2; cf.:

aliquem ad praetorem,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 45:

praecipitem in pistrinum,

id. Ps. 1, 5, 79:

Hectorem circum sua Pergama,

to drag, trail, Ov. M. 12, 591. —

Of a train of soldiers, attendants, etc.: Scipio gravem jam spoliis multarum urbium exercitum trahens,

Liv. 30, 9, 10:

ingentem secum occurrentium prosequentiumque trahentes turbam,

id. 45, 2, 3; 6, 3, 4; cf.:

sacra manu victosque deos parvumque nepotem Ipse trahit,

Verg. A. 2, 321:

secum legionem,

Val. Max. 3, 2, 20:

feminae pleraeque parvos trahentes liberos, ibant,

Curt. 3, 13, 12; 5, 5, 15:

uxor, quam comitem trahebat,

id. 8, 3, 2:

folium secum,

Val. Max. 4, 3, 12:

cum privato comitatu quem semper secum trahere moris fuit,

Vell. 2, 40, 3:

magnam manum Thracum secum,

id. 2, 112, 4.—

In partic.

To draw out, pull out, extract, withdraw:

trahens haerentia viscere tela,

drawing out, extracting, Ov. M. 6, 290:

ferrum e vulnere,

id. ib. 4, 120:

e corpore ferrum,

id. F. 5, 399:

de corpore telum,

id. M. 5, 95; cf.:

gladium de visceribus,

Mart. 1, 14, 2:

manu lignum,

Ov. M. 12, 371; cf.:

te quoque, Luna, traho (i. e. de caelo),

draw down, id. ib. 7, 207:

captum Jovem Caelo trahit,

Sen. Oct. 810. —

To draw together, bring together, contract, wrinkle:

at coria et carnem trahit et conducit in unum,

Lucr. 6, 968:

in manibus vero nervi trahere,

id. 6, 1190:

vultum rugasque coëgit,

Ov. Am. 2, 2, 33.—

Of fluids, etc., to draw in, take in, quaff; draw, draw up: si pocula arente fauce traxerim, had drawn in, i. e. quaffed, Hor. Epod. 14, 4; cf. Ov. M. 15, 330:

aquas,

Luc. 7, 822:

venena ore,

id. 9, 934:

ubera,

id. 3, 351 al.:

ex puteis jugibus aquam calidam trahi (videmus),

Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 25: navigium aquam trahit, draws or lets in water, leaks, Sen. Ira, 2, 10, 5; cf.:

sanguinem jumento de cervice,

to draw, let, Veg. Vet. 3, 43.—Of smelling:

odorem naribus,

Phaedr. 3, 1, 4.—Of drawing in the breath, inhaling:

auras ore,

Ov. M. 2, 230:

animam,

Plin. 11, 3, 2, § 6; cf.:

Servilius exiguā in spe trahebat animam,

Liv. 3, 6, 8:

spiritum,

to draw breath, Col. 6, 9, 3; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 4; Cels. 4, 4; Curt. 3, 6, 10: spiritum extremum, [p. 1886] Phaedr. 1, 21, 4:

penitus suspiria,

to heave sighs, to sigh, Ov. M. 2, 753:

vocem imo a pectore,

Verg. A. 1, 371.—

To take on, assume, acquire, get:

Iris Mille trahens varios adverso sole colores,

Verg. A. 4, 701:

squamam cutis durata trahebat,

Ov. M. 3, 675:

colorem,

id. ib. 2, 236;

14, 393: ruborem,

id. ib. 3, 482;

10, 595: calorem,

id. ib. 11, 305:

lapidis figuram,

id. ib. 3, 399:

maturitatem,

Col. 1, 6, 20:

sucum,

id. 11, 3, 60:

robiginem,

Plin. 36, 18, 30, § 136. —

To drag away violently, to carry off, plunder, = agein kai pherein:

cetera rape, trahe,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 12:

rapere omnes, trahere,

Sall. C. 11, 4:

quibus non humana ulla neque divina obstant, quin... in opes potentisque trahant exscindant,

id. H. 4, 61, 17 Dietsch:

sibi quisque ducere, trahere, rapere,

id. J. 41, 5:

de aliquo trahere spolia,

Cic. Balb. 23, 54:

praedam ex agris,

Liv. 25, 14, 11:

tantum jam praedae hostes trahere, ut, etc.,

id. 10, 20, 3; cf.:

pastor cum traheret per freta navibus Idaeis Helenen,

Hor. C. 1, 15, 1.—

Trahere pecuniam (for distrahere), to make away with, to dissipate, squander:

omnibus modis pecuniam trahunt, vexant,

Sall. C. 20, 12.—

Of drugs, etc., to purge, rcmove, clear away:

bilem ex alvo,

Plin. 25, 5, 22, § 54; 26, 8, 42, § 69:

pituitam,

id. 21, 23, 94, § 166:

cruditates, pituitas, bilem,

id. 32, 9, 31, § 95.—

Trahere lanam, vellera, etc., to draw out lengthwise, i. e. to spin, manufacture: manibus trahere lanam, Varr. ap. Non. 545, 12:

lanam,

Juv. 2, 54:

vellera digitis,

Ov. M. 14, 265:

data pensa,

id. ib. 13, 511; id. H. 3, 75:

Laconicas purpuras,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 8.—

Trop.,

In gen.

To draw, draw along; to attract, allure, influence, etc.:

trahimur omnes studio laudis et optimus quisque maxime gloriā ducitur,

Cic. Arch. 11, 26; cf.:

omnes trahimur et ducimur ad cognitionis et scientiae cupiditatem,

id. Off. 1, 6, 18:

allicere delectatione et viribus trahere,

Quint. 5, 14, 29:

trahit sua quemque voluptas,

Verg. E. 2, 65: aliquem in aliam partem, to bring or gain over, Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 2; so,

Drusum in partes,

Tac. A. 4, 60:

civitatem ad regem,

Liv. 42, 44, 3:

aliquem in suam sententiam,

id. 5, 25, 1; cf.

also: rem ad Poenos,

id. 24, 2, 8; 23, 8, 2:

res ad Philippum,

id. 32, 19, 2:

ni ea res longius nos ab incepto traheret,

draw off, divert, Sall. C. 7, 7.—

To drag, lead, bring:

plures secum in eandem calamitatem,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19:

Lucanos ad defectionem,

Liv. 25, 16, 6:

quo fata trahunt retrahuntque, sequamur,

Verg. A. 5, 709: ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt, Cleanth. ap. Sen. Ep. 107, 11.—

To draw to, i. e. appropriate, refer, ascribe, set down to, etc.:

atque egomet me adeo cum illis una ibidem traho,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 166: St. Quid quod dedisti scortis? Le. Ibidem una traho, id. ib. 2, 4, 10:

hi numero avium regnum trahebant,

drew to their side, laid claim to, claimed, Liv. 1, 7, 1; cf.:

qui captae decus Nolae ad consulem trahunt,

id. 9, 28, 6:

omnia non bene consulta in virtutem trahebantur,

were set down to, referred, attributed, Sall. J. 92, 2:

ornatum ipsius (ducis) in superbiam,

Tac. H. 2, 20:

cuncta Germanici in deterius,

id. A. 1, 62 fin.:

fortuita ad culpam,

id. ib. 4, 64:

id ad clementiam,

id. ib. 12, 52; cf.:

aliquid in religionem,

Liv. 5, 23, 6:

cur abstinuerit spectaculo ipse, varie trahebant,

Tac. A. 1, 76 fin.:

in se crimen,

Ov. M. 10, 68:

spinas Traxit in exemplum,

adopted, id. ib. 8, 245. —

To drag, distract, etc.:

quae meum animum divorse trahunt,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 25:

trahi in aliam partem mente atque animo,

Caes. B. C. 1, 21:

Vologeses diversas ad curas trahebatur,

Tac. A. 15, 1.—

To weigh, ponder, consider:

belli atque pacis rationes trahere,

Sall. J. 97, 2; cf. id. ib. 84, 4: trahere consilium, to form a decision or determination, id. ib. 98, 3.—

To get, obtain, derive: qui majorem ex pernicie et peste rei publicae molestiam traxerit, who has derived, i. e. has received, suffered, Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 1:

qui cognomen ex contumeliā traxerit,

id. Phil. 3, 6, 16:

nomen e causis,

Plin. 15, 14, 15, § 51:

inde nomen,

id. 36, 20, 38, § 146:

nomen ab illis,

Ov. M. 4, 291:

originem ab aliquo,

to derive, deduce, Plin. 5, 24, 21, § 86; 6, 28, 32, § 157:

scio ab isto initio tractum esse sermonem,

i. e. has arisen, Cic. Brut. 6, 21: facetiae, quae multum ex vero traxere, drew, i. e. they were founded largely on truth, Tac. A. 15, 68; cf.:

multum ex moribus (Sarmatarum) traxisse,

id. G. 46, 2.—

Of time, to protract, drag out, linger:

afflictus vitam in tenebris luctuque trahebam,

Verg. A. 2, 92; so,

vitam,

Phaedr. 3, 7, 12; 4, 5, 37; Plin. 28, 1, 2, § 9:

traherent cum sera crepuscula noctem,

was bringing on the night, Ov. M. 1, 219: verba, to drag, i. e. to utter with difficulty, Sil. 8, 79.—

To draw out, in respect of time; to extend, prolong, lengthen; to protract, put off, delay, retard (cf.:

prolato, extendo): sin trahitur bellum,

Cic. Att. 10, 8, 2; cf. Liv. 5, 10, 7; Sall. J. 23, 2:

trahere omnia,

to interpose delays of all kinds, id. ib. 36, 2; Ov. M. 12, 584:

pugnam aliquamdiu,

Liv. 25, 15, 14:

dum hoc naturae Corpus... manebit incolume, comitem aevi sui laudem Ciceronis trahet,

Vell. 2, 66, 5:

obsidionem in longius,

Quint. 1, 10, 48; cf.:

rem de industriā in serum,

Liv. 32, 35, 4:

omnia,

id. 32, 36, 2:

jurgiis trahere tempus,

id. 32, 27, 1:

tempus, Auct. B. Alex. 38, 2: moram ficto languore,

Ov. M. 9, 767:

(legati) querentes, trahi se a Caesare,

that they were put off, delayed, Suet. Tib. 31 fin.; so,

aliquem sermone, quousque, etc.,

Val. Max. 4, 4, 1:

Marius multis diebus et laboribus consumptis anxius trahere cum animo suo, omitteretne inceptum,

Sall. J. 93, 1.—

Rarely neutr., to drag along, to last, endure. si quis etiam in eo morbo diutius traxit, Cels. 2, 8 med.:

decem annos traxit ista dominatio,

Flor. 4, 2, 12.—Hence, tractus, a, um, P. a., drawn on, i. e. proceeding continuously, flowing, fluent, of language:

genus orationis fusum atque tractum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 15, 64:

in his (contione et hortatione) tracta quaedam et fluens expetitur,

id. Or. 20, 66.—

Subst.: tractum, i, n., any thing drawn out at length.

A flock of wool drawn out for spinning:

tracta de niveo vellere dente,

Tib. 1, 6, 80.—

A long piece of dough pulled out in making pastry, Cato, R. R. 76, 1; 76, 4; Apic. 2, 1; 4, 3; 5, 1 al.—Called also tracta, ae, f., Plin. 18, 11, 27, § 106.