English → Latin
“detract from” in Latin
minuōto make smaller, lessen, diminish, reduce, minimize; to attenuate, appease, suppress, repress, quell; to dismember, tearimmineōto project, bend or lean toward or over, overhang; to touch on, border upon; to threaten, menacedētrectōto refuse, decline, reject or evade; to be reluctant or hesitant; to disparage, belittle, depreciateglōriaglory, renown, fame, honorauctōritāscredibility, prestige, reputation, importance; influence, weight, personal weight; power, ability, authority
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
detract from
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).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for detract from?
- The usual Latin words for “detract from” are minuō, immineō, dētrectō; also glōria, auctōritās. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.