English → Latin
“drag” in Latin
trahaa kind of threshing instrument in form of a jagged board pulled by beasts, dragtrāgulaa javelin or dart having a throwing-strap (āmentum); dragnet, trawl; a drag or sledge used in agriculturetrahōto drag, pull; to trail; to extract, withdraw, derive, take awayrapiōto snatch, grab, carry off, abduct, rape, steal; to snatch (oneself); take off, hurryabstrahōto draw away from, drag or pull away; to withdraw, alienate from; to divert, draw awayabripiōto take away (by violence); snatch, drag or tear off or away; to wash, blow away; to carry off, remove, detachvītalife; living, support, subsistence; a way of lifepugnaa fight, battle, combat, action; a line of battle, troops drawn up for battle; a contest, dispute, quarrel
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
drag s.
Car drawn by the hand, traha (without wheels; Col. 2, 20, 4: a little drag., tragula, Varr., L.L., 5, 31, 39).
Instrument with hooks (for dragging a river to find a dead body, etc.), harpogo (general term; for an instrument with which to snatch anything).
Dragnet; Vid :
drag v.
TRANS., trahere (general term in almost every meaning of the English verb; fessum corpus vix trahere posse; trahere reos pedibus; aliquem tribus catenis vinctum; Hectorem circa sua Pergama, Ov.; aliquem ad Praetorem; virginem passis crinibus a templo, Verg.; and IMPROP.; animum exigua spe, Liv.; aliquem secum in eandem calamitatem: to drag on a wretched existence, vitam, Plin.; and = “protract,” bellum, pugnam, aliquem diu; rem in serum, Liv.): rapere (☞ raptare, poetical; to drag along by irresistible force with the notion of resistance on the part of the person dragged): abstrahere: abripere (to drag away from or to a place): to drag forth, extrahere (e.g., aliquem domo latitantem, Cic.; aliquem elatebra, Suet.; senatores vi in publicum, Cic.; also = to protract, rem, certamen, etc.): protrahere (e.g., aliquem capillis in viam, Plaut.; aliquem ad judicium, Liv.; aliquem tenebris, Val. Max. and in Suet., etc. = “protract,” for which trahere, extrahere, or producere are used by writers of the Golden Age). To drag anybody to execution, aliquem rapere ad supplicium or mortem: to drag anybody before a court, aliquem rapere in jus: to drag anybody with one, trahere aliquem secum. Vid: To DRAW.
drag
INTRANS., To drag (of a gown, etc.), verrere terram (after Claudius, Stilich., 2, 248): to let it drag, trahere.
To drag for fish, *everriculo piscari or pisces capere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for drag?
- The usual Latin words for “drag” are traha, trāgula, trahō; also rapiō, abstrahō, abripiō. 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.