Latin

Alternative forms

• dētractō

Verb

dētrectō ‎(present infinitive dētrectāre, perfect active dētrectāvī, supine dētrectātum); first conjugation

1. I refuse, decline, reject or evade
2. I am reluctant or hesitant

Inflection

References

• detrecto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• detrecto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “detrecto”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to try to avoid military service: militiam detrectare, subterfugere
    
  • to decline battle: pugnam detrectare (Liv. 3. 60)
    
• detrecto in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016