DETRAHENTES, detrahentes
Sounds Like: deh-TRAH-hen-tays
Translations: detracting, pulling down, taking away, slandering, those who detract, slanderers
From the root: DETRAHO
Part of Speech: Participle, Adjective, Noun
Explanation: DETRAHENTES is a present active participle derived from the verb DETRAHO. It describes an action that is ongoing or habitual. As a participle, it can function adjectivally, modifying a noun (e.g., 'the detracting men'), or substantively, acting as a noun itself (e.g., 'those who detract' or 'slanderers'). The core meaning of DETRAHO involves pulling down, taking away, or metaphorically, detracting from someone's reputation by slandering them.
Inflection: Present Active Participle, Nominative or Accusative, Plural, Masculine or Feminine
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, DETRAHO.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- DETRAHO — draw down, pull down, take away, remove, detract, disparage, diminish, reduce, lower, drag off
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