per-trăho, xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to draw or drag, to bring or conduct forcibly to a place (not in Cic. or Caes.).
I Lit.: aliquem in castra, Liv. 7, 39: ratem ad ripam, id. 21, 28: pertractus ad Vitellium, Tac. H. 2, 72: mulierem Romam ad centumviros, Phaedr. 3, 10, 34: patriam suam in jus, ad aliam civitatem, Val. Max. 5, 3, 3 ext.: aliquem intra moenia vinctum, id. 7, n. 8.—
b To entice , allure to a place: in locum iniquum pertractus, Liv. 6, 24: hostem ad insidiarum locum, id. 21, 4, 4.—
II Transf., to draw out , extract : virus, Scrib. Larg. 173. —
III Trop., to lead away , lead astray : sui erroris arbitrio pertrahere et alios multos, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 15, 3, 1.