Lewis & Short

per-trăho, xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to draw or drag, to bring or conduct forcibly to a place (not in Cic. or Cæs.).

  1. 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.
        1. b. To entice, allure to a place: in locum iniquum pertractus, Liv. 6, 24: hostem ad insidiarum locum, id. 21, 4, 4.
  2. II. Transf., to draw out, extract: virus, Scrib. Larg. 173.
  3. III. Trop., to lead away, lead astray: sui erroris arbitrio pertrahere et alios multos, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 15, 3, 1.