retice
Dictionary entries
- Entry →reticeo, reticere, reticui, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
keep silent; give no reply; refrain from speaking/mentioning; leave unsaid;
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
Heauton Timorumenos
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...istuc, quidquid est, fac me ut sciam: ne retice, ne verere, crede inquam mihi: aut consolando aut consilio..."Liber I
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...noctem Naeuia sobriasque mauis certae nequitias fututionis? Suspiras, retices, gemis: negauit. Crebros ergo licet bibas trientes et durum..."Metamorphoses XIV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...terras? tu non inventa reperta luctus eras levior! retices nec mutua nostris dicta refers, alto tantum suspiria ducis..."Metamorphoses I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...terras? tu non inventa reperta luctus eras levior! retices nec mutua nostris dicta refers, alto tantum suspiria ducis..."Invectiva in Ciceronem
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust) from SPURIA
"...Tusculanum et Pompeianum infinito sumptu aedificaveris, aut si retices, cui dubium potest esse: opulentiam istam ex sanguine..."