retractando
Dictionary entries
- Entry →retracto, retractare, retractavi, retractatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
undertake anew; draw back, be reluctant; reconsider; withdraw;
abl. sg. fut. pass. part.abl. sg. fut. pass. part.dat. sg. fut. pass. part.dat. sg. fut. pass. part.
Examples
- L
de Brevitate Vitae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...uitia, etiam quae aliquo praesentis uoluptatis lenocinio surripiebantur, retractando patescunt. Nemo, nisi quoi omnia acta sunt sub censura..." - G
Virgil
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE POETIS
"...plurimos versus dictare solitus ac per totum diem retractando ad paucissimos redigere, non absurde carmen se more ursae..."