retractant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →retracto, retractare, retractavi, retractatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
undertake anew; draw back, be reluctant; reconsider; withdraw;
pl. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...cervicem et altas quatere ad excursum iubas. Gladios retractant, commovent orbes manu bellumque sumunt. Hic graves alius mero..."Aeneid XII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...nulla mora in Turno; nihil est quod dicta retractent ignavi Aeneadae, nec quae pepigere recusent: congredior. fer sacra..."Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...suum, Laride, dextera quaerit semianimesque micant digiti ferrumque retractant. Arcadas accensos monitu et praeclara tuentis facta viri mixtus..."Metamorphoses IV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...coniuge fines. iamque malis annisque graves dum prima retractant fata domus releguntque suos sermone labores, 'num sacer ille..."