retractantes
Dictionary entries
- Entry →retracto, retractare, retractavi, retractatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
undertake anew; draw back, be reluctant; reconsider; withdraw;
acc. pl. pres. act. part.nom. pl. pres. act. part.voc. pl. pres. act. part.
Examples
- T
Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...exercitum plebs, nullo qui per aetatem ire posset retractante. Prosequuntur coniuges liberique, cuinam se relinquerent in ea urbe..." - G
FRAGMENTA HISTORIARUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...contempto metuendum effecit; vos mussantes et retractantes verbis et vatum carminibus pacem optatis magis quam defenditis, neque intellegitis..."