retractantur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →retracto, retractare, retractavi, retractatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
undertake anew; draw back, be reluctant; reconsider; withdraw;
pl. pres. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
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Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...quae tenemus repeti solent: ita sola quae exciderunt retractantur, ut crebra iteratione firmentur, quamquam solent hoc ipso maxime..." - G
Liber IX
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...post cenam locus, sed illa, quae dictavi, identidem retractantur, ac simul memoriae frequenti emendatione proficitur. Habes aestate hieme..."