retractat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →retracto, retractare, retractavi, retractatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
undertake anew; draw back, be reluctant; reconsider; withdraw;
sg. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- T
Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...subat, ardet abundans natura et Venerem salientum laeta retractat. nonne vides etiam quos mutua saepe voluptas vinxit..." - P
Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...desuetaque bello agmina in arma vocat subito ferrumque retractat. hi Fescenninas acies Aequosque Faliscos, hi Soractis habent arces..." - P
Metamorphoses X
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...fallique veretur, rursus amans rursusque manu sua vota retractat. corpus erat! saliunt temptatae pollice venae. tum vero Paphius..." - G
Liber I
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...ratio deducet, quae aut indignum editione dum saepius retractat inveniet, aut dignum dum id ipsum experitur efficiet. Quamquam..."