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
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..."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..."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..."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..."