retractate
Dictionary entries
- Entry →retracto, retractare, retractavi, retractatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
undertake anew; draw back, be reluctant; reconsider; withdraw;
voc. sg. perf. pass. part.pl. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
- G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...cervicem et altas quatere ad excursum iubas. Gladios retractant, commovent orbes manu bellumque sumunt. Hic graves alius mero..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..."