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retractos

Dictionary entries

  • retractus, retracta, retractum:

    Adjective · 1st declension

    Frequency:
    Lesser
    Dictionary:
    Lewis & Short

    = remote;

    Entry →
    acc. pl. (m.)
  • retraho, retrahere, retraxi, retractus:

    Verb · 3rd conjugation

    Frequency:
    Lesser

    = draw back, withdraw; make known again, divert; bring back;

    Entry →
    acc. pl. perf. pass. part.

Examples

  • Publius Papinius Statius

    Liber Quintus

    Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID

    "...tenuere obliuia curae? dum patrios casus famaeque exorsa retracto ambitiosa meae (pietas haec magna fidesque!), exsolui tibi, Lemne..."
  • P

    Metamorphoses VII

    Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses

    "...illi irata remisit. cum redeo mecumque deae memorata retracto, esse metus coepit, ne iura iugalia coniunx non bene..."
  • G

    Liber IX

    Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM

    "...invitus quam meos lego; nam et meos invitus. Retracto enim actiunculas quasdam, quod post intercapedinem temporis et frigidum..."

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