retrahebat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →retraho, retrahere, retraxi, retractus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
draw back, withdraw; make known again, divert; bring back;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Metamorphoses III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...tinxerat herbas; sed leve vulnus erat, quia se retrahebat ab ictu laesaque colla dabat retro plagamque sedere cedendo..."Liber XIII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...tabulae exustae sunt, quibus oblitterata aerarii nomina retrahebat. Fine anni statio cohortis adsidere ludis solita demovetur, quo maior..."