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
- P
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..." - P
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..."