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|lshtext=<b>rē&#774;trō</b>: adv. from re and the pronominal suffix ter, as in [[citro]], [[ultro]], [[intro]], etc..<br /><b>I</b> Lit., of [[place]], [[backwards]], [[back]]; on the [[back]] [[side]], [[behind]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Denoting [[tendency]], [[direction]], [[with]] verbs or nouns of [[motion]]: [[multa]] videbis [[retro]] [[repulsa]] revorti, Lucr. 2, 130; so [[very]] [[often]] [[with]] redire, regredi, repetere, remittere, respicere, reverti, revocare, etc., v. h. vv., and cf. Drak. ad Liv. 22, 6, 7, and 27, 28, 6: vestigia [[retro]] [[sequor]], Verg. A. 2, 753; 9, 392; 11, 405: [[dare]] lintea [[retro]], id. ib. 3, 686: ora [[retro]] Flectit, Ov. M. 15, 685: [[retro]] inhibitā [[nave]], Liv. 30, 10 et saep.: [[iter]] mihi [[retro]] ad [[Alpes]] [[versus]] incidit, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2; cf.: fugam [[retro]] spectante milite, Liv. 8, 19: fugit [[retro]], Hor. C. 2, 11, 5: ne currente [[retro]] [[funis]] [[eat]] rotā, id. ib. 3, 10, 10: [[meretrix]] [[retro]] Perjura cedit, id. ib. 1, 35, 25: [[retro]] properare, Ov. H. 5, 31: [[unde]] ad hunc orbem redii, [[unde]] [[retro]] [[nemo]], Sen. Herc. Oet. 48.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Denoting [[rest]] ([[rare]]): est mihi in ultimis [[conclave]] aedibus quoddam [[retro]], Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 29: [[quid]] [[retro]] [[atque]] a [[tergo]] fieret, ne laboraret, Cic. Div. 1, 24, 49: perculsis nullum [[retro]] [[subsidium]] foret, Tac. H. 2, 26: [[retro]] [[Marsigni]], etc., id. G. 43: MEMORIAM SE VIVA FECIT SIBI ... CVM AEDICVLIS ANTE ET A RETRO, Inscr. Orell. 4512.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Of [[time]], [[back]]; in [[time]] [[back]], in [[past]] times, [[before]], [[formerly]]: et [[deinceps]] [[retro]] [[usque]] ad Romulum, Cic. Rep. 1, 37, 58; cf.: SVPER OMNES RETRO PRINCIPES FORTISSIMO IMP. CAES., etc., Inscr. Orell. 1049; and so, OMNES RETRO PRINCIPES, ib. 1098: quodcumque [[retro]] est, is [[past]], Hor. C. 3, 29, 46: [[praemissa]] [[retro]] [[nobilitas]], Stat. S. 1, 4, 68; Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 118 (120): cujus vim si [[retro]] [[quoque]] velimus custodire (opp. in futurum), id. ib. 10, 115 (116) fin.: meliorum [[retro]] principum ( = superiorum), Lampr. Alex. Sev. 34: cum id ab aliis [[retro]] [[factum]] recordarer, Tert. Uxor. 2, 2: [[Hebraei]] [[retro]], qui [[nunc]] Judaei, id. Apol. 18.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In [[other]] relations, [[back]], [[behind]], in [[return]], on the [[contrary]], on the [[other]] [[hand]], [[vice]] versa: ab imā (voce) ad summam ac [[retro]] multi sunt [[gradus]], Quint. 11, 3, 15: ut omnia, quae [[sine]] eā (honestate) sint, [[longe]] [[retro]] ponenda censeat, Cic. Tusc. 5, 31, 87: rursum [[versus]] retroque, id. Part. 7, 24; cf.: vide [[rursus]] [[retro]], id. Fin. 5, 28, 83: sic omnia fatis In pejus ruere, ac [[retro]] sublapsa referri, i. e. [[against]] one's efforts or [[wish]], Verg. G. 1, 200; cf.: [[retro]] vivere, Sen. Ep. 122 fin.: si [[malum]] [[perfidia]], non est fallendum. Idem [[retro]], Quint. 5, 10, 74: [[fructus]] hominis in operis consistit et [[retro]] in fructu hominis operae sunt, Dig. 7, 7, 4; cf. ib. 46, 1, 21; 46, 3, 67 et saep.?*! The words containing [[retro]] in [[composition]] ([[except]] [[retroversus]] and retrorsus) are [[post]]-Aug.; [[they]] are [[sometimes]] written [[separately]].
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|gf=<b>retrō</b>,⁹<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>I</b> adv.,<br /><b>1</b> par derrière, derrière, [avec ou sans idée de mouv<sup>t</sup>] : [rētrō ] Lucr. 2, 130 ; Virg. En. 2, 753 ; 9, 392 ; ingredi [[retro]] Cic. Fin. 5, 35, marcher à reculons, cf. Liv. 22, 6, 7, etc. ; agere Sen. Ira 1, 17, 3, faire reculer || [[quid]] [[retro]] [[atque]] a [[tergo]] fieret, laborare Cic. Div. 1, 49, s’inquiéter de ce qui se passait par derrière et sur ses pas, cf. Tac. H. 2, 26<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] <b> a)</b> en reculant, en remontant dans le passé : Cic. Rep. 1, 58 ; quodcumque [[retro]] [[est]] Hor. O. 3, 29, 46, tout ce qui [[est]] derrière nous, le passé ; [décad.] [[retro]] [[principes]] Lampr. Al. Sev. 34, les princes antérieurs ; stipendia [[retro]] debita Capit. Pert. 9, 2, arriérés de solde ; <b> b)</b> en arrière : ponere Cic. Tusc. 5, 87, placer en arrière, rejeter, dédaigner || en sens contraire : [[quasi]] [[retro]] et [[contra]] Cic. Part. 46, par une sorte de marche en arrière et en sens contraire ; vide [[rursus]] [[retro]] Cic. Fin. 5, 83, vois aussi la réciproque ; [[retro]] vivere Sen. Ep. 122, 18, vivre au rebours des autres || en retour ; [[retro]] dare, reddere Marcell. Dig. 46, 3, 67, donner en retour, rembourser.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>II</b> prép. acc. [décad.], derrière : Apul. M. 6, 8 ; Chalc. Tim. 239 ; Vulg.
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