retrorsus
τὰ σῦκα σῦκα, τὴν σκάφην δὲ σκάφην ὀνομάζειν → call a spade a spade | speak the truth | speak straight from the shoulder | give it straight from the shoulder | give the straight goods | not to mince matters | not to mince words | not mince words | call things by their right names | call a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel | call a shovel a shovel | call a spade a spade, not a big spoon
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) rĕtrorsus, a, um (retroversus ou vorsus), tourné en arrière : Plin. 26, 93 || [temps] : retrorsior ou retrosior Tert. Apol. 19, plus ancien.
(2) rĕtrorsŭs, v. retrorsum.
Latin > English
retrorsus ADV :: back, backwards; in reverse order
Latin > German (Georges)
retrōrsus, a, um (= retro versus od. vorsus), rückwärts gekehrt, I) eig.: manus (Ggstz. manus supina), Plin. 26, 93. – II) übtr., der Zeit nach, vorherig, Compar. retrosior, älter, Tert. apol. 19 (tom. 1. p. 190 Oehl.).
