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L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelleLove that moves the sun and the other stars

Dante Alighieri, Paradiso, XXXIII, v. 145

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

rē̆trōgrădus: a, um (collat. form rē̆-trōgrădis, e, App. M. 4, p. 151), adj. retrogradior,
I going back or backwards, retrograde; usually of the stars, Sen. Q. N. 7, 25; Plin. 2, 17, 15, § 77; Sid. Ep. 8, 11: carmen retrogradum (i. e. reciprocum), Aug. Civ. Dei, 17, 15: retrogradis fuga, App. l. l.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

rĕtrōgrădus, a, um, rétrograde : Sen. Nat. 7, 25 ; Plin. 2, 77.