retreat

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verb intransitive

P. and V. ἀναχωρεῖν (Euripides, Phoenissae 730, Rhesus 775), ὑποστρέφειν, Ar. and P. ἐπαναχωρεῖν, ὑποχωρεῖν, P. ἀνάγειν (Xen.), ἐπανάγειν (Xen.), V. νωτίζειν.

retreat slowly: Ar. and P. ὑπάγειν.

depart: P. and V. ἀπέρχεσθαι, ἀποχωρεῖν, P. ἀποκομίζεσθαι, V. μεθίστασθαι, ἀφέρπειν; see depart.

retreat from an undertaking, back out of it: P. and V. ἀφίστασθαι (gen.), ἐξίστασθαι (gen.).

substantive

P. ἀναχώρησις, ἡ.

sound the retreat: P. ἀνακαλεῖσθαι τῇ σάλπιγγι (Xen.).

departure: P. and V. ἔξοδος, ἡ, P. ἀποχώρησις, ἡ.

place of retreat: P. and V. καταφυγή, ἡ, P. ἀναχώρησις, ἡ.

hiding-place: V. κευθμών, ὁ, μυχός, ὁ.

solitude: P. and V. ἐρημία, ἡ.

resting-place: P. καταγωγή, ἡ, Ar. and P. ἀνάπαυλα, ἡ, Ar. and V. ἐκτροπή, ἡ (Euripides, Rhesus, also Xen.).