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πολλὰ δ' ἄναντα κάταντα πάραντά τε δόχμιά τ' ἦλθον → and ever upward, downward, sideward, and aslant they went
rē̆tractĭo: ōnis, f. retraho.
I A drawing back, retreating: graduum, i. e. the breadth, Vitr. 3, 4, 4.—
II Trop.
1 A diminishing: dierum (opp. auctio), Macr. S. 1, 14.—
2 Hesitation, refusal: sine ullā retractione, Arn. 5, 162.