retrograde
From LSJ
ἄνθρωπός ἐστι πνεῦμα καὶ σκιὰ μόνον → human being is only a breath and a shadow, man is but a breath and a shadow
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
going back: V. ἄψορρος, παλίσσυτος.
make a retrograde movement, v.: Ar. and P. ἐπαναχωρεῖν.
a retrograde step: Met., use P. ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον μεταβολή, ἡ.
