retracto

rē̆-tracto (in many MSS. also written rē̆trecto ), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [id.].

I.

To take hold of or handle again; to take in hand again, undertake anew, etc. (class.; esp. in the trop. sense).

A.

Lit. (mostly poet. ):

arma,

Liv. 2, 30:

ferrum,

Verg. A. 7, 694; 10, 396:

gladios, Petr. poët. 89, 61: vulnera,

to feel again, Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 19; 4, 4, 41; cf.:

manu sua vota (i. e. the image),

id. M. 10, 288:

pedamenta,

to go over again, retouch, Col. 4, 26, 1:

agrum,

to look over again, examine again, id. 1, 4, 1:

dextras in bella,

Sil. 10, 257:

noctem,

id. 3, 216. — Poet.:

Venerem,

Lucr. 4, 1200.—

B.

Trop., of mental action, to reconsider, examine again, revise, etc. (syn. recognosco):

qui omnia, quae ad cultum deorum pertinerent, diligenter retractarent et tamquam relegerent, sunt dicti religiosi,

Cic. N. D. 2, 28, 72; cf.:

fata domus (with relegere),

Ov. M. 4, 569: locus orationis a me retractandus, Cic. Mur. 26, 54:

augemus dolorem retractando,

id. Att. 8, 9, 3:

desueta verba,

Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 63:

secum deae memorata,

id. M. 7, 714:

vota,

id. ib. 10, 370:

gaudium,

Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 8:

leges retractavit,

revised, Suet. Aug. 34:

leges (librum), sed retractatum,

Plin. Ep. 8, 21, 6:

carmina diligentius,

Suet. Gram. 2:

Ceae munera neniae,

Hor. C. 2, 1, 38.— Impers. pass.:

posterā die retractatur,

the negotiation is renewed, Tac. G. 22 fin. —

II.

To withdraw one ' s self from an act; to draw back, refuse, decline, be reluctant (class.).

(α).

Absol.:

veniet tempus et quidem celeriter et sive retractabis sive properabis,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 76:

Appius nunc vocari Icilium, nunc retractantem arripi jubet,

Liv. 3, 49 Drak.; 3, 52; 37, 18; Sall. H. Fragm. 1, 19; Col. 2, 2, 26:

aut quid jam, Turne, retractas,

Verg. A. 12, 889.—

(β).

With acc., to withdraw, retract any thing:

nihil est quod dicta retractent Ignavi Aeneadae,

Verg. A. 12, 11: largitiones factas ante aliquantum tempus retractari non oportet, Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 111 (112).— Transf., to detract from, disparage, = detrecto:

retractandi levandique ejus operis gratiā,

Gell. 14, 3, 4. — Hence, rē̆tractātus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.), revised, corrected: retractatius suntagma, Cic. Att. 16, 3, 1.