retroago

rē̆trŏ-ăgo, ēgi, actum, 3, v. a., to drive back, to turn back, etc. (post - Aug.; esp. freq. in Quint.).

I.

Lit.:

capillos a fronte contra naturam,

to push back, Quint. 11, 3, 160:

vasta flumina,

Mel. 3, 1, 1.—

II.

Trop.:

honores,

Plin. 7, 44, 45, § 145: rursus litteras (opp. recto contextu), to go through or repeat backwards, Quint. 1, 1, 25:

ordinem,

to reverse, id. 12, 2, 10:

expositionem,

id. 2, 4, 15:

iram,

to turn aside, Sen. Ira, 1, 16, 10:

huic (dactylo) temporibus parem sed retroactum, appellari constat anapaeston,

reversed, inverted, Quint. 9, 4, 81.