The corpus record — Latin

retractio

retractio · f

A drawing back

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Where it lives

De Architectura 1 · 0.17/10k

What it meant

rē^tractĭo — Lewis & Short

rē^tractĭo, 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.

In the wild

retractiones Vitruvius, De Architectura 3.4.4

Where it came from

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