rē^-tracto — Lewis & Short
rē^-tracto (in many MSS. also written rē^trecto), 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.).
(a) 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.—
(b) 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, rē^tractātus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.), revised, corrected: retractatius su/ntagma, Cic. Att. 16, 3, 1.