rē^-trăho — Lewis & Short
rē^-trăho, xi, ctum, 3, v. a.
I To draw back, withdraw; to call back (class.).
A Lit.:
me retrahis,Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 8;
aliquem,Cic. Sen. 23, 83; Liv. 30, 20; 21, 63 (in the last two passages with revocare);
10, 25: bos domitus et procurrentem (bovem) retrahit, et cunctantem producit,holds back, Col. 6, 2, 10: aliquem hinc, Lucceius ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 1:
Hannibalem in Africam (Scipio),Cic. Fin. 2, 17, 56:
aliquem in urbem,Caes. B. C. 1, 9:
manum,Cic. Cael. 26, 63:
pedem,Verg. A. 10, 307:
quo fata trahunt retrahuntque,id. ib. 5, 709:
castra intra penitus,Liv. 36, 17 Drak.:
occulere aut retrahere aliquid (pecuniae),to keep back, withhold, id. 32, 38 fin.:
se,Cic. Cael. 27, 64; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 58:
se ab ictu,Ov. M. 3, 87:
se a convivio,Cels. 1, 1, 5; Capitol. Anton. Phil. 14, 2.—
Mid.: (corpuscula complexa) inter se retrahuntur,Lucr. 2, 155:
in servitutem retrahi,Tac. A. 13, 26. —
2 In partic., to drag back, bring back a fugitive, Caes. B. G. 5, 7; Liv. 2, 12; 25, 7:
ut retractus, non reversus, videretur,Cic. Phil. 6, 4, 10; Sall. C. 39, 5:
ex fugā, 47, 4: fugientem,Just. 38, 9, 6; 38, 10, 13. —
Hence, comically, of fugitive money,Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 11; cf. also infra, B.—
B Trop., to draw back, withdraw, remove, etc.:
postquam poëta vetus poëtam non potest Retrahere ab studio,to withdraw, remove, Ter. Phorm. prol. 2:
aliquem a re publicā,Cic. Sest. 15, 34:
Thebas ab interitu,Nep. Epam. 8, 4:
aliquem ex magnis detrimentis,Suet. Aug. 71:
ex viginti trecentisque millibus ad centum quinquaginta retraxit,i. e. he reduced them to one hundred and fifty thousand, Suet. Caes. 41 Oud.:
verba,to keep back, suppress, Sen. Ep. 3, 6; so,
vires ingenii,id. ib. 79, 3: noctes, to shorten, Manil. 4, 253:
stellae splendorem suum,Vulg. Joel, 2, 10: genus ejusmodi calliditatis et calumniae retrahetur in odium judicis, is drawn or converted into, results in, Cic. Part. 39, 137:
imaginem nocturnae quietis ad spem haud dubiam retraxit,Tac. A. 16, 1.—
With reference to the signif. A. 2: illa (verba), quae jam majoribus nostris ademit oblivio fugitiva,Varr. L. L. 5, § 5 Müll. —
II To draw again or anew; to bring forth or to light again, make known again (so perh. only in Tac.).
A Lit.:
Caesar Antistium Veterem absolutum adulterii increpitis judicibus ad dicendam majestatis causam retraxit,Tac. A. 3, 38:
aliquem postero die ad eosdem cruciatus,id. ib. 15, 57:
Treviros in arma,id. H. 4, 70 fin. —
B Trop.:
oblitterata aerarii monimenta,Tac. A. 13, 23:
potiorem civitatis partem ad societatem Romanam,id. H. 4, 56 fin.— Hence, rĕtractus, a, um, P. a., drawn back, lying back, remote, distant: emporium in intimo sinu Corinthiaco, Liv. 36, 21:
in trorsus sinus maris,id. 26, 42.—Comp.:
retractior a mari murus,Liv. 34, 9:
retractius paulo cubiculum,Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 6:
retracti introrsum oculi,deep-set, Sen. Contr. 1, 6.