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retrogradus

retrogradus · adj

going back

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Where it lives

Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 1 · 0.79/10k
Metamorphoses 1 · 0.19/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

rē^trōgrădus — Lewis & Short

rē^trōgrădus, a, um (collat. form rē^-trōgrădis, e, adj.retrogradior,

App. M. 4, p. 151),

I going back or backwards, retrograde; usually of the stars, Sen. Q. N. 7, 25; Plin. 2, 17, 15, § 77; Sid. Ep. 8, 11: carmen retrogradum (i. e. reciprocum), Aug. Civ. Dei, 17, 15: retrogradis fuga, App. l. l.

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