(v. a.P. a.) : rē-trăho, xi, ctum, 3, v. a.
* To draw back, withdraw; to call back (class.).
* 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.
* To draw again or anew; to bring forth or to light again, make known again (so perh. only in Tac.).
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.