(verb) : rētrŏ-ăgo, ēgi, actum, 3
* To drive back, to turn back, etc. (post - Aug.; esp. freq. in Quint.).
* Lit.: capillos a fronte contra naturam,to push back,Quint. 11, 3, 160: vasta flumina,Mel. 3, 1, 1.
* Trop.: honores,Plin. 7, 44, 45, § 145: rursus litteras (opp. recto contextu), to go through or repeat backwards, Quint. 1, 1, 25: ordinem,to reverse,id. 12, 2, 10: expositionem,id. 2, 4, 15: iram,to turn aside,Sen. Ira, 1, 16, 10: huic (dactylo) temporibus parem sed retroactum, appellari constat anapaeston,reversed, inverted,Quint. 9, 4, 81.