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rē̆-trăho, xi, ctum, 3, v. a.

  1. I. To draw back, withdraw; to call back (class.).
    1. 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.
      1. 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.
    2. 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.
  2. II. To draw again or anew; to bring forth or to light again, make known again (so perh. only in Tac.).
    1. 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.
    2. 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.