RET 
RET 
RET 
— Hence, to preserve Cic. sensus vi- 
tasque. 
RSTENTQR (retineo), oris, m. a retainer, 
3 detainer. Jipul. 
RETeNTOS, a, um, par tic ip. fromretendo, 
and from retineo. 
RETENTOS (retineo), us, m. same as Re- 
3 tentio. Claudian. 
RETERGES, or RETERG5 (from re & ter- 
3 geo, or tergo), es, si, a. 2. and 3. to wipe, 
cleanse. Jlmmian. fossas. 
RETER5 (re & tero), is, trlvi, trltum, a. 
3. to rub, rub again, cleanse, dvarpipco. 
JVico. Retritum rutabulum. 
KETEXS (re &. texo), is, xui, xtum, a. 3. 
to unweave, untwist, untwine, unwind, un¬ 
ravel, doa\voj,ns,telam, the web, as Penel¬ 
ope did in order to put off her suitors 
(as is related in the Odyssey). Hence, 
Ovid. Tela retexta dolo, h. e. Homer’s 
Odyssey. Hence, proverbially. Cic 
Quasi Penelope telam retexens. — 
Hence, to invalidate, cancel, annul, de¬ 
stroy, reverse. Cic. prsturam. Id. su- 
periora. Man'll, jura_Also, to alter, 
change. Cic. orationem. Horat. scrip- 
torum qu®que, h. e. revise, correct. — 
Also, to diminish or make less by degrees. 
Ovid. Luna quater plenum retexuit or- 
bem. --- IT Also, to weave again or 
anew. — Hence, to renew, repeat. Ovid. 
fila properata, sc. of life. Firg. orbes, 
h. c. to repeat. — Also, to go through, 
recount, relate. Jipul. ordine singula. 
- II The perfect retexi occurs also 
Manil. 
RETeXTOS, a, um. See Retcxo. 
ReTIaRIOS (rete), i, ih. sc. gladiator, a 
2 kind of gladiator who, besides a trident 
(fuscina), used a net which he endeavored 
to throw over the head of his antagonist, 
who was a kind of gladiator called mir- 
millo and secutor. Quintil. Hence, 
Martial. Ferula contra retiarium, pro¬ 
verbially, of weak arms against a person 
well equipped. 
RETTCeNTER (reticeo), adv. silently, in 
silence. Cic. Ml. 10, 6. But Ed. Em. 
and several others read retice. 
RETICeNTIA (Id.), IB, f. a being silent. 
Cic. posteroruin. Id. Pcena reticenti®, 
h. e. a concealing, when one does not say 
that which he ought to reveal. -IT Also, 
a figure of rhetoric, otherwise called apo- 
siopesis. Cic. 
RETiCES (re & taceo), es, ui, n. 2. to 
hold one’s peace , be silent, diroaucsdco. 
Cic. de injuriis. Liv. alicui, h. c. re¬ 
specting any person. — Also, not to an¬ 
swer or reply to a person. Ovid, and 
Lie. — Also, of animals. Plin. — Hence, 
ligur. Claudian. Lyra, qu;e reticet. 
-- IT Also, transitively, to conceal, 
keep secret. Cic. aliquid. 
ReTTCOLATOS (reticulum), a, um, adj. 
2 made like a net, dcKrvdSeros, duennordj. 
Farr, fenestra, li. c. a lattice window, 
trellis. 
ReTICuLUM (dimin. of rete), i, n. a small 
net, SiktvSiov. — Also, any thing made 
Wie a net. — Hence, a small net or bag 
to keep any thing in. Cic. Reticulum 
plenum ros®, h. e. a bag made like a net 
of very fine thread, with small meshes or 
holes, filled with roses to serve as a nose¬ 
gay. -IT Also, a small bag to carry any 
thing in. Horat. panis.-IT Also, a coif, 
band or fillet of net-work for covering the 
hair or keeping it together. Farr, and 
Juvenal. -IT Also, a kind of net used in 
playing at ball. Ovid _IT Also, a cur¬ 
tain made of net-work. Spartian. - 
IT Also, a sort of net-work, made of brass 
wire. Fest. ®neum. 
RETICOLUS, i, m. same as Reticulum. 
Farr, and Plin. 
RETINaOOLUM (retineo), i, n. any thing I 
- with which another thing is stayed or held 
back ; a stay, holdfast, tie, rope, halter, &c. 
tXya. Ovid. Retinacula classis, h. e. 
cables. Firg. Retinaculatendens auriga, 
4. e. the reins. Fitruv. Tignum distinetur 
retiuaculis-ITFigur. Plin. Ep. Vit® 
retinacula abrumpere. 
RETINaX (Id.), acis, adj. retaining, hold¬ 
ing back. Symmach. 
REry>jENS,tis,particip. from retineo.- 
if Adj. holding fast, observant, tenacious, 
Karix cor. Cic. sui juris. Tacit, avita: 
nobi 1 itatis. 
REIINeNTIA Qelineo), te, f. a holding 
back, retaining. Hence, remembrance. 
Lucre!. 
RETINES (re & teneo), ei, tinui, ten- 
turn, a. 2. to hold or keep back or in, stop, 
keep from going on or from falling, Ka- 
texo). Cces. and Cic. aliquem. ' Plin. 
Arbuscul® retent®, sc. in growing . (But 
other Edd. read rctonsas.) Ovid. Lacri- 
inis vix retentis. Id. Lingua retenta 
metu, h. e. checked, restrained. Cic. Stu- 
dia, qu® retenta animo, remissa tem- 
poribus revocavi. JYcp. se domi, h.e. 
to keep one’s self at home, not to go from 
home. ——- IT Also, to keep attentive. Cic. 
Ordo ipse annalium nos retinet.- 
IT Also, to retain, keep, preserve, main¬ 
tain. Cato in Cic. Ep. provinciam. 
Cces. virtutein. Horat. amicos. Cic. 
jus suum. Id. morem, h. c. to retain, 
observe. Id. Retineri in vita, h. c. ma- 
nere. JVep. aliquid metnoria. li. e. to 
keep in mind or remembrance , remember. 
So, also, without memoria; as, Oell. Re¬ 
tineo, li. e. I remember, recollect. So, also, 
Cic. aliquem, h. e. to keep or retain as a 
friend. — Hence, to observe. Cic. offi- 
cium. -- IT Also, to preserve, save 
from destruction. Spartian. labantem 
disciplinam.-IT Also, to keep or pre¬ 
sene in any thing, cause to remain in. 
Cic. aliquem in officio. — Also, in gen¬ 
eral, to keep in check or order. Ter cut. 
liberos. -IT Also, to keep or retain 
with one’s self. Cic. aliquem, sc. as a 
guest. Plin. Pancg. uxorem. — Also, 
to keep what should have been given back. 
Cic. Cluent. 36. — Also, to keep to one’s 
self, keep secret, conceal, not to talk of. 
Horat. -IT Also, to hold, have. Cic. 
arcum maim. - IT Also, to have, be 
possessed of, occupy, inhabit. Lacrct. 
So, also, Cic. Impios retinent odia.- 
IT See, also, Retinens. 
RETINGS (re & tingo), is, a. 3. seems to 
mean merely to make. Pallad. Dcccmb. 2. 
ReTISLUM (dimin. of rete), i, n. a little 
3 net. Jipul. 
ReTIS, is, f for Rete. See Rete. 3 
RETS, as, a. 1. See Retw. 3 
REToNDES (re & tondeo), es, di, sum, a. 
2. to clip or shear again, or, simply, to 
clip or shear. — Hence, to mow, graze. 
Plin. segetes. 
RET5N5 (re & tono), as, n. 1. to thunder 
3 or sound back, resound, or, simply, to 
sound, dvaSpovrau). Catull. 
REToNSOS, a, um, particip. from re- 
2 tondeo. 
RETORPeSCS (re & torpesco), is, put, n. 
3 3. to become torpid or without feeling 
again, or, simply, to become torpid or 
without feeling. Tertull. 
REToRQUES (re & torqueo), es, si, turn, 
a. 2. to writhe or twist back, bend back, 
turn or cast back, or, simply, to turn, 
twist, writhe, bend, duTiarpsebcv. Ctvs. 
agmen ad dextram. Cic. uculos ad ur- 
bem. Ovid, caput in sua terga. Id. 
ora ad os Pliaebi, li. e. to turn towards. 
Firg. currum. Sil. hastam, h. e. to 
hurl back. C'rinem, to crisj), curl. Mar¬ 
tial. Crine retorto, h. e. crisped, curled. 
Horat. Manibus retortis, h. e. tied behind 
the bach. — Hence, of clothing, to throw 
back. Firg. amictum. — Also, of the 
mind. Senec. animuin ad prsterita, 
h. e. to turn one’s thoughts to, reflect upon. 
Firg. mentem, h. e. to change his mind. 
— Also, to drive back, repulse. Ilorat. 
Rhcetum. Id. Retort® litore und®. — 
Also, to draw back, keep from. Quintil. 
decl. aliquem, sc. a morte. — Jipul. ar- 
gumentum, li. e. to retort. So, also, 
Pandect, crimen in aliquem. Justin. 
scelus (A. c. mortem) in auctorem, h. e. 
to inflict upon him the death which lie in¬ 
tended for us. — Claudian. viam, h. e. to 
return by the same way. 
REToRRES (re & torreo), es, torrui, tos- 
2 turn, a. 2. to roast or dry again, or, sim¬ 
ply, to roast, dry. Colum. 
REToRRESCS (re & torresco), is, n. 3. to 
2 become dry or parched or withered again, 
or, simply, to become dry or parched, dry 
up, wither, Kara^ripuinopiu. Colum. 
REToRRIDe (retorridus), adv. dryly, Ka¬ 
il rc^rjparpevotq. Plin. 
REToRRIDOS (re&torridus), a, urn, adj. 
2 shrivelled or wrinkled with too much heat , 
parched, dried up with heat, burnt up, 
Kara^ripog. Farr, prata. Colum. plan- 
ta. Senec. ramus. — Figur. Pluedr. inus. 
h. e. perhaps, old, or, of great experience, 
and, consequently, cunning. Oell. De- 
triti et retorridi, h. e. after many years, 
after much experience therein. Capitol. 
Vultu retorridus, h. e. serious, gloomy. 
REToRToS, a, um, particip. from re- 
torqueo. 
REToSTOS, a, um, particip. from re- 
2 torreo. 
RETRACTATIS (retracto), onis, f. a tak- 
1 ing of a thing in hand again in order to 
go through it. Hence, Retractationes, 
revisions, corrections, the name of two 
books of Augustine.-IT Also, a refu¬ 
sal, long delay, hesitation. Cic. Sine re- 
tractatione. 
RETRACTAT5R (Id.), oris, m. one that 
3 refuses. Tcrtull. officii. 
RETR aCTaTOS, a, um, particip. from 
retracto. -IT Adj. revised, corrected, 
amended. Cic. Retractatius avvrayua. 
RET-RaCTaTOS (retracto), us, m. a go- 
3 ing over again, reconsideration. Tertull. 
- IT Also, hesitation, doubt, refusal. 
Tcrtull. Sine ullo retractatu, h c. without 
any allowance, hesitation, &c. 
RETRaCTIS (retraho), onis, f. a drawing 
2 back. Fitruv. graduum, h. e. the breadth 
of the steps. Jlrnob. Sine ulla retrae- 
tione, h. e. without refusal. — Hence, a 
diminishing. Macrob. dierum. 
RETRACTS (re & tracto), as, avi, atom, 
a. 1. to handle again, feel again. Ovid. 
vulnera Firg. JEn. JO, 396. ferrum (of 
an amputated hand). Ovid, vota {the be¬ 
loved image). — Hence, to tuke up again. 
Firg. JEn. 7. 694. ferrum. Liv. anna. — 
Also, to take in hand again, undertake anew. 
Colum. pedamenta, h. e. to make anew. 
Ovid. Verba desueta, h. e. to practise one’s 
self in again. Plin.Ep. orationem, h. e. 
to look over again, to revise, correct, 
amend. Id. opera, li. c. to correct, amend. 
Id. linitam causam, h. e. to take up again 
a cause which has already been decided. — 
Also, to look over or examine again. Co¬ 
lum. — Also, to reflect upon again, con¬ 
sider anew. Cic. aliquid diligenter. 
Ovid. fata. Senec. memoriam, h. e. to 
renew, repeat.. Ovid, secum memorata. 
- IT Also, to draiv back. — Hence, 
to retract, revoke, recant, recall. Firg. 
dicta. Trajan, in Plin. Ep. largitione?. 
— Also, to withdraw himself, refuse, de¬ 
cline, resist, oppose, hesitate, doubt, be re¬ 
luctant. Firg. Quid retractas ? Liv. 
IN ullo retractante. Cic. Sive retractas. 
-IT Also, to find fault with, censure, 
criticize. Oell. opus.-IT See, also, 
Relractatus , a, um. 
RETRACTOS, a, um, partic. from re- 
2 traho. - IT Adj. drawn back, as it 
were, remote, concealed, hidden. Liv. 
Retractior a mari minus. Id. Sinus 
maris introrsus retractus. Senec. Re- 
tracti introrsus oculi, h.e. eyes lying deep. 
RETRACTOS (retraho), us, m. a drawing 
3 back. Tertull. 
RETRAD5 (re & trado), is, dldi, dltum, 
3 a. 3. to restore, deliver again. Pandect. 
RETRX.II3 (re Sc traho), is,^ xi, ctum, a. 
3. to draw back, withdraw, dntX/cai. Cic. 
raanum. Id. Hannibalem in African!. 
Firg. Unda pedem retrahit. Ovid, se 
ab ictu. — Especially, to bring back (fugi¬ 
tives). Cic. and Liv. Hence, face¬ 
tiously, Tcrent. argentum fugitivuni, 
h. e. to bring back. — Hence, to keep from, 
detain from. Cic. consules a foedere.— 
Also, to rescue, save, deliver. JVcpos. 
ah interitu. Sueton. ex inagnis detri¬ 
ments. — Also, to keep secret, conceal, 
suppress, keep out of sight, hush up. Se¬ 
nec. vires in genii. Id. verba. — Also, 
to shorten. Manil. noctes. — Also, to 
withdraw, remove, lloral. se. Cels, a 
convictu. Sueton. Ad centum quin- 
quaginta retraxit, h. e. subtraxit, took 
away. — Figur. not to assist. Catull. 
-IT Also, to draw or drag again. Ta¬ 
cit. ad eosdem cruciatus. — Hence, to 
bring forth again, bring to light again, 
make known again. Farr, verba. Tacit. 
obliterata rerarii nomina. — Also, to 
restore, put again. Trajan, in Plin. Ep 
in conditionem proborum ministrorum 
-IT Also, for traho, to draw. Tacit. 
Imaginem nocturn® quietis ad snem 
baud dubiam retraxit, h. e. explained it as 
something certain, considered it as a reali 
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