retractio

Latin

Etymology

From retrahō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /reˈtrak.ti.oː/, [rɛˈt̪räkt̪ioː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈtrak.t͡si.o/, [reˈt̪räkt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

retractiō f (genitive retractiōnis); third declension

a drawing back, retreating
- c. 80 — c. 70 BC, Vitruvius, De Architectura, 3.4.4
1. a diminishing
  - c. 370 — c. 430, Macrobius, Saturnalia, 1.12.5
2. hesitation, refusal
  - c. 225 — c. 330, Arnobius, Adversus Nationes, 5.162.3

Declension

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Descendants

English: retraction
French: rétraction
Italian: retrazione
Portuguese: retração
Romanian: retracție
Spanish: retracción

References

“retractio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
retractio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
retractio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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