retard Copy link Outline 1. rĕtardo, 12. tardo, 1 • retard: 1. rĕtardo, 1: the motions of the stars are sometimes accelerated, sometimes r.'d, stellarum motus tum incitantur tum retardantur, Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 103: these things, which usually hinder others, did not r. him, hae res quae ceteros remorari solent (eum) non retardarunt, id. Manil. 14, 40. 2. tardo, 1: Caes. B. C. 2, 2: v. delay, hinder.