retrace Copy link Outline I. To trace back1. rĕpĕto, īvi or ii, ītum, 3 (to go back to)2. rĕcalco, 13. expr. by phr. with gradus or pedemII. To trace over again (in painting) • retrace: I. To trace back: 1. rĕpĕto, īvi or ii, ītum, 3 (to go back to): to r. the road by which he came, r. viam qua venisset, Liv. 35, 28: on r.ing and counting up the days, repetitis et enumeratis diebus, Caes. B. C. 3, 105: to r. the origin of justice to nature, r. stirpem juris a natura, Cic. Leg. 1, 6, 20: r.ing it from that point, inde usque repetens, id. Arch. 1, 1: v. trace. 2. rĕcalco, 1: to r. one's footsteps, r. vestigia, App. M. 6, p. 181. 3. expr. by phr. with gradus or pedem: to r. one's way, gradus revocare, Virg. Aen. 6, 128; referre pedem, Caes.: v. retreat, return. II. To trace over again (in painting): *denuo delineare.
RETRACE Copy link • RETRACErevocare: referre. To retrace one’s steps, recedere: reverti: se referre: redire: to retrace in memory, memoria repetere aliquid; memoriam alicujus rei repetere.