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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (2)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• retreat (v.):
      1. 1. rĕcĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (to draw back: hence with pron. refl., to r.) to r. to the camp, r. se in castra, Caes. B. C. 3, 76: there was an opportunity of r.ing, sui recipiendi facultas dabatur, id. B. G. 3, 4: Cic.: Liv.
      2. 2. rĕfĕro, retŭli (rettŭli), rĕlātum, 3 (syn. of preced.: constr. with pedem or gradum): to r., r. pedem, Cic. Phil. 12, 3, 8; Caes.: so with retro, Phaedr. 2, 1, 6: gradum, Liv. 1, 14, ad fin.; and as milit. t. t. r. signa, id. 38, 2, ad med. Fig.: to r. as quietly as possible, quam mollissime pedem r., Quint. 6, 4, 19. (N.B.--Recipere se is not to r., but simply to go back, return.)
      3. 3. rĕcēdo, cessi, cessum, 3 (to go back): to r. from their position, ex quo stabant loco r., Caes. B. G. 5, 43: v. retire. (N.B.--Retrocedentes occurs as a part. in Liv. 8, 8, ad med.)
      4. 4. rĕfŭgio, fūgi, fŭgĭtum, 3 (to flee for refuge): to r. to the roadstead, r. in stationem, Liv. 10, 2: v. TAKE REFUGE.
      5. 5. rĕsĭlio, ui, 3 (to leap back: in Cic. only fig.): the mountain range r.s on the north, mons a septentrione resilit, Plin. 5, 27, 27: v. recoil. Phr.: she r.s before the foe, pedem ex hoste reportat, Virg. Aen. 11, 764.
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• retreat (subs.):
    1. I. Withdrawal:
      1. 1. rĕceptus, ūs: being anxious about the r. of his men, receptui suorum timens, Caes. B. C. 3, 46: the line of r. lay down a slope, erat per declive r, id. ib. 3, 45: an easy r., facilis r., id. ib. 1, 46: the signal for a r., signum receptui, Cic. Phil. 13, 7, 15: to sound a r., receptui canere, id. ib. 12, 3, 8 (but the phr. is also used in Caes. B. G. 7, 47, for sounding a halt).
      2. 2. rĕcessus, ūs: the rear prevented the r. of the front rank, r. primi ultimis non dabant, Caes. B. G. 5, 43: opp. to accessus (advance), Cic. Fam. 9, 14, 7.
      3. 3. regressus, ūs (used also fig.): a r. into a safe place, r. in tutum, Liv. 38, 4, ad fin. (The form regressio occurs in Front.)
      4. 4. rĕcursus, ūs: that a way of r. might be open, ut r. pateret, Liv. 26, 42, ad fin.: an orderly r., inconfusus r., Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 622.
      5. 5. rĕdĭtus, ūs (a return): whence they might have a safe line of r. to the ships, unde r. tutus ad naves esset, Liv. 9, 38: v. return.
    2. II. A place of r., refuge;
      1. 1. rĕcessus, ūs: all the r.s and nooks of Phrygia, omnes r. atque anguli Phrygiae, Liv. 38, 45: a lonely place of r., solitudo et r., Cic. Att. 12, 26: a safe r., tuti r., Virg. Aen. 11, 527 (al. receptus: this, however, does not occur in the sense of a r.).
      2. 2. sēcessus, ūs: a pleasant r., amoeni s., Tac. A. 14, 62: Virg.
      3. 3. respectus, ūs: v. refuge.
      4. 4. lătebrae, f. pl. (a lurking-place, esp. of wild animals: very rare in sing.): to hide oneself in a r., latebris se occultare, Cic. Manil. 3, 7: a r. from war, latebra bellorum. Lucan 5, 743.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• RETREAT
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  • s. Act of retiring, abitus: discessus: receptus (of soldiers). To sound a retreat, receptui canere: to stipulate for a safe retreat, ut incolumibus abire liceat pacisci: the signal for retreat, receptui signum: revocatio a bello (Cic., Phil., 13, 7, 15): to provide the means of retreat, receptui sibi consulere (Caes., B. C. 3, 11): to lose the means of retreat, receptum amittere (Pomp. ap. Cic.): the retreat being difficult, haud facili inde receptu (Liv.): let us cut off all the means of retreat, that our only hope may be in victory, nos omnium rerum respectum praeterquam victoriae nobis abscindamus (Liv., 9, 23).
  • Place of retirement, solitudo: locus ab arbitris remotus: (as a refuge) refugium: perfugium: respectus (PROP., place to which one may look back, and fall back upon; place of refuge, Cic., Liv.): (for pleasure) secessus, -ūs.
2. v. (of troops) se recipere: se referre (not common): referre pedem (☞ but noi retrahere pedem, which is poetical): referre gradum (of retreating from actual engagement). To retreat in excellent order, quietissime se recipere (Caes.): to retreat to the camp, se recipere ad castra (Liv.), in castra (Caes.); se referre in castra (Nep.).