"retro" meaning in Latin

See retro in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

Forms: retrō [canonical]
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *wretrō, probably taken from intrō and other similar adverbs. Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*wretrō}} Proto-Italic *wretrō, {{m|la|intrō}} intrō Head templates: {{la-adv|retrō|-}} retrō (not comparable)
  1. back, backwards, behind Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Directions
    Sense id: en-retro-la-adv-T9UNKrrz Disambiguation of Directions: 100 0 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 100 0
  2. before, formerly Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-retro-la-adv-0flkX8sj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: *ad retrō, dē retrō

Download JSON data for retro meaning in Latin (2.0kB)

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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
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          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
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          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: rere",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: rere"
    },
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          },
          "expansion": "Galician: redor",
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      ],
      "text": "Galician: redor"
    },
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      "text": "Portuguese: redor"
    },
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          "expansion": "Spanish: redor",
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      "text": "Spanish: redor"
    }
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          "_dis": "100 0",
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Directions",
          "orig": "la:Directions",
          "parents": [
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
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        {
          "english": "Get thee behind me, Satan!",
          "text": "Vāde retrō, Satanā!",
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        "back, backwards, behind"
      ],
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}
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    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin uncomparable adverbs",
    "la:Directions"
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    },
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      "word": "dē retrō"
    }
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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          },
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        }
      ],
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    },
    {
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          "args": {
            "1": "es",
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          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: redor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    }
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    }
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      ],
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        "back, backwards, behind"
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          "formerly"
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