"retro" meaning in Latin

See retro in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

Forms: retrō [canonical]
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *wretrō, from a formation of re- (“back, reverse”) probably modeled after intrō and other similar adverbs. Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*wretrō}} Proto-Italic *wretrō 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
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
  ],
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
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          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: rere",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: rere"
    },
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          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "redor"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: redor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: redor"
    },
    {
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          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "redor"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: redor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: redor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "redor"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: redor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: redor"
    }
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        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
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      "name": "inh"
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "retrō",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "retrō",
        "2": "-"
      },
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      "name": "la-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Directions",
          "orig": "la:Directions",
          "parents": [
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Get thee behind me, Satan!",
          "text": "Vāde retrō, Satanā!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "“[The enchantress claims that she is able] to halt the water [current] in rivers, and to turn stars backwards, and evoke nocturnal souls of the dead ….”",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.489–490",
          "text": "… sistere aquam fluviīs, et vertere sīdera retrō, / nocturnōsque movet mānīs …."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "back, backwards, behind"
      ],
      "id": "en-retro-la-adv-T9UNKrrz",
      "links": [
        [
          "back",
          "back"
        ],
        [
          "backwards",
          "backwards"
        ],
        [
          "behind",
          "behind"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "before, formerly"
      ],
      "id": "en-retro-la-adv-0flkX8sj",
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          "before",
          "before"
        ],
        [
          "formerly",
          "formerly"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "retro"
}
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    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin uncomparable adverbs",
    "Pages with 8 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "la:Directions"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "*ad retrō"
    },
    {
      "word": "dē retrō"
    }
  ],
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      "depth": 1,
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: rere"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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            "2": "redor"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: redor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: redor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "redor"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: redor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: redor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "redor"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: redor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: redor"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "itc-pro",
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *wretrō, from a formation of re- (“back, reverse”) probably modeled after intrō and other similar adverbs.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "retrō",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "retrō",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "retrō (not comparable)",
      "name": "la-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "Latin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Get thee behind me, Satan!",
          "text": "Vāde retrō, Satanā!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "“[The enchantress claims that she is able] to halt the water [current] in rivers, and to turn stars backwards, and evoke nocturnal souls of the dead ….”",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.489–490",
          "text": "… sistere aquam fluviīs, et vertere sīdera retrō, / nocturnōsque movet mānīs …."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "back, backwards, behind"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "back",
          "back"
        ],
        [
          "backwards",
          "backwards"
        ],
        [
          "behind",
          "behind"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "before, formerly"
      ],
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        [
          "before",
          "before"
        ],
        [
          "formerly",
          "formerly"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "retro"
}

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