retrogradior
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From retrō + gradior (“step, walk”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /re.troːˈɡra.di.or/, [rɛt̪roːˈɡräd̪iɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /re.troˈɡra.di.or/, [ret̪roˈɡräːd̪ior]
Verb edit
retrōgradior (present infinitive retrōgradī, perfect active retrōgressus sum); third conjugation iō-variant, deponent
- (intransitive) to go or step back or backwards, retrograde
Conjugation edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- English: retrogress
References edit
- “retrogradior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- retrogradior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.