retrogradior
Latin
Etymology
From retrō + gradior (“step, walk”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /re.troːˈɡra.di.or/, [rɛt̪roːˈɡräd̪iɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /re.troˈɡra.di.or/, [ret̪roˈɡräːd̪ior]
Verb
retrōgradior (present infinitive retrōgradī, perfect active retrōgressus sum); third conjugation iō-variant, deponent
- (intransitive) I go or step back or backwards, retrograde.
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Descendants
- English: retrogress
References
- “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.