retrorsum

Latin

Alternative forms

• retrōrsus, retrōsum

Etymology

Contraction of retrō +‎ vorsum (archaic form of versum, versus).

Adverb

retrōrsum (not comparable)

1. backwards
2. in reverse order

References

• “retrorsum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “retrorsum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• retrorsum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.