Latin Etymology From re- + trahō (“I drag”). Pronunciation (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈre.tra.hoː/, [ˈrɛt̪rä(ɦ)oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈre.tra.o/, [ˈrɛːt̪räo] Verb retrahō (present infinitive retrahere, perfect active retrāxī, supine retractum); third conjugation to draw or pull back, withdraw; call back, remove; withhold; divert to drag back, fetch back, bring back a person to draw again or anew; bring to light again, make known again Conjugation More information indicative, singular ... indicative singular plural first second third first second third active present retrahō retrahis retrahit retrahimus retrahitis retrahunt imperfect retrahēbam retrahēbās retrahēbat retrahēbāmus retrahēbātis retrahēbant future retraham retrahēs retrahet retrahēmus retrahētis retrahent perfect retrāxī retrāxistī retrāxit retrāximus retrāxistis retrāxērunt, retrāxēre pluperfect retrāxeram retrāxerās retrāxerat retrāxerāmus retrāxerātis retrāxerant future perfect retrāxerō retrāxeris retrāxerit retrāxerimus retrāxeritis retrāxerint passive present retrahor retraheris, retrahere retrahitur retrahimur retrahiminī retrahuntur imperfect retrahēbar retrahēbāris, retrahēbāre retrahēbātur retrahēbāmur retrahēbāminī retrahēbantur future retrahar retrahēris, retrahēre retrahētur retrahēmur retrahēminī retrahentur perfect retractus + present active indicative of sum pluperfect retractus + imperfect active indicative of sum future perfect retractus + future active indicative of sum subjunctive singular plural first second third first second third active present retraham retrahās retrahat retrahāmus retrahātis retrahant imperfect retraherem retraherēs retraheret retraherēmus retraherētis retraherent perfect retrāxerim retrāxerīs retrāxerit retrāxerīmus retrāxerītis retrāxerint pluperfect retrāxissem retrāxissēs retrāxisset retrāxissēmus retrāxissētis retrāxissent passive present retrahar retrahāris, retrahāre retrahātur retrahāmur retrahāminī retrahantur imperfect retraherer retraherēris, retraherēre retraherētur retraherēmur retraherēminī retraherentur perfect retractus + present active subjunctive of sum pluperfect retractus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum imperative singular plural first second third first second third active present — retrahe — — retrahite — future — retrahitō retrahitō — retrahitōte retrahuntō passive present — retrahere — — retrahiminī — future — retrahitor retrahitor — — retrahuntor non-finite forms active passive present perfect future present perfect future infinitives retrahere retrāxisse retractūrum esse retrahī retractum esse retractum īrī participles retrahēns — retractūrus — retractus retrahendus, retrahundus verbal nouns gerund supine genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative retrahendī retrahendō retrahendum retrahendō retractum retractū Close Conjugation of retrahō (third conjugation) Derived terms retrāctiō retrāctō retrāctus Related terms abstrahōattrahōcircumtrahōcontrahōdētrahōdistrahōextrahōintertrahōintrahōobtrahōpertrahōprōtrahōsubtrahōsupertrahōtrahō Descendants Catalan: retraure, retreure English: retract, retreat, retray French: retraire Italian: ritrarre Portuguese: retrair Romanian: retrage Sicilian: ritràjiri Spanish: retraer, retraher Venetan: retrar, retrar zo References “retraho”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “retraho”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers retraho in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.