retrorsum

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Adverb

retrōrsum (not comparable)

  1. backwards
  2. in reverse order

Descendants

  • Italian: ritroso, → retrorso

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.
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