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^tractĭo , ōnis, f. retraho.
I. A drawing back, retreating: “graduum,” i. e. the breadth, Vitr. 3, 4, 4.—
II. Trop.
1. A diminishing: “dierum (opp. auctio),Macr. S. 1, 14.—
2. Hesitation, refusal: “sine ullā retractione,Arn. 5, 162.
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    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 3.4.4
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