recant
recant
v. trans.
P. ἀνατίθεσθαι, μετατίθεσθαι, P. and V. ἐκβάλλειν ; see retract.
v. trans.
P. ἀνατίθεσθαι, μετατίθεσθαι, P. and V. ἐκβάλλειν ; see retract.
RECANT
revocare (post-Augustan in this sense Freund): dicta retractare (Virgil); recantare (Horace of withdrawing poetical abuse; of wishing it not unsaid but unsung): ☞ palinodiam canere very late Macrobius; *quod dixi indictum esse velle fateri or profiteri (readily): sententiam mutasse (declare that one has changed one’s opinion).
revocare (post-Augustan in this sense Freund): dicta retractare (Virgil); recantare (Horace of withdrawing poetical abuse; of wishing it not unsaid but unsung): ☞ palinodiam canere very late Macrobius; *quod dixi indictum esse velle fateri or profiteri (readily): sententiam mutasse (declare that one has changed one’s opinion).
recant:
1. rĕcanto, 1: having r.'d your reproaches, recantatis opprobriis, Hor. Od. 1, 16, 27.
2. retracto, 1: v.RECALL . Phr.: palinodiam cano, Macrob. Sat. 7, 5: v. RECANTATION .
1. rĕcanto, 1: having r.'d your reproaches, recantatis opprobriis, Hor. Od. 1, 16, 27.
2. retracto, 1: v.