LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

retrōcēdō

retrōcēdō (present infinitive retrōcēdere, perfect active retrōcessī, supine retrōcessum)
Classical[rɛ.troːˈkeː.doː]Ecclesiastical[re.troˈt͡ʃɛː.do]

Meaning

  1. to retrocede, give back, restore, reassign

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Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.retrōcēdōretrōcēdēbamretrōcēdamretrōcessīretrōcesseramretrōcesserō
2nd sg.retrōcēdisretrōcēdēbāsretrōcēdēsretrōcessistīretrōcesserāsretrōcesseris
3rd sg.retrōcēditretrōcēdēbatretrōcēdetretrōcessitretrōcesseratretrōcesserit
1st pl.retrōcēdimusretrōcēdēbāmusretrōcēdēmusretrōcessimusretrōcesserāmusretrōcesserimus
2nd pl.retrōcēditisretrōcēdēbātisretrōcēdētisretrōcessistisretrōcesserātisretrōcesseritis
3rd pl.retrōcēduntretrōcēdēbantretrōcēdentretrōcessērunt
retrōcessēre
retrōcesserantretrōcesserint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.retrōcēdamretrōcēderemretrōcesserimretrōcessissem
2nd sg.retrōcēdāsretrōcēderēsretrōcesserīsretrōcessissēs
3rd sg.retrōcēdatretrōcēderetretrōcesseritretrōcessisset
1st pl.retrōcēdāmusretrōcēderēmusretrōcesserīmusretrōcessissēmus
2nd pl.retrōcēdātisretrōcēderētisretrōcesserītisretrōcessissētis
3rd pl.retrōcēdantretrōcēderentretrōcesserintretrōcessissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.retrōcēdorretrōcēdēbarretrōcēdar
2nd sg.retrōcēderis
retrōcēdere
retrōcēdēbāris
retrōcēdēbāre
retrōcēdēris
retrōcēdēre
3rd sg.retrōcēditurretrōcēdēbāturretrōcēdētur
1st pl.retrōcēdimurretrōcēdēbāmurretrōcēdēmur
2nd pl.retrōcēdiminīretrōcēdēbāminīretrōcēdēminī
3rd pl.retrōcēdunturretrōcēdēbanturretrōcēdentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.retrōcēdarretrōcēderer
2nd sg.retrōcēdāris
retrōcēdāre
retrōcēderēris
retrōcēderēre
3rd sg.retrōcēdāturretrōcēderētur
1st pl.retrōcēdāmurretrōcēderēmur
2nd pl.retrōcēdāminīretrōcēderēminī
3rd pl.retrōcēdanturretrōcēderentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.retrōcēderetrōcēdere
pres. 2nd pl.retrōcēditeretrōcēdiminī
fut. 2nd sg.retrōcēditōretrōcēditor
fut. 3rd sg.retrōcēditōretrōcēditor
fut. 2nd pl.retrōcēditōte—
fut. 3rd pl.retrōcēduntōretrōcēduntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveretrōcēdereretrōcēdī
perfect infinitiveretrōcessisseretrōcessum esse
future infinitiveretrōcessūrum esseretrōcessum īrī
present participleretrōcēdēns—
perfect participle—retrōcessus
retrōcessa, retrōcessā, retrōcessae, retrōcessam, retrōcessārum, retrōcessās, retrōcesse, retrōcessīs, retrōcessō, retrōcessōrum, retrōcessōs
future participleretrōcessūrus
retrōcessūra, retrōcessūrā, retrōcessūrae, retrōcessūram, retrōcessūrārum, retrōcessūrās, retrōcessūre, retrōcessūrī, retrōcessūrīs, retrōcessūrō, retrōcessūrōrum, retrōcessūrōs, retrōcessūrum
retrōcēdendus
retrōcēdundus, retrōcēdenda, retrōcēdendā, retrōcēdendae, retrōcēdendam, retrōcēdendārum, retrōcēdendās, retrōcēdende, retrōcēdendīs, retrōcēdendōrum, retrōcēdendōs
gerundretrōcēdendī, retrōcēdendō, retrōcēdendumsupineretrōcessum, retrōcessū

rē^trō-cēdo (or separate, rē^tro cēdo), ĕre, v. n.,
I. to go back, retire, recede, Liv. 8, 8, 9 (Weissenb. retro cedentes); Curt. 3, 8, 17; 7, 4, 4.

Origins

From retrō + cēdō.

Descendants
  • Catalanretrocedir
  • Englishretrocede
  • Frenchrétrocéder
  • Italianretrocedere
  • Portugueseretroceder
  • Romanianretroceda
  • Spanishretroceder
  • Galicianretroceder

In English words that came into English from retrōcēdō

  • retrocederetrōcēdō

Quick answers

What does retrōcēdō mean in Latin?
retrōcēdō, a verb, means “to retrocede, give back, restore, reassign”.
What are the principal parts of retrōcēdō?
retrōcēdō, retrōcēdere, retrōcessī, retrōcessum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce retrōcēdō?
In classical Latin, [rɛ.troːˈkeː.doː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [re.troˈt͡ʃɛː.do].