Latin

Verb

retundō ‎(present infinitive retundere, perfect active rettudī, supine retunsum); third conjugation

1. I beat back, drive back
2. I restrain, check
3. I hammer back (something sharp), blunt or dull
4. I deaden, weaken, frustrate

Inflection

• Note: Perfect forms may also be of the form retud-
• Note: Supine forms and participles may also be of the form retūs-

Related terms

• retusus ‎(“blunt, retuse”)

References

• retundo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• retundo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “retundo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Spanish

Verb

retundo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of retundir.