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reciproco
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Lewis Short
(verb) : rĕcīprŏco, āvi, ātum, 1, and n. reciprocus.
* Act., to move backwards or back and forth (rare but class.; cf.: meo, remeo).
* Lit.: rursus prorsus reciprocat fluctus feram, bears to and fro, Enn. ap. Non. 165, 11, and 384 fin. (Trag. v. 143 Vahl.): refluusque reciprocat aestus,Sil. 15, 225: (ventus) cum jam spiritum includeret nec reciprocare animam sineret,to breathe, fetch their breath,Liv. 21, 58, 4: spiritum per fistulam,Gell. 17, 11, 4: aurae per anhelitum reciprocatae,Arn. 2, 54: manu telum reciprocans,brandishing,Gell. 9, 11, 5: quid Chalcidico Euripo in motu identidem reciprocando putas fieri posse constantius?Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 24; cf. under II.: serram,to draw back and forth,Tert. Cor. Mil. 3: circulos, Prud. στεφ. 10, 573: quinqueremem in adversum aestum reciprocari non posse,would not be able to tack about,Liv. 28, 30; cf.: quoniam aestus semper e Ponto profluens nunquam reciprocetur,flow back,Plin. 4, 13, 27, § 93: reciprocari mare coepit,Curt. 9, 9, 20.— *
* Neutr., to move backwards, go back; to move back and forth, to come and go, reciprocate (perh. only since the Aug. per.): fretum ipsum Euripi non septies die temporibus statis reciprocat,rises and falls,Liv. 28, 6; so of the ebb and flow: Euripus,Plin. 2, 97, 100, § 219: mare,Curt. 9, 9, 20: aquae,Flor. 2, 8, 9; and of the ebb (opp. accedere),Plin. 2, 97, 89, § 212.— Of stars: saepe citra eos ad solem reciprocent,Plin. 2, 17, 14, § 72: nubem eos arcentem a reciprocando,from going back,id. 9, 46, 70, § 151.?*! Reciprocare pro ultro citroque poscere usi sunt antiqui, quia procare est poscere, Fest. p. 229 Müll.
* Act., to move backwards or back and forth (rare but class.; cf.: meo, remeo).
* Lit.: rursus prorsus reciprocat fluctus feram, bears to and fro, Enn. ap. Non. 165, 11, and 384 fin. (Trag. v. 143 Vahl.): refluusque reciprocat aestus,Sil. 15, 225: (ventus) cum jam spiritum includeret nec reciprocare animam sineret,to breathe, fetch their breath,Liv. 21, 58, 4: spiritum per fistulam,Gell. 17, 11, 4: aurae per anhelitum reciprocatae,Arn. 2, 54: manu telum reciprocans,brandishing,Gell. 9, 11, 5: quid Chalcidico Euripo in motu identidem reciprocando putas fieri posse constantius?Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 24; cf. under II.: serram,to draw back and forth,Tert. Cor. Mil. 3: circulos, Prud. στεφ. 10, 573: quinqueremem in adversum aestum reciprocari non posse,would not be able to tack about,Liv. 28, 30; cf.: quoniam aestus semper e Ponto profluens nunquam reciprocetur,flow back,Plin. 4, 13, 27, § 93: reciprocari mare coepit,Curt. 9, 9, 20.— *
* Neutr., to move backwards, go back; to move back and forth, to come and go, reciprocate (perh. only since the Aug. per.): fretum ipsum Euripi non septies die temporibus statis reciprocat,rises and falls,Liv. 28, 6; so of the ebb and flow: Euripus,Plin. 2, 97, 100, § 219: mare,Curt. 9, 9, 20: aquae,Flor. 2, 8, 9; and of the ebb (opp. accedere),Plin. 2, 97, 89, § 212.— Of stars: saepe citra eos ad solem reciprocent,Plin. 2, 17, 14, § 72: nubem eos arcentem a reciprocando,from going back,id. 9, 46, 70, § 151.?*! Reciprocare pro ultro citroque poscere usi sunt antiqui, quia procare est poscere, Fest. p. 229 Müll.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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