(verb) : rĕ-porto, āvi, ātum, 1
* To bear, carry, or bring back (class.; syn. refero).
* Lit.
* In gen.: alii vini amphoras, quas plenas tulerunt, eas argento repletas domum reportaverunt, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 15, 12, 4; so, aurum ab Theotimo domum,Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 92: candelabrum secum in Syriam,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64: infantem suam,Quint. 6, 1, 39: spolia opima Feretrio Jovi,Flor. 1, 1, 11: naves, quibus (milites) reportari possent,Caes. B. G. 4, 29 fin.: milites navibus in Siciliam,id. B. C. 2, 43: exercitum duobus commeatibus,id. B. G. 5, 23: legiones classe,Tac. A. 1, 63; 4, 23: exercitum Britanniā,Cic. Att. 4, 17, 3; Just. 31, 3, 2: exercitum,Liv. 38, 50: legiones,id. 38, 42; 42, 34: ducem,Hor. Epod. 9, 24: cineres Lolliae Paulinae,Tac. A. 14, 12: atrae massam picis urbe reportat,Verg. G. 1, 275: cubiculum me reporto,App. M. 1, p. 114, 5: se ad Didium, to return, Auct. B. Hisp. 40, 2; for which, poet.: reportare pedem (with redire),Verg. A. 11, 764.—Poet., with an inanimate subject: quos variae viae reportant,lead back,Cat. 46, 11.
* Trop.
* In gen., to bring back: non ex litibus aestimatis tuis pecuniam domum, sed ex tuā calamitate cineri atque ossibus filii sui solatium vult aliquod reportare,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 128: spem bonam certamque domum reporto,Hor. C. S. 74: (Echo) Ingeminat voces auditaque verba reportat,gives back, returns,Ov. M. 3, 369: gaudium parentibus,Just. 11, 14, 12: gaudia mente,Stat. S. 1, 3, 13.
* In partic., to bring back, carry back an account; to report (mostly poet.; not in Cic.): adytis haec tristia dicta reportat,Verg. A. 2, 115: pacem,id. ib. 7, 285: mea mandata,Prop. 3, 6 (4, 5), 37: fidem,a certain account,Verg. A. 11, 511: haud mollia ad socerum,App. Mag. p. 323, 29.—With object-clause: nuntius ingentes ignotā in veste reportat Advenisse viros,Verg. A. 7, 167.