(verb) : rĕ-sĭlĭo, ŭi (resiliit, Quadrig. ap. Prisc. p. 906 P.;
* Resilivi,Sen. Contr. 1, 3, 4), 4, , to leap or spring back (rare but class.).
* Lit.: (exit in terram) in Indiae fluminibus certum genus piscium, ac deinde resilit,Plin. 9, 19, 35, § 71: recedere sensim datur (oratoribus): Quidam et resiliunt, quod est plane ridiculum,Quint. 11, 3, 127: (ranae) saepe In gelidos resilire lacus,Ov. M. 6, 374: piratae in aquas suas,Flor. 3, 6, 6: velites ad manipulos,Liv. 30, 33 fin.: a taetro veneno,Lucr. 4, 685: polypus ab odore cunilae,Plin. 10, 70, 90, § 195; 34, 8, 19, § 75.
* Transf., of things as subjects, to spring back, start back, rebound, recoil, retreat, Lucr. 4, 347: juvenis ferit ora sarissā. Non secus haec resilit, quam tecti a culmine grando,Ov. M. 12, 480: ignis ab ictu,Plin. 2, 54, 55, § 142: (cervices) ab imposito nuper jugo,Flor. 4, 12, 2: resilire guttas,Plin. 11, 15, 15, § 39: radii infracti,id. 2, 38, 38, § 103: vulvae tactu,id. 22, 13, 15, § 31: (Taurus mons) resilit ad Septentriones,retreats, recedes,id. 5, 27, 27, § 97: in spatium resilire manus breve vidit,to shrink, contract,Ov. M. 3, 677; cf.: (mamma) detracto alumno suo sterilescit ilice ac resilit,Plin. 11, 40, 95, § 234.
* Trop., to recoil, start back, shrink from: ubi scopulum offendis ejusmodi ut ab hoc crimen resilire videas,Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 79: instandum iis, quae placere intellexeris, resiliendum ab iis, quae non recipientur,Quint. 12, 10, 56: ut liceret resilire emptori, meliore conditione allatā,to withdraw, recede,Dig. 18, 2, 9.