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my amazement, came to myself. Tcrcnt. 
Quid festinas? animam recipe, gctyour 
breath again, recover your breath. — Also, 
to place in its former state, reestablish., re¬ 
instate, restore. Liv. res afflictas.- 
If Also, to take or draw back, draw to one's 
self Virg. ensem. Cels. Sagitta sffi- 
pius ab altera parte recipienda est, h. e. 
to be extracted. Virg. Recepit ad sese, 
et sacra long®vum in sede locavit. — 
Hence, to bring off, rescue, save. Virg. 
aliquem ex medio hoste. Liv. aliquem 
ex servitute. — Also, to except, reserve, 
at a sale for instance. Plaut. Posticu- 
lura recepit, quum cedes vendidit. Cic. 
Rutis ciesis receptis. — Also, Recipere 
se, to betake one's self back, come back, re¬ 
turn ; as, Tcrent. Quam mox se recipiat 
Geta. Cic. Qui quum ad diem se rece- 
pisset, &,c. Id. Recipe te ad nos. Cats. 
Cl inde se in currus citissime recipere 
consueverint. So, also, of an army, to 
draw back, retire, make a retreat, retreat. 
Coes. Si sine maximo detrimento legio- 
nes se recepissent inde, quo temere es- 
sent progress®. Id. Pedem referre, et 
quod 111011 s suberat, eo se recipere coe 
perunt. Id. Rursus se ad signa recipi- 
entes insequantur. Also, without me, 
te, se, &c. Cces. Si quo erat longius 
prodeunduin, aut celerius recipiendum. 
Plant. Cum pneda recipias, sc. te. Al¬ 
so, figur. Plant. Ad ingenium vetus 
versutum te recipis tuum, betake your¬ 
self again, return. Cic. se ad frugem 
bonam, to amend, reform, become wiser 
and better. Plin. Pancg. Ceterum 
egressus, statim se recipiebat in princi 
pern, h. e. immediately resumed the bearing 
of un emperor, teas the emperor again. —• 
II. to take, receive, accept, adopt, take 
upon one's self. -IT To take, receive, 
take in. Cic. Alvus continet, quod re- 
cipit. Id. mandatum. Ovid. Tabellas 
dare et recipere. Stat. Pieces receptee, 
heard, granted. Cic. (of the prstor), 
Recipere nomen alicujus, to receive or 
admit his name among the accused, admit 
a complaint against him. Id. Si tantum 
ex ejus bonis populus recepisset, had re¬ 
ceived. Liv. urbem, to take. Cues. Recep- 
to Asculo. Id. Duas receptas provincial 
(In this use of the word it often implies 
a capitulation or voluntary surrender 
on the part of the city, &c. taken.) 
Virg. Recipere pcenam ab aliquo, take 
vengeance or inflict punishment upon. 
Cic T Si hos qumstus recipere posses. 
Liv. labem in se, to contract. Also, Id. 
Recipere ferrum, to receive or take the 
sword, submit to be pierced with the sword, 
of vanquished gladiators. Cces. Reci¬ 
pere tela ab aperto latere, to receive, be 
shot by. Cic. telum toto corpore, let 
himself be pierced through and through. 
- U Also, to accept, undertake, take 
on one's self. Cic. causam, to undertake, 
when solicited; suscipere, to take up of 
one’s own accord. (Compare Cic. in Cce- 
cU. Div. 8.) — Also, to take up, adopt, 
receive into use. Tacit. More inter vete- 
res recepto. Plin. Ep. Est omnino ini- 
quum, sed usu receptum, h. e. usual, 
common, received. Quintil. Tropi in 
usum recepti. (See Reccptus, a, urn.) 
_Also, Recipere aliquem, to take up, 
interest one's self for ; as, Vatin, ad Cic. 
Quern in periculo recepisti. Id. clien- 
tes.-IT Also, to take upon one's seif 
pledge one's self, engage, warrant, guar¬ 
anty, pass one's word, solemnly assure, 
sacredly promise. Tcrent. Ad me re- 
cipio: faciet. Cic. Quum ®des L. Fu- 
fio venderet, in mancipio lamina, uti 
turn essent, recepit. Id. Promitto inque 
me recipio, fore eum tibi voluptati. 
Solin. Periculum ad me recipio. So, 
Pandect, periculum in se, take upon his 
own shoulders. Cic. Mihi receperat, se 
defensurura, had solemnly assured me. 
Id. De restate polliceris, vel potius reci¬ 
pis, promise, or rather pledge yourself. 
Plane, ad Cic. Omnia ei petenti recepi. 
Cic. fidem alicui, to pledge, plight, posi¬ 
tively engage. Liv. Obsides reddi re¬ 
ceptum estf-IT Also, to take, receive, 
accept, admit. Plant, nos in custodiam. 
Liv. aliquem urbe, tecto, mensa, re¬ 
ceive, harbor. Auct. ad Her. aliquem 
splendide, receive, treat, entertain. Cic. 
aliquem civitate. Id. aliquem in ordi- 
nem senatorium. Id. aliquem in fami- 
liaritatem. Liv. Romulus receptas ad 
deos. Ovid. Receptus coelo, or in coelo, 
or coelesti sede. Cces. Receptus in ser- 
vitutein. — Also, to take, march, bring, 
cause to go, any whither. Liv. copias 
in tumulum. - II Also, to admit of, 
allow, suffer, bear, be content with, allow 
to take place. Liv. Cunctationem res 
non ultra recipit. Colum. Oliva reci- 
pit quamcumque volueris condituram. 
Quintil. emendationem.-II Also, to 
embrace, contain, comprehend , or be ca¬ 
pable of containing, admit of. Vellei. 
Quantas (virtutes) natura nrortalis reci¬ 
pit. Scnec. Hoc regnum recipit duos. 
-IT Also, to free, deliver. Propert. 
terrain (of Hercules). - IT Recepso, 
for recepero. Cutull. -If See, also, 
Receptus, a, um. 
RECIPROCaTIS (reciproco), onis, a go- 
11 ing back upon its own path, returning 
upon itself rctrogradation, retrogression, 
return, iraXtvSpoyia. Plin. Observata 
®stus reciprocatione, the ebb and flow ; 
or, the ebb. Id. Longitudo fili {of the 
spider's web) a culmine, ac rursus a ter 
ra per illud ipsum velox reciprocatio 
Id. (of goats meeting on a narrow 
bridge), Reciprocatio, retracing their 
steps by walking backwards. Oell. Re¬ 
ciprocatio talionum, h. e. retaliation. 
RECIPRCICaTOS (Id.), us, m. same as 
3 Reciprocatio. Prudent. 
RECIPR5CIC5RNIS (reciprocus & cor- 
3 nu), e, adj. having horns bent inwards 
or back. Laber. ap. Tertull. 
RECIPRoCS (reciprocus), as, avi, atum, 
1 a. and sometimes n. 1 . to fetch back 
the same way, bring back again, make to 
return upon its own path, avriccrpecpw, 
naXtvipopeco. Liv. animam, draw breath 
again, respire. Sil. Undas retluus re¬ 
ciprocal ®stus, makes to ebb, carries 
back. Cic. In motu reciprocando, in 
ebbing. Liv. Quinqueremem credens 
in adversum oestum reciprocari non 
posse, be made to return, sail back. Plin. 
AEstus semper profluens, nunquam re- 
ciprocatur, flows back, returns. — Absol. 
to go back, return, ebb. Plin. iEstus 
maris accedere, et reciprocare, maxime 
mirum. Id. (of planets), Reciprocare 
ad solem.— It seems, also, sometimes 
to be used of motion back and forth. 
Gcll. Reciprocnns telum manu , moving 
hither and thither, thrusting forward and 
drawing back,flourishing. Id. Per quam 
(fistulam) spiritus reciprocatur, comes 
and goes. So, Cic. In motu recipro- 
cando (quoted above).-If Figur. of 
the subject and predicate of a proposi¬ 
tion, Reciprocari, to be convertible, infer 
each other, depend on each other by mutual 
consequence ; or, simply, to be converted. 
Cic. Divin. 1, 6. 
RECIPR6C0S (unc.), a, um, adj. return- 
2 ing upon itself or its own path, retro 
grading, dvriarpoepos, TraXivSpop'is. Ac- 
tius ap. Farr. Reciproca tela (of arrows 
which are drawn back before bein 
discharged). Sil. Reciproca Tethys, 
ebbintr and flawing. Plin. Reciprocis 
amnfbus siccatum litus, retreating, re¬ 
ceding. Id. Lacus maturius reciprocus, 
h. e. returning to itself, after having over¬ 
flowed. — Figur. Gell. argumentum, 
that may be retorted upon him who ad¬ 
vanced it. Prise, pronomina, reflective. 
Plin. voces, reverberating; echoes. - 
U Also, reciprocal, mutual, alternate. 
Gcll. taliones. Plin. ars, h. e. so that it 
bores its way forward, and at the same 
time sucks the blood. Ilieronym. epis 
tol®. 
RECISaMeNTUM (recldo), i, n. a little 
2 piece cut off from any thing, a paring. 
shaving, chip, bit, aird/coppa. Plin. 
RECISI5 (Id.), onis, f. a cutting off, cut¬ 
ting away , dvaropy. Plin. Omnis rosa 
recisione atque ustione proficit. — Fig¬ 
ur. a retrenchment, reduction, diminution 
Pandect. 
RECISOS, a, um, particip. from recldo 
2- IT Adj. short, brief, compendious. 
Pandect. Tempus recisius. Vellei. Opus 
hoc tarn recisum. 
RECITaTIS (recito), onis, f. a reading 
off, reading over aloud, dvayvtaoif. Cic. 
literarumf Id. Ut eum recitationis su® 
poeniteret. — Of the reading of one’s 
750 
poems, &c. to others before publication. 
Plin. Ep. 
RECITAT5R (Id.), oris, m. one who reads 
off, a reader, di/ayvcourfis. Cic. Tres et 
ipse excitavit recitatores cum singulis 
libellis. — Also of a poet, &c. who reads 
his writings before his friends or in public. 
Ilorat. and Plin. Ep. 
RECIT5 (re & cito), as, avi,atum, a. and 
sometimes n. 1. to read off, read, aloud, 
dvayiviioaKio. Cic. litteras in senatu. Id. 
Philippus Censor avunculum suuin pr®- 
teriit in recitando Senatu, h. e. in reading 
the roll of the senate. Id. Da qu®so scri- 
b®: recitet ex codice. Liv. Brutus 
jusjurandum populi recitat. Cic. Tes- 
tamento si recitatus heres essetpupillus. 
— It was usual for poets, and after¬ 
wards for other writers, to read their 
works to their friends (and sometimes 
more publicly) before publishing them. 
Ilorat. Nec recitem quidquam, nisi 
amicis, idque coactus, non ubivis, co- 
ramve quibuslibet: in medio qui scripta 
foro recitent, sunt multi, quique lavan- 
tes. Ovid. Ssepe suos solitus recitare 
Propertius ignes. Juvenal. Augusto 
recitantes mense poetas.-If Also, 
to say by heart, repeat from memory, say 
off, recite. Cels. Recitare, si qua memi- 
nerunt. Martiul. Spectant, qui recitare 
solent, li. e. actors. 
REOLaMaTIS (reclamo), onis, f. a cry¬ 
ing out in disapprobation, cry of opposi¬ 
tion or dislike, loud expression of displeas¬ 
ure. Cic. and Apul. 
RECLaMITS (frequentat. from reclamo), 
1 as, n. 1. to cry out against, exclaim 
against, contradict-, with dative. Cic. 
RE5laM 8 (re & clamo), as, avi, atum, 
n. and a. 1. to cry or bawl out against, 
oppose with clamor, contradict with a loud 
voice, gainsay, manifest indignation or 
aversion by crying out, dvri/Snao), av-c- 
Xcyo. Cic. In his si paulum modo of- 
fensum est, theatra tota reclamant. Id. 
Ejus orationi vehementer ah omnibus 
reclamation est. Plin. Ep. Cum mihi 
quidam e judicibus ipsis pro reo gratio- 
sissimo reclamarent. Cic. Una voce 
omnes, ne is juraret, reclamasse. Figur. 
Lucret. Cui ratio vera reclamat. — It 
may, also, be translated, to cry no. Cic. 
Sext. 59. — Hence, to object. Quintil. 
Qu® mihi reclamari (to be objected) viden- 
tur (where it is not impers. but is used as 
if it were transitive in the active voice). 
-IT Also, to cry out, call out, exclaim. 
Ilorat. Vicinia rauca reclamat. Pliccdr. 
Reclamant omnes, vindicandam irijuri- 
am.-II Also, to call or call again, call 
upon. Val. Flu.cc. Rursus Hylan, et 
rursus Hylan reclamat. Id. dominam 
nomine. — Hence, Reclamare in li- 
bertatem, h. e. proclamare. Pandect. 
-II Poetically, to ring again, resound, 
re'dcho, reverberate. Virg. Scopulis il- 
lisa reclamant squora. Stat. Ager do¬ 
mino reclamat, answers with an echo, 
responds. 
RECLaNGeNS (re & clango), entis, par- 
3 licip. resounding, sounding, ringing. 
Ammian. 
RECLINIS (reclino), e, adj. leaning back, 
2 bent back, reclining, leaning. Tacit. Hie 
ut erat reclinis. Senec. Alger rechni 
pectore immugit leo. —With dative. 
Senec. hast®. Val. Flacc. stratis. 
With a prep. Martial, in gramme. 
RECLIN8 (re&clino), as, avi, atum, a. 
and n. 1. to bend back; hence, generally, 
to bend, to incline upon or against some¬ 
thing, dvaicXivco. Cats. Hue quum se 
reclinaverint, li. e. they recline or lean 
upon these. Virg. Defigunt tellure lias- 
tas, et scuta reclinant. Cic. m Aral- 
At Cepheus caput, atque humeros, pal- 
masque reclinrft. Senec. onus imperii 
in aliquem. Also, Reclinatus, a, urn, 
bait back, reclined, leaning. Cces. na 
paululum reel in at® quietem capiunt. 
Petron. in cubitum, supported try. no- 
rat. in gramme, stretched out. Hencir 
to relieve, suffer to rest. _ Horat. Aul u 
a labore me'reclinat otium. . 
RECLINES, a, um, adj. for Reclinis. Vo- 
RECLIVIS (re & clivus), e, adj. bending 
3 back, sloping, inclined. Pallad. Frumen- 
ta l®tantur patenti campo et ad solera 
reclivi. 
