1. rĕgressus — Lewis & Short
rĕgressus, a, um,
Part., from regredior.The corpus record — Latin
rĕgressus
rĕgressus
Part., from regredior
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What it meant
2. rĕgressus — Lewis & Short
rĕgressus, ūs, m.regredior,
I a going back, return, regress (class.).
I Lit.:
nihil errat, quod in omni aeternitate conservat progressus et regressus reliquosque motus constantes et ratos,Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 51:
regressus non dabat ille viro,Ov. A. A. 2, 32; App. M. 9, p. 235, 34. —Poet.:
funditus occidimus neque habet Fortuna regressum,Verg. A. 11, 413; Stat. S. 3, 3, 157.—
B In milit. lang., a retreat:
regressus inde in tutum non esset,Liv. 38, 4 fin.; Tac. A. 1, 51; Front. Strat. 1, 3, 10; 2, 5, 40; 3, 11, 3.—
II Trop., a return, retreat, regress:
neque locus poenitendi aut regressūs ab irā relictus esset,Liv. 24, 26 fin.:
est privatis cogitationibus regressus,Tac. H. 2, 74; cf.: nullo ad poenitendum regressu, id. A. 4, 11:
consul regressum animoso ejus dicto obtulit,Val. Max. 6, 2, 1.—
B In jurid. lang., a remedy, reserve, resource:
nullum adversus venditorem habetis regressum,Dig. 21, 2, 34.—
2 Transf., in gen.: ut contra judiciorum varietates superesset artificis regressus ad veniam, Plin. H. N. praef. § 26; Tac. A. 12, 10 fin.
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