rĕ-sĭlĭo — Lewis & Short
rĕ-sĭlĭo, ŭi (resiliit, Quadrig. ap.
Prisc. p. 906 P.;I
resilivi,Sen. Contr. 1, 3, 4), 4, v. n., to leap or spring back (rare but class.).
I 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.—
b 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. —
II 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.