The corpus record — Latin

reverbero

reverbero · v. a

to strike back

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Where it lives

De Clementia 1 · 1.2/10k
Historiae Alexandri Magni 2 · 0.27/10k
Argonautica 1 · 0.27/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 1 · 0.22/10k
Controversiae 1 · 0.15/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

rĕ-verbĕro — Lewis & Short

rĕ-verbĕro, āre, 1, v. a.,

I to strike back, repel, cause to rebound (post-Aug.): sic veneficiis corpus induruit, ut saxa reverberet, Sen. Contr. 1, 3, 11: Indus saxis saepe impeditus quīs crebro reverberatur, Curt. 8, 9, 7: reverberato lapide, Amm. 24, 4, 28: ut humus molliter cedat nec incrementa duritiā suā reverberet, Col. 3, 13, 7: usque adeo ut radios omnis nostri tuoris splendore reverberent, App. de Deo Socr. p. 48, 3: hinc vi reverberante ventorum, Amm. 22, 15, 7. —

II Trop.: iram Fortunae, Sen. Clem. 2, 5, 4; Claud. Mam. Stat. An. 1. 27; cf. Amm. 22, 15, 7.

In the wild

reverberabatur Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni 9.9.8
reverberet Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 3.13.7
reverberat Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 1.516
reverberabit Seneca, De Clementia 2.5.5
reuerberet Seneca the Elder, Controversiae 1.3.11
reverberatur Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni 8.9.7

6 of 7 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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