recedo

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rĕ-cēdo: cessi, cessum, 3, v. n.,
I to go back, fall back, give ground, retire, withdraw, recede.
   A Lit. (class.; cf.: decedo, abscedo): pone nos recede, Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 34: ego abs te procul recedam, id. Mil. 2, 4, 4: hinc, id. Bacch. 4, 1, 7: illuc, id. Rud. 3, 5, 7: recedere loco, id. Am. 1, 1, 84; cf.: centuriones ex eo quo stabant loco recesserunt, Caes. B. G. 5, 43: non modo illum e Galliā non discessisse, sed ne a Mutinā quidem recessisse, Cic. Phil. 8, 7, 21: procul a telo veniente, Ov. M. 12, 359: de medio, Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 112: ab hoste, Ov. P. 3, 1, 151: longius, Verg. G. 4, 191: tristis recedo, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 35; id. C. 2, 19, 31: ab Illiturgi, Liv. 24, 41: in castra Corneliana, Caes. B. C. 2, 30 fin. —
   2    In partic., to retire to one's bedchamber, go to rest, Petr. 85, 5; Ov. Ib. 239.—
   B Transf.
   1    Of inanimate and abstract things: ut illae undae ad alios accedant, ab aliis autem recedant, Cic. Planc. 6, 15: verba movere loco, quamvis invita recedant, yield, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 113: multa ferunt anni venientes commoda secum, Multa recedentes adimunt, the departing years, id. A. P. 176: abeant ac recedant voces illae, Plin. Pan. 2, 2.—
   2    Of places, things, etc., to stand back, recede (i. e. to be distant or retired; freq., esp. after the Aug. per.): secreta parentis Anchisae domus arboribusque obtecta recessit, Verg. A. 2, 300; cf. Cat. 64, 43; and: etsi lata recessit Urbe domus, Stat. Th. 5, 242; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 21: Palaestina vocabatur, quā contingit Arabas ... et quā recedit intus, Damascena, Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 66: Magna Graecia in tres sinus recedens Ausonii maris, id. 3, 10, 15, § 95; 4, 10, 17, § 33; Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 18.—Of nations: gens Cappadocum longissime Ponticarum omnium introrsus recedens, Plin. 6, 8, 8, § 24.—In a painting, etc.: pictor vi artis suae efficit, ut quaedam eminere in opere, quaedam recessisse credamus, Quint. 2, 17, 21; cf.: venter recessit, Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 2.—Poet., of places, which appear to recede by our departure from them: provehimur portu, terraeque urbesque recedunt, Verg. A. 3, 72: mea terra recedit, Ov. M. 8, 139; 11, 466; Sil. 3, 157; Stat. Th. 1, 549 al.—
II In gen., to go away, withdraw, retire, depart from a place, to abandon a thing, = discedere.
   A Lit. (in good prose very rare), = discedere, haec effatu' pater, germana, repente recessit, vanished, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 48 Vahl.): nec vero a stabulis pluviā impendente recedunt Longius (apes), Verg. G. 4, 191; Plin. Ep. 1, 13, 2.—
   2    Transf., of things, to separate from any thing (with which it was previously connected): in aliis ossibus ex toto saepe fragmentum a fragmento recedit, Cels. 8, 7, 1: carnes ab ossibus, Plin. 22, 8, 9, § 22; 19, 5, 23, § 67: caput e cervice, Ov. P. 2, 8, 65; for which also: caput cervice, id. H. 16, 153; cf. id. F. 6, 708; Luc. 8, 674. —
   B Trop., to withdraw, depart, desist (class.; esp. freq. in Cic. and Quint.): si quid vos per laborem recte feceritis, labor ille a vobis cito recedet, Cato ap. Gell. 16, 1, 4: avius a verā longe ratione recedit, Lucr. 2, 229: senes, ut in otia tuta recedant, aiunt, etc., Hor. S. 1, 1, 31: ab officio recedere, Cic. Off. 3, 4, 19; Auct. Her. 3, 3, 5; Cic. Caecin. 20, 58: ab armis, i. e. to lay them down, id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16: penitus a naturā, id. Fin. 4, 16, 43: ab eodem exemplo, Quint. 1, 6, 6; 2, 8, 13; 7, 3, 21: a sententiis ejus, ab omni voluntate, consiliisque, Cic. Att. 12, 4, 2: a vitā, i. e. to kill one's self, id. Tusc. 4, 17, 40 (but Plin. 29, 1, 5, § 6, to die, in gen., a doubtful conjecture; Jahn, procedente vitā): a veritatis viā longe, Lact. 2, 8, 1: ab oppugnatione, Hirt. B. G. 8, 40.—Very freq. of inanimate and abstract subjects: postquam recessit vita patrio corpore, Plaut. Merc. prol. 73: (nomen hostis) a peregrino recessit et proprie in eo, qui arma contra ferret, remansit, has lost the signification of foreigner, Cic. Off. 1, 12, 37; so, res a consuetudine, id. Quint. 21, 67; Quint. 2, 13, 11: figurae sententiarum ab illo simplici modo indicandi recedunt, id. 9, 2, 1: ab usu cotidiano, id. 10, 1, 44 et saep.—Poet., with simple abl.: sic nunquam corde recedit Nata tuo, departs, Stat. S. 3, 5, 55.—Absol., to vanish, pass away, disappear: et pariter Phoebes, pariter maris ira recessit, Ov. M. 12, 36: spes, Luc. 7, 688: quonam nostri tibi cura recessit? Verg. A. 2, 595: fortuna recessit, id. ib. 3, 53.— With in: in ventos vita recessit, passed away into the winds, Verg. A. 4, 705.— Hence, * rĕcessus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.), drawn back, receding: scaena recessior, standing farther back, Vitr. 5, 8.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

rĕcēdō,⁸ cessī, cessum, ĕre, intr.,
1 s’éloigner par une marche en arrière, rétrograder, se retirer : ex loco Cæs. G. 5, 43, 6 ; e Gallia, a Mutina Cic. Phil. 8, 21 ; de medio Cic. Amer. 112, se retirer d’un lieu, de la Gaule, des environs de Modène, du public || [en part., pour se coucher] : Petr. 85, 5 ; Ov. Ib. 239
2 [métaph.] a) undæ comitiorum ab aliis recedunt Cic. Planc. 15, les flots des comices [= le courant populaire, la faveur populaire] s’éloignent des autres ; anni recedentes Hor. P. 176, les années en s’éloignant ; b) Anchisæ domus recessit Virg. En. 2, 300, la maison d’Anchise est retirée (loin du centre) : zotheca recedit Plin. Min. Ep. 2, 17, 21, un cabinet occupe un enfoncement ; pleraque a mari recedentia Curt. 4, 1, 6, la plus grande partie de ce qui (de la région qui) s’écarte de la mer ; c) pictor efficit, ut quædam eminere in opere, quædam recessisse credamus Quint. 2, 17, 21, le peintre nous donne l’illusion que telles parties sont en relief dans son œuvre, telles en retrait (en arrière-plan)
3 s’éloigner, s’en aller : apes a stabulis non recedunt longius Virg. G. 4, 191, les abeilles ne s’éloignent pas trop de la ruche ; (nomen hostis) a peregrino recessit Cic. Off. 1, 37, le mot hostis s’est éloigné de son sens d’« étranger », a perdu son sens d’étranger || res ab eo recessit et ad heredem pervenit Cic. Quinct. 38, les biens n’ont plus leur propriétaire et sont passés à un héritier || maris ira recessit Ov. M. 12, 36, la colère de la mer s’évanouit ; in ventos vita recessit Virg. En. 4, 705, la vie s’exhala dans les airs || [en part.] s’éloigner de la foule pour se retirer qq. part, faire retraite : Hor. S. 1, 1, 31
4 se détacher de, se séparer de : carnes recedunt ab ossibus Plin. 22, 22, les chairs se détachent des os, cf. Ov. P. 2, 8, 65 ; F. 6, 708
5 [fig.] ab officio recedere Cic. Off. 3, 19, s’écarter du devoir ; ab armis Cic. Amer. 16, déposer les armes ; a natura Cic. Fin. 4, 43, s’écarter de la nature ; a vita Cic. Tusc. 4, 40, se retirer de la vie [se faire mourir].