responso
οὕτω τι βαθὺ καὶ μυστηριῶδες ἡ σιγὴ καὶ νηφάλιον, ἡ δὲ μέθη λάλον → silence is something profound and mysterious and sober, but drunkenness chatters
Latin > English
responso responsare, responsavi, responsatus V :: answer, reply (to); reecho
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
rēsponso: āre, v. freq. a. id.,
I to return an answer, to answer, reply, respond (poet.).
I Lit.: neu quisquam responset, quando hasce aedes pultabit senex, Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 56: pro me responsa tibi, id. Cist. 2, 1, 40; id. Mil. 4, 1, 17: num ancillae aut servi tibi Responsant? answer you back, id. Men. 4, 2, 57.—
II Trop.: exoritur clamor, ripaeque lacusque Responsant circa, re-echo, Verg. A. 12, 757; Val. Fl. 3, 597; 4, 286; Claud. in Eutr. 2, 162: ne gallina malum responset dura palato, ill suit his palate, Hor. S. 2, 4, 18: responsare cupidinibus, contemnere honores Fortis, to withstand, resist, bid defiance to, id. ib. 2, 7, 85; cf.: fortunae superbae, id. Ep. 1, 1, 68: animus cenis opimis, id. S. 2, 7, 103.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
respōnsō,¹⁴ āvī, ātum, āre (respondeo), intr.,
1 répondre : a) quand qqn frappe à la porte : Pl. Most. 403 ; b) répliquer, récalcitrer, tenir tête à qqn : Pl. Men. 621 || [métaph.] répondre [écho] : Virg. En. 12, 757 ; Val. Flacc. 3, 597
2 [fig.] a) répondre à, satisfaire à [dat.] : Pl. Mil. 964 ; b) tenir tête, braver : cupidinibus Hor. S. 2, 7, 85, tenir tête aux passions, cf. Hor. S. 2, 4, 18 || [les deux sens à la fois] Hor. S. 2, 7, 103.
Latin > German (Georges)
respōnso, āre (Intens. v. respondeo), antworten, entgegnen, I) eig. u. übtr.: neu quisquam responset, quando etc., Plaut.: num servi tibi responsant? belfern die Skl. gegen dich? sind die Skl. grob gegen dich? Plaut. – übtr., lucus ripaeque responsant circa, geben einen Widerhall, Verg.: u. so responsant silvae et vaga certat imago, Val. Flacc.: fallax responsat imago frondibus, Stat. – II) bildl.: ingenuis satis responsare (genügen) nequire, Plaut. mil. 963: resp. cupidinibus, gleichsam Rede stehen, Trotz bieten, Hor.: cenis, verschmähen, Hor.: palato, dem Gaumen trotzen, Hor.
