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rĕ-grĕdĭor , gressus, 3,
I.v. dep. n. [gradior], to go or come back; to turn back, return (class.; syn.: revertor, redeo).
I. Lit.: “ut regredi quam progredi mallent,” Cic. Off. 1, 10, 33: “illuc regredere ab ostio,” Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 7: “ex itinere in castra regressi,” Liv. 24, 18 (with redituros): “regressus Tarraconem,” id. 34, 16, 10: “eādem regreditur,” Sall. J. 93, 5: “ad Hiberum,” Liv. 34, 19, 11; 38, 25, 3; 25, 22, 16: “a Germaniā in Urbem regressus,” Suet. Tib. 20: “regressus in insulam,” id. ib. 41: “regressus domum,” id. ib. 11: “retro (opp. ultro progredi), Auct. B. Afr. 50, 3: inde regressus Cretam,” Just. 22, 4, 4: “propius,” Tac. A. 2, 70; 15, 54; id. H. 3, 77. —
B. In milit. lang., to march back, withdraw, retire, retreat: “illi autem hoc acrius instabant neque regredi nostros patiebantur,” Caes. B. C. 3, 45; id. B. G. 2, 23; 5, 44: “statim in collis regredi,” Sall. J. 55, 8; Front. Strat. 3, 11, 1, and 2.—
II. Trop.
1. In gen.: “an in eum annum progredi nemo potuerit edicto, quo praetor alius futurus est: in illum, quo alius praetor fuit, regredietur?” Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 42, § 109: “regredi infinite,” id. Fat. 15, 35: “a quo incepto studioque me ambitio mala detinuerat, eodem regressus, etc.,” Sall. C. 4, 2; cf.: “ut et digredi ex eo et regredi in id facile possimus,” Quint. 10, 6, 5: “ad formandos animos, id. prooem. § 14: in memoriam regredior audisse me (with redeo),” Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 26: “in reorum potestatem regredi,” Dig. 48, 5, 27.—
2. Law t. t., to have recourse: “ad venditorem,” Dig. 21, 2, 21, § 3.?*! Act. form regrĕdo : gradum regredere, Enn. ap. Non. 166, 23 (Trag. v. 13 Vahl.).
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Caesar, Gallic War, 2.23
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.1.109
    • Plautus, Aulularia, 1.1
    • Caesar, Civil War, 3.45
    • Tacitus, Annales, 2.70
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 3.77
    • Plautus, Captivi, 5.4
    • Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum, 93
    • Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum, 55
    • Suetonius, Tiberius, 20
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 34, 16.10
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 24, 18
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    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 34, 19.11
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 38, 25
    • Cicero, De Fato, 15
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 1.10
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 10, 6.5
    • Sallust, Catilinae Coniuratio, 4
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