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.
