I.to rise or raise one's self again, to appear again (poet. and post-Aug.; once in Liv. with velut; v. infra).
I. Lit.: “pugnat resurgere saepe,” Ov. M. 5, 349: “si resurgat centimanus Gyges,” Hor. C. 2, 17, 14; Tac. A. 3, 46; cf.“, of convalescent persons: resurgam,” Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 23.— Esp., to rise again, rise from the grave (eccl. Lat.): “ab inferis,” Lact. 4, 19, 6; 4, 26, 3; Vulg. Marc. 9, 8; id. Luc. 7, 22.—Of things: “cupressus arbor repente prociderat ac postero die eodem vestigio resurgens procera et latior virebat,” Tac. H. 2, 78; Suet. Vesp. 5; Plin. 16, 32, 57, § 132: “herbae,” Ov. Am. 2, 16, 9: “obruta cymba de mediis aquis,” id. P. 4, 8, 28: “orbe lunaria cornua nono,” id. M. 2, 453; 8, 11; 7, 81: “urbs,” is rebuilt, Tac. A. 15, 41.—
II. Trop. (cf. resisto): “cum res Romana velut resurgeret,” Liv. 24, 45; cf.: “illic fas regna resurgere Trojae,” Verg. A. 1, 206; “and with this cf.: arma resurgentis Trojae (i.e. Romae),” Prop. 4 (5), 1, 47. “87 (53 M.): victa tamen vinces, eversaque Troja, resurges,” Ov. F. 1, 523: “resurgens Saevit amor,” Verg. A. 4, 531: “bellum,” Vell. 2, 88, 13; Tac. A. 3, 74: “rabies,” id. ib. 1, 39: “partes in Africā,” id. ib. 2, 43: “legiones resurgere in ultionem properent,” id. H. 3, 2: “cum eum ceteri ita vicerint ut major instaurando bello resurgeret,” Just. 37, 1, 8: “ac ne tam longā quidem aetate, quae excidium ejus secuta est, resurrexit,” Curt. 5, 7, 9: “resurgit verae virtutis fortior fama,” Quint. 12, 9, 4: “ter si resurgat murus aëneus,” Hor. C. 3, 3, 65.
