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rĕ-vĕho , xi, ctum, 3, v. a.,
I.to carry or bring back, to convey back (class.; syn.: reporto, refero, reddo).
I. Lit.: “Diana Segestam Carthagine revecta,” Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 35, § 77; so, “praedam inde,” Liv. 1, 35: “tela ad Graios,” Ov. M. 13, 402: “aliquem domum (mater),” Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 9; 10; Hor. Epod. 13, 16: “Promethea (satelles Orci),” id. C. 2, 18, 36: “arma,” Stat. Th. 2, 734: “exsequias Romam,” Eutr. 9, 2: “revehunt vitrea, et aëna, vestis, fibulas,” Plin. 12, 19, 42, § 88.—
b. Pass., in mid. force, to drive, ride, sail, etc., back; to return: “ne quis reveheretur inde ad proelium,” Liv. 3, 70: “equo citato ad urbem revectus,” id. 7, 41; 34, 15: “consul revectus in castra,” id. 2, 47: “per circum ad foros,” id. 45, 1: “curru triumphali revectus est,” Plin. 7, 26, 27, § 96: “non satis est Ithacam revehi?” Hor. S. 2, 5, 4: “hac ego sum raptis parte revectus equis,” Ov. A. A. 2, 138.—
II. Trop.: “famam optimam ex Bithyniā revexisti,” brought back, brought home, Plin. Ep. 8, 24, 8: “ad paulo superiorem aetatem revecti sumus,” have gone back, Cic. Brut. 63, 225.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (12):
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.4.77
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 13.402
    • Plautus, Bacchides, 1.1
    • Horace, Satires, 2.5.4
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 8.24.8
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 45, 1
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 3, 70
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 35
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 34, 15
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 2, 47
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 7, 41
    • Statius, Thebias, 2
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