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re-spondeō spondī, spōnsus, ēre,

to answer, reply, respond, make answer: in respondendo exposuit, etc.: non inhumaniter: ille appellatus respondit, Cs.: par pari ut respondeas, give tit for tat, T.: paria paribus: antiquissimae cuique (epistulae) primum respondebo: ad ea, quae quaesita erant: adversus utrosque, L.: quin respondes, vetuerimne te, etc., L.: mihi quis esset: cum dixisset, Quid agis, Grani? respondit, Immo vero, etc.: tibi pauca: Accipe, quid contra iuvenis responderit, H.: Quid nunc renunciem abs te responsum? T.: (haec) quam brevia responsu.—To give an opinion, give advice, decide, answer: falsum de iure: te ad ius respondendum dare: civica iura, H.: quae consuluntur, minimo periculo respondentur, etc.: cum ex prodigiis haruspices respondissent, S.: deliberantibus Pythia respondit, ut moenibus ligneis se munirent, advised, N.—To answer to one's name, answer, attend, appear: ad nomina, L.: vadato, H.: Verrem alterā actione responsurum non esse: nemo Epaminondam reresponsurum putabat, N.: ad tempus.—Fig., to answer, reply, re-echo, resound: saxa voci respondent: respondent flebile ripae, O.—To answer, be equal to, be a match for, suffice to meet: urbes coloniarum respondebunt Catilinae tumulis silvestribus.—To answer, correspond, accord, agree: ut omnia omnibus paribus paria respondeant: respondent extrema primis: illam artem (sc. rhetoricam) quasi ex alterā parte respondere dialecticae, i. e. is the counterpart of: Contra elata mari respondet Gnosia tellus, i. e. lies opposite, V.: ita erudiri, ut patri respondeat, resemble: ut nostra in amicos benevolentia illorum erga vos benevolentiae respondeat: seges votis, V.: arma Caesaris non responsura lacertis, H.: officio, to suffice for, H.: Non mihi respondent veteres in carmina vires, O.: amori amore respondere, i. e. return: provide, ut sit, unde par pari respondeatur, i. e. that there be enough to meet the demand: ad spem eventus respondit, L.

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