I.“resilivi,” Sen. Contr. 1, 3, 4), 4, v. n., to leap or spring back (rare but class.).
I. Lit.: “(exit in terram) in Indiae fluminibus certum genus piscium, ac deinde resilit,” Plin. 9, 19, 35, § 71: “recedere sensim datur (oratoribus): Quidam et resiliunt, quod est plane ridiculum,” Quint. 11, 3, 127: “(ranae) saepe In gelidos resilire lacus,” Ov. M. 6, 374: “piratae in aquas suas,” Flor. 3, 6, 6: “velites ad manipulos,” Liv. 30, 33 fin.: “a taetro veneno,” Lucr. 4, 685: “polypus ab odore cunilae,” Plin. 10, 70, 90, § 195; 34, 8, 19, § 75.—
b. Transf., of things as subjects, to spring back, start back, rebound, recoil, retreat, Lucr. 4, 347: “juvenis ferit ora sarissā. Non secus haec resilit, quam tecti a culmine grando,” Ov. M. 12, 480: “ignis ab ictu,” Plin. 2, 54, 55, § 142: “(cervices) ab imposito nuper jugo,” Flor. 4, 12, 2: “resilire guttas,” Plin. 11, 15, 15, § 39: “radii infracti,” id. 2, 38, 38, § 103: “vulvae tactu,” id. 22, 13, 15, § 31: “(Taurus mons) resilit ad Septentriones,” retreats, recedes, id. 5, 27, 27, § 97: “in spatium resilire manus breve vidit,” to shrink, contract, Ov. M. 3, 677; cf.: “(mamma) detracto alumno suo sterilescit ilice ac resilit,” Plin. 11, 40, 95, § 234. —
II. Trop., to recoil, start back, shrink from: “ubi scopulum offendis ejusmodi ut ab hoc crimen resilire videas,” Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 79: “instandum iis, quae placere intellexeris, resiliendum ab iis, quae non recipientur,” Quint. 12, 10, 56: “ut liceret resilire emptori, meliore conditione allatā,” to withdraw, recede, Dig. 18, 2, 9.
