recoil (v.) Copy link Outline 1. rĕsĭlio, 42. rĕcĭdo, cĭdi, cāsum, 33. rĕcello, 34. rĕvertor, sus, sum, 3 • recoil (v.): 1. rĕsĭlio, 4: v. rebound. 2. rĕcĭdo, cĭdi, cāsum, 3: that a twig r.'d into his eye, ramulum in oculum recidisse, Cic. Div. 1, 54, 123. 3. rĕcello, 3: the earth recoils back, retro recellit, Lucr. 6, 372: the weight r.ing to the ground, libramento recellente ad solum, Liv. 24, 34. 4. rĕvertor, sus, sum, 3: that punishment will r. on your own head, poena reversura est in caput ista tuum, Ov. A. A. 1, 340: v. to recede.