recourse Copy link Outline 1. confŭgio, fūgi, fugĭtum, 3 (for safety)2. prŏfŭgio, 3 (to flee to a distance, run away, escape)3. dēcurro, curri, and cŭcurri, cursum, 3 (to resort to an expedient)4. ĕo, 4 (like preced. poet.) to h. r. again to tears, ire iterum in lacrymas ..., Virg. Aen. 4, 413 we will h. r. to punishments, ibimus in poenas, Ov. Met. 5, 668.5. rĕcurro, 3 (return to)6. descendo, i, sum, 3 (to stoop to)7. mōlior, 4 (to use effort, attempt)8. expĕrior, pertus, 49. pĕto, īvi and ĭi, ītum, 3 (go to)10. tento, 1 (to try)11. adhĭbeo, ui, 2 (to employ)12. ūtor, ūsus, 3 (make use of)13. adeo, ivi and ĭi, 4 (go to)14. confĕro, tŭli, ferre, 3 (with pron. refl.15. applĭco, avi and ŭi, ātum and ĭtum, 1 (with pron. refl.) • recourse, have recourse to: 1. confŭgio, fūgi, fugĭtum, 3 (for safety): to thee I have r., ad te confugio, Virg. Aen. 1, 666. 2. prŏfŭgio, 3 (to flee to a distance, run away, escape): to have r. to Brutus, ad Brutum p. Cic. Att. 15, 21. 3. dēcurro, curri, and cŭcurri, cursum, 3 (to resort to an expedient): to have r. to pitiful entreaties, ad miseras preces d., Hor. Od. 3, 29, 59: you had such eager r. to these rights, ad haec jura tam cupide decurrebas, Cic. Quint. 15, 48: r. was had to that expedient that ..., decurrebatur eo ut ..., Liv. 31, 20. 4. ĕo, 4 (like preced. poet.) to h. r. again to tears, ire iterum in lacrymas ..., Virg. Aen. 4, 413 we will h. r. to punishments, ibimus in poenas, Ov. Met. 5, 668. 5. rĕcurro, 3 (return to): it is necessary to h. r. to those authors, necesse est ad eos auctores r., Quint. 1, prooem. 17. 6. descendo, i, sum, 3 (to stoop to): to h. r. to all sorts of prayers, preces descendere in omnes, Virg. Aen. 5, 782. 7. mōlior, 4 (to use effort, attempt): to h. r. to many expedients, multa moliri, Sall. Cat. 27. 8. expĕrior, pertus, 4: to h. r. to all extreme measures, extrema omnia experiri, ib. 26. 9. pĕto, īvi and ĭi, ītum, 3 (go to): that I might h. r. to thee, ut te supplex peterem, Virg. Aen. 6, 115. 10. tento, 1 (to try): I will h. r. to every method, tentabo omnia, Brut. ad Cic. Ep. 16. 11. adhĭbeo, ui, 2 (to employ): to h. r. to mild complaints, blandas ad. querelas, Tibull. 3, 4, 75: those gods to whom it is duteous to h. r., quos pium est adhibere Deos, Ov. Fast. 4, 829. 12. ūtor, ūsus, 3 (make use of): I desire you to h. r. daily to a mirror, speculo vos uti volo, Phaedr. 3, 10, 14. 13. adeo, ivi and ĭi, 4 (go to): the king has r. to the oracle of Faunus, oracula Fauni ... adit, Virg. Aen. 7, 82. 14. confĕro, tŭli, ferre, 3 (with pron. refl.: to betake oneself to, take to): his friends and partisans h. r. to flight, se in fugam conferunt amici advocatique ejus, Cic. Caecin. 8, 22. 15. applĭco, avi and ŭi, ātum and ĭtum, 1 (with pron. refl.): I had r. to Molo, me ad Molonem applicavi, id. Brut. 91, 316 it came to pass that almost all the states had r. to the alliance of the Athenians, ... ad Atheniensium societatem se applicarent, Nep. Arist. 2, 3.