recovery Copy link Outline I. Act of getting back again1. rĕcŭpĕrātio2. rĕpărātioII. From illness.1. rĕfectio2. recreātio3. mĕdĭcīna4. rĕmĕdium, in same sense r. from blindness, r. caecitatis, Tac. H. 4, 81.5. sălūs, ūtis, f.6. sānĭtasIII. In legal sense; r. of debts, etc. • recovery: I. Act of getting back again: 1. rĕcŭpĕrātio: r. of liberty, r. libertatis, Cic. Phil. 10, 10, 20. 2. rĕpărātio: this death is the r. of life, mors haec reparatio vitae est, Prudent. Cath. 10, 120. II. From illness. 1. rĕfectio: relieved from fever, he will scarcely have strength for r., ... vix refectioni valebit, Cels. 3, 15. 2. recreātio: useful for r. after sickness, ab aegritudine recreationi efficax, Plin. H. N. 22, 23, 49 § 102. 3. mĕdĭcīna: strictly, means of r.: so that some god seems to have effected my r., ut mihi deus aliquis m. fecisse videatur, Cic. Fam. 14, 7. 4. rĕmĕdium, in same sense r. from blindness, r. caecitatis, Tac. H. 4, 81. 5. sălūs, ūtis, f.: the r. of many sick persons I consider to have been caused by Aesculapius, multorum aegrorum salutem ab Aesculapio datam judico, Cic. N. D. 3, 38, 91: he abandoned hope of r., spem salutis projecit, Plin. Ep. 7, 27: to despair of r., saluti desperare, Cic. Cluent. 25, 68. 6. sānĭtas: until treatment comes to effect r., ad sanitatem dum venit curatio, Phaedr. 5, 7, 12: we arrive with difficulty at r., difficulter ad sanitatem pervenimus, Sen. Ep. 50, 4. Phr.: the diseases of the state being regarded as past r., desperatis reipublicae morbis, Cic. Sull. 27, 76: lest my enemies may hope for their own r., ne inimici ... sperent se convalescere posse, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 9: of whose r. you despair, quos diffidas sanos facere, Cato, R. R. 157. III. In legal sense; r. of debts, etc.: ēvictio: Dig. 21, 2 (de evictionibus et duplae stipulatione): v. to recover (14).