relapse (subs.) Copy link • relapse (subs.): expr. by a phr.: the r. of Germanicus, aegritudo quae rursum Germanico acciderat, Tac. A. 2, 69. To have a r., rĕcĭdo, cĭdi, cāsum, 3: do not call me away from these remedies to that crowd, lest I have a r., ab his me remediis noli in istam turbam vocare ne recidam, Cic. Att. 12, 21, extr.: Plin.: also, in morbum de integro incidere, id. Fam. 12, 30, 2: cf. id. Cat. 1, 13, 31: to leave a more serious r., in graviorem morbum recidere, Liv. 24, 29. (N.B.--recidiva febris, Cels. 3, 4, means remittent, recurring.)