resort (subs.) Copy link Outline I. A frequented place.1. lŏcus cĕlĕber2. stătio a very favourite r. of sea-birds, s. gratissima mergis, Virg. Aen. 5, 128II. Recourse • resort (subs.): I. A frequented place. 1. lŏcus cĕlĕber: Cic. Part. Or. 10, 36 a place of great r., l. celeberrimus, id. Att. 12, 23, ad fin. 2. stătio a very favourite r. of sea-birds, s. gratissima mergis, Virg. Aen. 5, 128: to sit in places of public r., in stationibus sedere, Plin. Ep. 1, 13, ad init.: v. haunt. Phr.: a market town of the greatest r. in the whole kingdom, forum rerum venalium totius regni maxime celebratum, Sall. J. 47: a mart which grew to be a place of r. during the war, per bellum coeptum frequentari emporium, Liv. 24, 7, ad fin. II. Recourse: best expr. by the verb: v. also recourse. Phr.: the last r., extremum auxilium, Caes.: v. resource.