revolt (v.) Copy link Outline I. Intrans.1. dēfĭcio, fēci, fectum, 3 (to stand aloof from)2. descisco, ivi or ii, ītum, 3 (mostly constr. with ab)3. rĕbello, 1 (to make war again4. sēcēdo, cessi, cessum, 3 (to withdraw from the stateII. Trans. • revolt (v.): I. Intrans.: 1. dēfĭcio, fēci, fectum, 3 (to stand aloof from): the states which had r.'d, civitates quae defecerant, Caes. B. G. 3, 17: those who r.'d from the republic, ii qui a republica defecerunt, Cic. Cat. 1, 11, 28. 2. descisco, ivi or ii, ītum, 3 (mostly constr. with ab): to r. from one's native land, a patria d., Liv. 28, 27, ad init.; Cic. Phil. 11, 9, 21. 3. rĕbello, 1 (to make war again: said of a conquered people): v. rebel. 4. sēcēdo, cessi, cessum, 3 (to withdraw from the state: esp. of the revolts of the plebs): Sall. Cat. 33: Liv.: v. secede. Phr.: lest the common people should r., ne plebs laberetur, Caes. B. G. 5, 3: to r., in fide non manere, Liv. 28, 24; imperium auspiciumque abnuere, id. 28, 27, ad init. (said of soldiers). Fig.: our very nature r.s at such suspicions, istiusmodi suspicionibus reclamitat natura ipsa, Cic. Rosc. Am. 22, 63. II. Trans.: offendo. di, sum, 3: v. shock, disgust.