ebb (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. rĕcessus, ūs (opp. to accessus)2. dēcessus (aestūs)3. regressus (aestūs)II. Fig. • ebb (subs.): I. Lit.: of the tide: 1. rĕcessus, ūs (opp. to accessus): more fully, marini aestus recessus, Cic. 2. dēcessus (aestūs): Cic. 3. regressus (aestūs): Val. Max. Phr.: the e. and flow of the tide, aestus reciprocatio, Plin. II. Fig.: a low state: Phr.: to be at a low e., jacēre: the law-courts were at a low e., judicia jacebant, Cic.: when your fortunes are at their e., in adversis (angustis) rebus (v. adversity): hope is at a low e., spes in angusto est, Cic.; fluere ac retro sublapsa referri spes (Danaum), Virg. A. 2, 169: in all things there is e. and flow, omnium rerum vicissitudo est, Ter. (v. vicissitude): our funds are at a low e., *de re pecuniaria male res se habet.