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.
ebb (v.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. rĕcēdo, ssi, ssum, 32. rĕmeo, 13. rĕciprŏco, 1II. Fig. • ebb (v.): I. Lit.: of the tide: 1. rĕcēdo, ssi, ssum, 3: the tides now flowing and now e.ing, aestus maritimi tum accedentes tum recedentes, Cic. N. D. 2, 53, 132. 2. rĕmeo, 1: the tides e. and flow twice every 24 hours, aestus maris bis affluunt bisque r. vicenis quaternisque semper horis, Plin. 2, 97, 99 (see the place). 3. rĕciprŏco, 1: Plin. l. c. Phr.: when the tide e.s, minuente aestu, Caes. B. G. 3, 12: less precise expr. are, (aestus maris) residunt, se resorbent, Plin. l. c.; (mare) resorbetur, Tac. II. Fig.: to sink to a low state: dēcresco, dētĕrior fīo, etc.: v. to decrease, wane.
EBB Copy link • EBB 1. s. marinorum aestuum recessus; aesptus decessus. At the time of the ebb-tide, minuente aestu (Caes.). Ebb and flow, marinorum aestuum accessus ac recessus; aestus maritimi accedentes et recedentes. FIG., To be at a low ebb (by various expressions, according to the thing or state to which the phrase is applied) ad inopiam redigi; in moerore, in dolore, in moestitia esse; in malis esse or versari: My purse is at a low ebb, imparatus sum a pecunia; a pecunia laboro; in summa sum difficultate numaria. 2. v. recedere, decrescere: this fountain ebbs and flows three times a day, hic fons ter in die crescit decrescitque. The sea ebbs and flows, aestus maris accedunt et reciprocant: the waters are beginning to ebb, or the ebb-tide is beginning, aestus minuit (Caes.); undae recedunt; aestus maris residunt, or se resorbent: the sea ebbs and flows twice in every twenty-four hours, bis affluunt bisque remeant aestus maris vicenis quaternisque semper horis: when the tide has flowed for six hours, it ebbs for the same number, cum sex horis aestus creverunt, totidem decreverunt rursus iidem (Varr.).