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A. Trans.
I. To give back, restore
1. reddo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3
2. restĭtuo, ui, ūtum, 3 (constr. with ad or dat.)
3. rĕfĕro, retŭli (rettŭli) rĕlatum, 3
4. rĕmitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (to send back)
5. rĕdhĭbeo, 2 (a merc. t. t.)
II. To repay, give an equivalent for
1. rĕfĕro, retŭli (rettŭli), rĕlātum, 3
2. reddo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3
3. rĕpōno, pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 3
III. To give in an official statement
1. prŏfĭteor, fessus, 3 (to make a r. respecting oneself)
2. rĕnuntio, 1
B. Intrans.
1. rĕdeo, ii, ĭtum, 4 (constr. with in, ad, acc. of motion, or adv.
2. rĕvertor, versus or rĕverto, ti, 3 (the dep. form is the more usual, except in the pf. tenses
3. rĕvĕnio, vēni, ventum, 3 (to come back)
4. rĕmigro, 1 (to r. to a former abode)
5. rĕvolvor, vŏlūtus, 3 (to turn back)
6. rĕmeo, 1 (once only in Cic., of the movements of the air)
7. rĕpĕto, īvi or ii, ītum, 3 (to r. to
8. rĕcurro, curri, 3 (to run back
9. rĕcurso, 1 (freq. of preced.)
10. rĕbīto, 3

• return (v.):

A. Trans.:

I. To give back, restore:

1. reddo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3: r. me my 10,000 sesterces, redde mihi X. sestertia, Catul. 102, 1: to r. is to give that which you owe to its owner on his request, r. est id quod debeas ei cujus est volenti dare, Sen. Ben. 7, 19, 1 (q. v.): to r. a thing "with interest," quod acceperis majore mensura r., Cic. Off. 1, 15, 48.
2. restĭtuo, ui, ūtum, 3 (constr. with ad or dat.): v. restore. Join: reddere et r., Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 8.
3. rĕfĕro, retŭli (rettŭli) rĕlatum, 3: to r. the stolen bowl, r. pateram surreptam, Cic. Div. 1, 25, 54.
4. rĕmitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (to send back): r. me my napkin, mihi linteum remitte, Catul. 12, 11: I r. your proffered favour, vestrum vobis beneficium remitto, Caes. B. C. 2, 32, extr.
5. rĕdhĭbeo, 2 (a merc. t. t.): the slave may be r.'d according to the civil law, redhibeatur mancipium jure civili, Cic. Off. 3, 23, 91: Dig.: Pl.

II. To repay, give an equivalent for:

1. rĕfĕro, retŭli (rettŭli), rĕlātum, 3: if he cannot r. a kindness he can at least be sensible of it, si r. gratiam non potest habere certe potest, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 69: to r. like for like, parem gratiam r., Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 51: par pro pari r., id. ib. 3, 1, 55 (here Fleckeisen retains pro: others omit it).
2. reddo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3: to r. an answer, r. responsum, Cic. Planc. 14, 34: v. return (subs.) III.
3. rĕpōno, pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 3: to r. like for like, idem r., Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 19: v. repay, requite. (N. B.--The foll. passage is important it explains the preced.:--"referre est ultro quod debeas afferre. Non dicimus, gratiam reddidit; reddunt enim et qui reposcuntur et qui inviti, et qui ubilibet, et qui per alium. Non dicimus reposuit beneficium aut solvit: nullum enim nobis placuit quod aeri alieno convenit verbum. Referre est ad eum a quo acceperis rem ferre: haec vox significat voluntariam relationem: qui retulit ipse se appellavit:" Sen. Ep. 81, 9-10.) Phr.: to r. an answer, respondere, Cic.: v. answer: (to a letter) rescribere, id.: to r. love for love, amori amore respondere, id. Fam. 15, 21, 3; redamare (ut ita dicam), id. Am. 14, 49 (here only): to r. a favour, rependere gratiam, Phaedr. 2, prol., 12: to r. like for like, par pari respondere, Cic. Att. 6, 1; mutuum facere, Pl. Trin. 2, 4, 37: to r. a blow, referire, Sen. Ira, 2, 34, 5: to r. a salutation, resalutare, Cic. Phil. 2, 41, 106: after r.ing each other's greeting, salutato invicem, Phaedr. 3, 7, 3: a shout arises, the banks r. the sound, exoritur clamor, ripaeque responsant, Virg. Aen. 12, 757.

III. To give in an official statement:

1. prŏfĭteor, fessus, 3 (to make a r. respecting oneself): to r. one's name among these, in his p. nomen suum, Ter. Eun. prol. 3: Cic.
2. rĕnuntio, 1: (to make a r. respecting others: hence of the r.ing officers, etc.): to r. Murena as consul, Murenam consulem r., Cic. Mur. 1, 1.

B. Intrans.:

1. rĕdeo, ii, ĭtum, 4 (constr. with in, ad, acc. of motion, or adv.: also pass. impers.): the bourn whence they say none r., illuc unde negant r. quenquam, Catul. 3, 12: to go and r., ire et r., Phaedr. 2, 8, 12; rarely, and in poet., r. ireque, Ov. M. 2, 409: r.ing in careless order, redeuntes agmine incauto, Liv. 9, 38: by what day I am likely to r., ad quos dies rediturus sim, Cic. Att. 13, 9, extr.: thence they r.'d to Sora, ad Soram inde reditum (sc. est), Liv. 9, 24. Fig.: to r. to their original condition, in pristinum statum r., Caes. B. G. 7, 54, ad fin.
2. rĕvertor, versus or rĕverto, ti, 3 (the dep. form is the more usual, except in the pf. tenses: but the dep. pf. occurs in Tac. and Quint.: prop. to turn back again, before reaching one's destination: constr. like preced.): to go out of one's house and to r., exire domo et r., Cic. Tusc. 3, 15, 31: having advanced three days' journey they r.'d, tridui viam progressi rursus reverterunt, Caes. B. G. 4, 4 (notice the pleonasm). Fig.: to r. to one's old ways, ad superiorem consuetudinem r., Cic. Fam. 9, 24, 2: as a vulgar prov., ad armillum r., App. M. 9, p. 230: Lucil. (prop. to r. to the wine-vessel).
3. rĕvĕnio, vēni, ventum, 3 (to come back): to r. home, domum r., Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175: Pl.: Tac.
4. rĕmigro, 1 (to r. to a former abode): to r. to their own territory, suos r. in agros, Caes. B. G. 4, 27. Fig.: to r. to justice, ad justitiam r., Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 62.
5. rĕvolvor, vŏlūtus, 3 (to turn back): I r. again and again to my seat at Tusculum, revolvor identidem in Tusculanum, Cic. Att. 13, 26. Fig.: to r. to his father's opinion, r. ad patris sententiam, id. Acad. 2, 48, 148.
6. rĕmeo, 1 (once only in Cic., of the movements of the air): the herds used to r. at nightfall to the stalls, nocte remeabant ad stabula greges, Liv. 24, 3: to r. to their native abodes, r. in patrias sedes, Tac. A. 14, 25.
7. rĕpĕto, īvi or ii, ītum, 3 (to r. to: constr. trans. with acc.: rarely absol.): to r. to the camp, castra r., Liv. 31, 21: diseases r., morbi repetunt, Cels. 2, 1, ad init.
8. rĕcurro, curri, 3 (to run back: hence, fig., to r.): you may drive out nature by force, yet she will continually r., naturam expellas furca, tamen usque recurret, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 24: whence all things came., whither they r., unde generata (sint omnia) quo recurrant, Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 61.
9. rĕcurso, 1 (freq. of preced.): at night her anxiety r.s again and again, sub noctem cura recursat, Virg. Aen. 1, 662.
10. rĕbīto, 3: Pl. Phr.: he r.'d to the banquet, se ipse convivio reddidit, Liv. 23, 9, extr.: is it not enough to r. to Ithaca? non satis est Ithacam revehi? Hor. S. 2, 5, 4: to r. by the same way, iter rursus revolvere, Virg. Aen. 9, 391; relegere, Stat. Ach. 1, 23; to r. back, iter retrorsum porrigere, App. M. 6, p. 174: v. retrace: to r. from a walk, redambulare, Pl. Capt. 4, 2, 121: to r., pedem revocare, Virg. Aen. 9, 125; referre, Ps. Ov. H. 15, 186: to cause to r. from exile, de exsilio reducere, Cic. Phil. 2, 4, 9: to r. into voluntary exile, denuo in voluntarium exsilium proficisci, Just. 5, 5, extr.: to r. to one's former intemperance, innovare se ad suam intemperantiam, Cic. Pis. 36, 89: to r. to one's original pursuits, se ad pristina studia revocare, id. Brut. 3, 11: to r. to philosophy, se ad philosophiam referre, id. Off. 2, 1, 4: Syracuse r.'d into its former servitude, Syracusae in antiquam servitutem reciderunt, Liv. 24, 32, extr.

• return (subs.): ; returning:

I. A going or coming back:

1. rĕdĭtus, ūs (constr. with ad, in, or acc. of motion: cf. Lat. Gram. § 260) our going and r., noster itus, r., Cic. Att. 15, 5, ad fin.: a r. home from the forum, domum r. e foro, id. Pis. 3, 7.
2. rĕdĭtio (rarer than preced.): Cic.: Caes.
3. rĕversio (a turning back before the journey is at an end: cf. Cic. Att. 16, 7, reditus vel potius r.): the r. of fevers, r. febrium, id. N. D. 3, 10, 24.
4. regressus, ūs: opp. to progressus, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 51. Fig.: a r. to repentance, r. ad poenitendum, Tac. A. 4, 11.
5. rĕceptus, ūs (in fig. sense): a r. to Caesar's favour, r. ad Caesaris gratiam, Caes. B. C. 1, 1: Liv.
6. rĕmeātus, ūs: Dig. (App. has rĕmeācŭlum for a way of r., M. 6, p. 174.) Phr.: to answer letters by r. of post, perh. literis statim rescribere, Cic. Att. 8, 1, ad init. (cf. tabellarios quam primum remittere, id. Fam. 14, 23): less classically, *per proximum qui abit cursum publicum literas permittere (Kr.).

II. A giving back, restitution:

1. restĭtūtio: v. restitution.
2. rĕdhĭbĭtio (a merc. and leg. t. t.): the r. or the retention of the dowry, r. vel retentio dotis, Cod. Just. 5, 3, 19.

III. Repayment, giving of an equivalent:

1. rĕmūnĕrātio: nothing is pleasanter than the r. of kindness, nihil remuneratione benevolentiae jucundius, Cic. Am. 14, 49: absol.: id. Off. 2, 20, 69: v. recompense.
2. vĭcis, f. (a gen. sing.: no nom. sing. or gen. pl.): to make a r. for a kindness, beneficio v. exsolvere, Tac. H. 4, 3; or simply, v. reddere, Plin. Ep. 2, 9, extr.: in r., invicem (one word) v. turn, requital. Phr.: she who loves me, whom I love in r., quae me amat, quam contra amo, Pl. Am. 3, 2, 24 (32): Ter.: such is the r. you make for your life, talia reddis praemia pro vita, Catul. 64, 157: nor do I demand anything in r. for her, neque repeto pro illa quicquam, Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 11: I will buy another better mantle in r., aliam pallam redimam meliorem, Pl. Men. 4, 2, 110 (115): to invite any one in r., revocare aliquem, Phaedr. 1, 26, 7: Cic.: to promise in r., repromittere, id. Rosc. Com. 13, 39 (where also occurs the subs. repromissio): to ask a concession and grant it in r., veniam petere dareque vicissim, Hor. A. P. 11. Sometimes expr. by Gk. words: to flout in r., ἀντιμυκτηρίζειν, Cic. Fam. 15, 19, 4: a present in r., ἀντιδῶρον, Ulp. Dig. 5, 3, 25, § 11; ἀντίφερνα (a r. present from the bridegroom) Cod. Just.

IV. Proceeds, profit:

1. rĕdĭtus, ūs (both sing. and pl.): when the r.s decrease the value (of property) is lessened, decrescente reditu etiam pretium minuit, Plin. Ep. 6, 3: Nep.: Ov.: v. revenue, income.
2. rĕdactus, ūs: Scaev. Dig. 46, 3, 89.
3. expr. by quaestus, ūs, v. gain, profit: fructus, ūs, v. fruit.
4. prĕtium: the r. from the goods they sold, p. rerum quas vendiderint, Phaedr. 4, 5, 47. Phr.: nobody is bound to lay out money on cultivation if he sees there is no possibility of a r., nemo debet sumptum facere si videt non posse refici, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8: Cic. Par. 6, 1, ad fin.: what clear r. there may be for the owners, quid possit ad dominos puri ac reliqui pervenire, id. Verr. 3, 86, 200: he affirms that there is a r. of 1200 gallons from each juger, denos culeos redire ex jugeribus scripsit, Plin. 14, 4, 5, extr.: the land gives an eightfold r., ager efficit cum octavo, Cic. Verr. 3, 47, 112: a sure r. from my crops, segetis certa fides meae, Hor. Od. 3, 16, 30: the r.s of the sale were divided among the soldiers, quodque inde redactum militibus est divisum, Liv. 5, 16.

V. An official declaration:

1. prŏfessio (a r. of one's name, income, etc.): to fill in a r., conficere p., Cic. Fam. 16, 23. The verb is prŏfĭteor, fessus, 3: to give in a r. of the spoil he has to the decemvirs, p. apud X viros quantum habeat praedae, id. Agr. 2, 22, 59.
2. rĕnŭmĕrātio (a r. of elections, votes, etc.): a r. of the votes, r. suffragiorum, Cic. Planc. 6, 14: the verb is renuntiare, v. return (v.) A., III.

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Transitively, To give back, reddere (general term): restituere (to restore the same thing): remittere (to send back): redhibere (to return a purchase that is imperfect, etc., in which sense reddere or reddere aliquid unde emtum est is also, found: ☞ redhibere also = to take back).
To repay, requite, referre aliquid: respondere alicui rei (in an equal degree): remunerari aliquid (as a remuneration). To return like for like, par pari respondere or referre (☞ not pro pari; Vid: Bentl. Ter., Eun., 3, 1, 55): parem gratiam referre alicui (Terentianus, Eun., 4, 4, 51): to return a salutation, salutem referre: to return the affection of anyone, alicujus amori respondere (☞ redamare is used only once by Cic., Lael., 14, 49; and that with the addition of “ut ita dicam;” it should, therefore, not be employed in composition): to return kindnesses, beneficia reddere; beneficiis respondere (with services): officiis beneficia remunerari (Cic., post-Red., in Sen., 12, 30): to return a present (by giving one similar), aliquem remunerari quam simillimo munere: I will return this favor if you require it, and even without your requiring it, reddam vicem, si reposces; reddam et si non reposces (Plin., Ep., 2, 9, 6).
To reply, respondere, to anything, alicui rei: referre: reponere (to answer an objection): subjicere (to answer immediately): the shout was returned by others, clamor exceptus est ab aliis.
To give in an official account of one’s property, etc., profiteri.
Intransitively, To come or go back, redire (to be on the way back or home): reverti (to turn back): reducem esse (of a happy return from a distant country, captivity, etc.): revenire (to come back; opposed to advenire): recurrere (hastily): revolare (still stronger, to fly back). To order anybody to return, aliquem revocare; aliquem repetere (urgently): to return to any place, aliquo reverti or redire; aliquem locum repetere (to a place where one used to be): remigrare (to a place where one lived before; e.g., Romam).

s. A coming back, reditio: reditus. Return home, reditus domum. Return of a disorder [Vid: RELAPSE].
A giving back, restitutio (Pand.; not redditio): By the verbs. In return, vicissim.
Requital, remuneratio (absolutely, Cic., Off., 2, 20, 69; benevolentiae, Cic., Lael., 14, 49); or by a by circumlocution with referre (for relatio occursonly Sen., Ep., 74, 13, and De Benef., 5, 11, 1, sq., in the expression relatio gratiae; i. e., a returning of thanks by an act).
Profit, produce, fetus: proventus (of the soil): fructus (general term, that which a thing produces, in fruits, money, etc.): quaestus (gain): reditus: vectigal (income from a thing): merces (rent). Returns from estates, fructus, quem praedia reddunt; praediorum mercedulae (in money): praediorum proventus (in fruils): quod ex aliqua re refectum est (☞ Liv., 35, 1; Papinius, Dig., 26, 7, 39, 8): some clear return still comes to the proprietor of the land (sc. after deducting tithes, etc.), puri atque reliqui aliquid ad dominum pervenit (Cic., Verr., 3, 86, 200): to yield or produce return, fructum ferre; fructum edere ex se; fetum edere: the vineyards yield an abundant return, uberrimus est vinearum reditus: this estate makes an excellent return, hic fundus est fructuosissimus; hic ager efficit plurimum. There is a return for the outlay, impensam ac sumtum factum in culturam, fructus reficit (Varr., R; R., 1, 2, 8).
Report of property, etc., (under an income tax), professio (with or without bonorum).

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