regrĕdo

rĕ-grĕdĭor, gressus, 3, v. dep. n. [gradior], to go or come back; to turn back, return (class.; syn.: revertor, redeo).

Lit.:

ut regredi quam progredi mallent,

Cic. Off. 1, 10, 33:

illuc regredere ab ostio,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 7:

ex itinere in castra regressi,

Liv. 24, 18 (with redituros):

regressus Tarraconem,

id. 34, 16, 10:

eādem regreditur,

Sall. J. 93, 5:

ad Hiberum,

Liv. 34, 19, 11; 38, 25, 3; 25, 22, 16:

a Germaniā in Urbem regressus,

Suet. Tib. 20:

regressus in insulam,

id. ib. 41:

regressus domum,

id. ib. 11:

retro (opp. ultro progredi), Auct. B. Afr. 50, 3: inde regressus Cretam,

Just. 22, 4, 4:

propius,

Tac. A. 2, 70; 15, 54; id. H. 3, 77. —

In milit. lang., to march back, withdraw, retire, retreat:

illi autem hoc acrius instabant neque regredi nostros patiebantur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 45; id. B. G. 2, 23; 5, 44:

statim in collis regredi,

Sall. J. 55, 8; Front. Strat. 3, 11, 1, and 2.—

Trop.

In gen.:

an in eum annum progredi nemo potuerit edicto, quo praetor alius futurus est: in illum, quo alius praetor fuit, regredietur?

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 42, § 109:

regredi infinite,

id. Fat. 15, 35:

a quo incepto studioque me ambitio mala detinuerat, eodem regressus, etc.,

Sall. C. 4, 2; cf.:

ut et digredi ex eo et regredi in id facile possimus,

Quint. 10, 6, 5:

ad formandos animos, id. prooem. § 14: in memoriam regredior audisse me (with redeo),

Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 26:

in reorum potestatem regredi,

Dig. 48, 5, 27.—

Law t. t., to have recourse:

ad venditorem,

Dig. 21, 2, 21, § 3.

► Act. form regrĕdo: gradum regredere, Enn. ap. Non. 166, 23 (Trag. v. 13 Vahl.).