resilio

Latin

Etymology

    From re- (again) +‎ saliō (to leap).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    resiliō (present infinitive resilīre, perfect active resiluī, supine resultum); fourth conjugation, impersonal in the passive

    1. to leap or spring back; rebound, recoil, retreat
    2. to start back, shrink from, retreat

    Note: Alternative form of the perfect active indicative tense: resilīvī etc.

    Conjugation

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Middle French: resiler

    References

    • resilio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • resilio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • resilio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.