rĕ-curro, curri (recucurrit, only Paul. Nol. Carm. 27, 99), 3, v. n., to run back, hasten back (class.).
I Lit.: ego ad anum recurro rursum, Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 50; cf.: recurrit rursus ad Hispalim Caesar, Auct. B. Hisp. 40 fin. : ad me, Cic. Att. 2, 11, 1; Hor. Epod. 5, 75; cf. id. S. 2, 6, 31: ad raedam, Cic. Mil. 10, 29: in Tusculanum, id. Att. 13, 47 fin. : in arcem, Liv. 4, 55: rure, Hor. S. 1, 2, 127: recipe te et recurre, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 8: jam huc recurret, Ter. Ad. 526: luna tum crescendo, tum defectionibus in initia recurrendo, Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 50; cf. Tib. 2, 4, 18: ad fontem Xanthi versa recurret aqua, Ov. H. 5, 30; cf.: in suos fontes versa aqua, id. Am. 2, 1, 26.—Poet., of the revolving of the sun, * Verg. A. 7, 100; and of the year, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 147.—With a homogeneous object: coeptum saepe recurrat iter, Ov. A. A. 3, 360. —
II Trop.
A In gen., to come back , turn back , return , revert , recur : cur posteris amplior honor quam majoribus haberetur? curve non retro quoque recurreret aequitas eadem? Plin. Pan. 38 fin. ; cf. Quint. 5, 9, 6: naturam expellas furca, tamen usque recurret, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 24: mox Bruma recurrit iners, id. C. 4, 7, 12; cf.: recurrat versa hiems, Ov. F. 2, 854: valetudines anniversariae ac tempore certo recurrentes, Suet. Aug. 81: ad easdem conditiones, Caes. B. C. 2, 16 fin. ; cf.: uti eo recurrant, id. ib. 85, 4: cum ea unde generata, quo recurrant, viderit, whither they return , Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 61; Vell. 2, 4, 7. — With dat.: haec appellatio memoriae recurret, will recur to memory , Plin. Pan. 88 fin. (with admoneri and recordari): recurrentes versus = reciproci, Sid. Ep. 8, 11; 9, 14. —
B In partic., pregn., to have recourse to , to resort , recur to any thing (very rare; usu. decurro, q. v.): ad eam rationem recurrunt, ut, etc., Quint. 1, 6, 13; so, ad eos auctores, etc., id. prooem. § 17.