rĕ-porto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to bear, carry, or bring back (class.; syn. refero).
I Lit.
A In gen.: alii vini amphoras, quas plenas tulerunt, eas argento repletas domum reportaverunt, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 15, 12, 4; so, aurum ab Theotimo domum, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 92: candelabrum secum in Syriam, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64: infantem suam, Quint. 6, 1, 39: spolia opima Feretrio Jovi, Flor. 1, 1, 11: naves, quibus (milites) reportari possent, Caes. B. G. 4, 29 fin. : milites navibus in Siciliam, id. B. C. 2, 43: exercitum duobus commeatibus, id. B. G. 5, 23: legiones classe, Tac. A. 1, 63; 4, 23: exercitum Britanniā, Cic. Att. 4, 17, 3; Just. 31, 3, 2: exercitum, Liv. 38, 50: legiones, id. 38, 42; 42, 34: ducem, Hor. Epod. 9, 24: cineres Lolliae Paulinae, Tac. A. 14, 12: atrae massam picis urbe reportat, Verg. G. 1, 275: cubiculum me reporto, Ap. Met. 1, 25, 21; se ad Didium, to return , Auct. B. Hisp. 40, 2; for which, poet.: reportare pedem (with redire), Verg. A. 11, 764.—Poet., with an inanimate subject: quos variae viae reportant, lead back , Cat. 46, 11.—
B In partic., as a victor, to carry off , bear away; to get , gain , obtain (cf. deporto): nihil ex praedā domum suam, Cic. Rep. 2, 9, 15: a rege insignia victoriae, non victoriam, id. Imp. Pomp. 3, 8: nihil praeter laudem neque ex hostibus, neque a sociis, id. Leg. 3, 8, 18: gloriam ex proconsulatu Asiae, Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 3: veram ac solidam gloriam, id. Pan. 16, 3: triumphum (imperator), Plin. praef. § 30: praedam ac manubias suas ad decemviros, tamquam ad dominos, reportare, Cic. Agr. 2, 23, 61: praemium, Ap. Met. 11, 15, 8; cf.: non reducti sumus in patriam, sicut nonnulli clarissimi cives, sed equis insignibus et curru aurato reportati, Cic. Red. in Sen. 11, 28.—
II Trop.
A In gen., to bring back : non ex litibus aestimatis tuis pecuniam domum, sed ex tuā calamitate cineri atque ossibus filii sui solatium vult aliquod reportare, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 128: spem bonam certamque domum reporto, Hor. C. S. 74: (Echo) Ingeminat voces auditaque verba reportat, gives back , returns , Ov. M. 3, 369: gaudium parentibus, Just. 11, 14, 12: gaudia mente, Stat. S. 1, 3, 13.—
B In partic., to bring back , carry back an account; to report (mostly poet.; not in Cic.): adytis haec tristia dicta reportat, Verg. A. 2, 115: pacem, id. ib. 7, 285: mea mandata, Prop. 3, 6 (4, 5), 37: fidem, a certain account , Verg. A. 11, 511: haud mollia ad socerum, Ap. Mag. p. 323, 29.—With object-clause : nuntius ingentes ignotā in veste reportat Advenisse viros, Verg. A. 7, 167.