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“resort” in Latin

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

resort v.
(To a place)(To a place), frequentare (to visit frequently; alicujus domum, scholam, etc.): celebrare (to come to in numbers, or often: alicujus domum, deūm delubra, Lucr., etc.): se conferre aliquo, petere locum, capessere locum; concedere aliquo (retire): commeare (to travel backward and forward; e.g., of merchants, Delos, quo omnes undique cum mercibus commeabant, Cic.).
(To a person)(To a person), se conferre, accedere ad aliquem: adire, convenire aliquem (for protection or aid): ad alicujus opem confugere, perfugere.
To resort to means, confugere (to fly to, as a resource; e.g., ad preces): adhibere (to employ; general term). To resort to a different treatment or method of cure, aliam quandam ad aliquem admovere curationem (Cic.). Vid: To EMPLOY.
resort s.
Meeting, assembly, frequentia: conventus. A place of much resort, locus celeber (opposed to desertus). I wished to be in a place of less resort, volebam loco magis deserto esse. Anybody dislikes a place of so much resort, offendit aliquem loci celebritas.
Refuge, refugium: perfugium.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for resort?
The usual Latin words for “resort” are frequentō, celebrō, commeō; also adeō, perfugiō, schola. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.