verb
rĕ-cello
Meaning
- to spring back
rĕ-cello, ĕre, v. n. and a.
I.
I. Neutr., to spring back, fly back, bend back:
recellere reclinare, Fest. p. 274 Müll. (very rare; perh. only in the foll. examples): (terra) inclinatur retroque recellit, Lucr. 6, 573: cum (ferrea manus) gravi libramento plumbi recelleret ad solum, Liv. 24, 34, 10, v. Weissenb. ad h. l.— II. Act., to throw or bend back (Appul.):
totum corporis pondus in postremos poplites recello, App. M. 6, p. 198, 27: nates, id. ib. 10, p. 249, 19.