recessus ūs, m
re-+CAD-,
a going back, receding, retiring, retreat, departure
: a pestiferis (rebus): ut luna accessu et recessu suo
solis lumen accipiat: recessum primis ultimi non dabant, i. e.
means of retreat
, Cs.—
A remote place, retired spot, nook, corner, retreat, recess
: mihi solitudo et recessus provincia est: non
recessus ipse defendit,
our remote position
, Ta.: auctumno tecta ac recessum
circumspicere, L.: spelunca vasto
submota recessu,
in a deep recess
, V.: Luminis exigui prope templa,
inner chamber
, O.: Phrygiae recessūs
omnīs peragrasti, L.: pulchri,
inner rooms
, O.—Fig.,
a withdrawal
: tum accessus a te ad causam fati, tum
recessus,
advance<*> and retreats
: habere in dicendo umbram aliquam et recessum,
shade and background
: in animis hominum sunt recessūs.
