rĕ-lĕgo, lēgi, lectum, 3, v. a. I. To gather together or collect again (almost exclusively poet.): janua difficilis filo est inventa relecto, i. e. by the thread (of Ariadne) wound up again, Ov. M. 8, 173: (abies) docilis relegi, docilisque relinqui
, i. e. to be drawn back
, Val. Fl. 6, 237: menses decem a coactore releget (pecuniam)
, Cato, R. R. 150, 2. — 2. In partic., of localities, to travel over or through again, to traverse or sail over again: litora
, Verg. A. 3, 690: Hellespontiacas illa (navis) relegit aquas
, Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 24: egressi relegunt campos
, Val. Fl. 8, 121: vias
, id. ib. 4, 54: iter
, Stat. Achill. 1, 23; cf. id. S. 5, 3, 29: spatia retro
, Sen. Agam. 572: ter caelum (luna)
, Stat. S. 5, 3, 29: vestigia cursu
, Claud. B. G. 529: cursum
, Prud. Apoth. 1004. — In prose: relegit Asiam
, again coasts along
, Tac. A. 2, 54: rex cum suis dumeta relegens
, Amm. 30, 1, 15: relegens margines lacus Brigantiae
, id. 15, 4, 1.—II. To go through or over again in reading, in speech, or in thought, to read or relate again, = retractare (rarely in prose): Trojani belli scriptorem Praeneste relegi
, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 2: scripta
, Ov. R. Am. 717 sq.: alicui librum
, to read aloud
, Col. 4, 1, 1: de nostris releges quemcunque libris
, Mart. 4, 29, 9. — Absol.: deinde relegentes inveniunt, ubi posuerint (verba)
, Quint. 11, 2, 23: dum relegunt suos sermone labores
, Ov. M. 4, 569: qui omnia, quae ad cultum deorum pertinerent, diligenter retractarent et tamquam relegerent, sunt dicti religiosi ex relegendo, ut elegantes ex eligendo, etc.
, Cic. N. D. 2, 28, 72.—Acc to this last passage is to be explained: rĕlĭ-gens, entis, P. a., revering the gods, i. e. pious, religious: religentem esse oportet, religiosumst nefas, Poët. ap. Gell. 4, 9, 1.