rĕ-concĭlĭo, āvi, ātum, 1 (old fut. perf. reconciliasso, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 44; and, reconciliassere, id. ib. 1, 2, 65), v. a.
- I. To bring together again, reunite, reconcile (class.): me cum C. Caesare reducit, reconciliat, restituit in gratiam, Cic. Prov. Cons. 9, 23: inimicos in gratiam, id. Dom. 50, 129; cf.: quibus eum omnibus eadem res publica reconciliavit, quae alienarat, reunited, reconciled, id. Prov. Cons. 9, 21: aliquem alicui, id. Sull. 12, 35; id. Deiot. 13, 35; Suet. Caes. 19; id. Aug. 61; Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 8; cf.: animum sorori tuae, Cic. Att. 6, 7, 1: militum animos imperatori, Liv. 8, 36: voluntatem senatus nobis, Cic. Fam. 1, 2, 1: mundum deo, Hier. in Isa. 8, 26, 5: aliquem, to make friendly, conciliate, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, C, 1: cura reconciliandi eos in gratiam, Liv. 1, 50 fin.: inimicos, Quint. 5, 7, 13; Plin. 11, 17, 18, § 58.
To recover, regain: oratione Parum insulam, Nep. Milt. 7, 2; to re-establish, restore: quod scribis de reconciliatā nostrā, gratiā, non intellego, cur reconciliatam esse dicas, quae nunquam imminuta est, restored, Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 5: gratiam, id. ib. 5, 2, 1; 3, 12, 4; id. Att. 1, 11, 1; id. Mil. 8, 21: existimationem judiciorum amissam, id. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 2: diuturni laboris detrimentum sollertiā et virtute militum brevi reconciliatur, Caes. B. C. 2, 15, 4: gratiam cum aliquo, Liv. 29, 30, 10; 41, 22 fin.; cf.: gratiam cum Thebanis, Just. 7, 5, 2; 31, 4, 9: concordiam, Liv. 2, 32; 41, 25: amicitiam de integro, id. 8, 2; for which: inimicitiam invicem, i. e. to appease, Tac. G. 22 (corresp. to the previous inimicos): voluntatem, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 15, 1: pacem, Nep. Thras. 3, 2; Liv. 9, 16; 42, 46; 52.
Absol., Plin. Ep. 6, 5, 5.
- II. Ante-class., to bring back: aliquem domum, Plaut. Capt. prol. 33; 1, 2, 65: si hujus huc reconciliasso in libertatem filiam, ib. id. 3, 4, 44: apes, Varr. R. R. 3, 16 fin.; cf. articulum, App. Flor. 3, p. 354, 26.