Lewis & Short

rĕ-porto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to bear, carry, or bring back (class.; syn. refero).

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. In gen.: alii vini amphoras, quas plenas tulerunt, eas argento repletas domum reportaverunt, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 15, 12, 4; so, aurum ab Theotimo domum, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 92: candelabrum secum in Syriam, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64: infantem suam, Quint. 6, 1, 39: spolia opima Feretrio Jovi, Flor. 1, 1, 11: naves, quibus (milites) reportari possent, Caes. B. G. 4, 29 fin.: milites navibus in Siciliam, id. B. C. 2, 43: exercitum duobus commeatibus, id. B. G. 5, 23: legiones classe, Tac. A. 1, 63; 4, 23: exercitum Britanniā, Cic. Att. 4, 17, 3; Just. 31, 3, 2: exercitum, Liv. 38, 50: legiones, id. 38, 42; 42, 34: ducem, Hor. Epod. 9, 24: cineres Lolliae Paulinae, Tac. A. 14, 12: atrae massam picis urbe reportat, Verg. G. 1, 275: cubiculum me reporto, App. M. 1, p. 114, 5: se ad Didium, to return, Auct. B. Hisp. 40, 2; for which, poet.: reportare pedem (with redire), Verg. A. 11, 764.
      Poet., with an inanimate subject: quos variae viae reportant, lead back, Cat. 46, 11.
    2. B. In partic., as a victor, to carry off, bear away; to get, gain, obtain (cf. deporto): nihil ex praedā domum suam, Cic. Rep. 2, 9, 15: a rege insignia victoriae, non victoriam, id. Imp. Pomp. 3, 8: nihil praeter laudem neque ex hostibus, neque a sociis, id. Leg. 3, 8, 18: gloriam ex proconsulatu Asiae, Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 3: veram ac solidam gloriam, id. Pan. 16, 3: triumphum (imperator), Plin. praef. § 30: praedam ac manubias suas ad decemviros, tamquam ad dominos, reportare, Cic. Agr. 2, 23, 61: praemium, App. M. 11, p. 264, 1; cf.: non reducti sumus in patriam, sicut nonnulli clarissimi cives, sed equis insignibus et curru aurato reportati, Cic. Red. in Sen. 11, 28.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. In gen., to bring back: non ex litibus aestimatis tuis pecuniam domum, sed ex tuā calamitate cineri atque ossibus filii sui solatium vult aliquod reportare, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 128: spem bonam certamque domum reporto, Hor. C. S. 74: (Echo) Ingeminat voces auditaque verba reportat, gives back, returns, Ov. M. 3, 369: gaudium parentibus, Just. 11, 14, 12: gaudia mente, Stat. S. 1, 3, 13.
    2. B. In partic., to bring back, carry back an account; to report (mostly poet.; not in Cic.): adytis haec tristia dicta reportat, Verg. A. 2, 115: pacem, id. ib. 7, 285: mea mandata, Prop. 3, 6 (4, 5), 37: fidem, a certain account, Verg. A. 11, 511: haud mollia ad socerum, App. Mag. p. 323, 29.
      With object-clause: nuntius ingentes ignotā in veste reportat Advenisse viros, Verg. A. 7, 167.