regressus

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin regressus. Doublet of regress. === Noun === regressus (uncountable) (Roman law) The entitlement of a debtor to have a co-debtor pay their share. (canon law) Reversion to a benefice on default of one's successor. (history, sciences, philosophy) This term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}. == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [rɛˈɡrɛs.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [reˈɡrɛs.sus] === Etymology 1 === From regredior + -tus (tu-stem noun suffix). ==== Noun ==== regressus m (genitive regressūs); fourth declension return regression ===== Declension ===== Fourth-declension noun. ===== Descendants ===== Italian: regresso Portuguese: regresso Russian: регресс (regress) Spanish: regreso === Etymology 2 === Perfect passive participle of regredior (“return”). ==== Participle ==== regressus (feminine regressa, neuter regressum); first/second-declension participle returned, having returned retired, retreated, having retreated reverted, having reverted ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. === References === “regressus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “regressus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "regressus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “regressus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.