Lewis & Short

rĕcens, entis

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  1. I. abl. sing., regularly, recenti; but in the poets sometimes recente, e. g. Cat. 63, 7; Ov. F. 4, 346 al.
    Gen. plur., regularly, recentium: recentum, Hor. C. 1, 10, 2; Sil. 15, 601), adj. [re and cand-; cf.: candeo, candor; Gr. καινός, καίω], that has not long existed, fresh, young, recent (opp. vetus, and differing from novus; v. antiquus init. (freq. and class.): quod si veteris contumeliae oblivisci vellet: num etiam recentium injuriarum memoriam deponere posse? Caes. B. G. 1, 14; 5, 54: (Verres) cum e provinciā recens esset invidiāque et infamiā non recenti sed vetere ac diuturnā flagraret, Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 5: Regini quidam eo venerunt, Romā sane recentes, directly from Rome, id. Att. 16, 7, 1: omnis conglutinatio recens aegre, inveterata facile divellitur, id. Sen. 20, 72; cf. id. Tusc. 4, 17, 39: sed hanc ipsam recentem novam devoravit, id. Fam. 11, 21, 2; cf. Quint. 8, 3, 34: viri, Cic. Mur. 8, 17: (piscis) nequam est, nisi recens, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 26; cf. id. Ps. 4, 7, 25: catuli, just whelped, young, Varr. R. R. 3, 12, 4: tonsae (oves), newly shorn, id. ib. 2, 11, 7: caespites, Caes. B. C. 3, 96; cf. flores, Hor. C. 3, 27, 43; Ov. F. 4, 346: herbae, id. ib. 5, 123: serta, Verg. A. 1, 417: prata, fresh, green, id. ib. 6, 674 Serv.: sanguis, newly shed, Cat. 63, 7: sol, poet. for the rising sun, the east, Pers. 5, 54: proelium, Caes. B. G. 4, 13 fin.: victoria, id. ib. 1, 31 fin.; 5, 47: clades, Liv. 2, 22, 4 Drak. N. cr.: pollicitatio, Caes. B. C. 1, 57 fin.: arma, fresh, newly whetted, Ov. M. 8, 370: umbrae, of those newly deceased, id. ib. 4, 434: animae, id. ib. 8, 488; anima, id. ib. 15, 846 et saep.; cf.: non erit in te Deus recens, newly devised, and hence false, Vulg. Psa. 80, 9.
    Comp.: epistula recentior, Cic. Fam. 3, 11, 1: recentiore memoriā, id. N. D. 2, 2, 6: unus ex amicis recentioribus, Quint. 6, 3, 92.
    Sup.: recentissima tua est epistula Kal. data, Cic. Att. 8, 15, 3: recentissima quaeque sunt correcta et emendata maxime, id. Ac. 1. 4, 13: Senones recentissimi advenarum, Liv. 5, 35.
          1. (β) With ab, immediately after, fresh from, shortly after, etc.: pullum asininum a partu recentem subiciunt equae, newly foaled, Varr. R. R. 2, 8, 2: Homerus, qui recens ab illorum aetate fuit, Cic. N. D. 3, 5: recens a vulnere Dido, i. e. with her wound still fresh, Verg. A. 6, 450: Poenum recentem ab excidio opulentissimae urbis Iberum transire, Liv. 21, 16 fin.: alti spiritus viros, ut ita dicam, a diis recentes, Sen. Ep. 90, 44: haec vox, a quā recens sum: sonat adhuc et vibrat in auribus meis, id. Prov. 3, 3.
          2. (γ) With in and abl., or (more freq.) with simple abl.: alius alio recentior sit in dolore, Auct. Her. 2, 7, 10: quod comitatum Agrippinae longo maerore fessum obvii et recentes in dolore anteibant, yet fresh in grief, whose grief was still fresh, Tac. A. 3, 1 fin.: quaedam (verba) in usu perquam recentia, Quint. 8, 3, 34: ut erat recens dolore et irā, Tac. A. 1, 41 fin.; so, recens praeturā, id. ib. 4, 52: stipendiis, ib. ib. 15, 59: caede, id. H. 3, 19: victoriā, id. ib. 3, 77.
          3. (δ) With ad and acc.: recentes sumus ad id quod incipimus, Quint. 1, 12, 5.
        1. b. Recenti re, while the matter is fresh, forthwith, immediately: quid si recenti re aedes pultem, Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 18: re recenti, id. Trin. 4, 3, 8; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 53, § 139; for which also, recenti negotio, id. ib. 2, 1, 39, § 101; and, in recenti, Dig. 48, 19, 25.
        2. c. Recentiores (subst. and adj.), the moderns (said of authors): attulisti aliud humanius horum recentiorum, modern writers, Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 82; Plin. 12, 17, 37, § 74; also, Graeci recentiores, modern, id. 4, 16, 30, § 103.
  2. II. Trop., fresh in strength, not exhausted by fatigue, vigorous: ut integri et recentes defatigatis succederent, Caes. B. G. 5, 16 fin.; so, integer et recens (opp.: fusus et saucius), Flor. 3, 1, 13; and in the order: recentes atque integri (opp. defatigati), Caes. B. G. 7, 48 fin.; and, opp. defessi, id. B. C. 3, 94; id. B. G. 7, 25: equitatus, id. ib. 7, 9: recens animus (consulis), Liv. 21, 52: equi, id. 29, 34 (along with integrae vires); 38, 25 (opp. fessi); Ov. M. 2, 63: clamor, Plin. Pan. 23, 5.
    Comp.: sauciis ac defatigatis integros recentioribusque viribus subministrare, Auct. B. Afr. 78, 6.
    Hence, advv.: recens and recenter, lately, freshly, newly, just, recently, etc.
          1. (α) Form rĕcens (not in Cic. or Cæs.): puerum recens natum, Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 17: captum hominem, id. Capt. 3, 5, 60: scaena perfusa croco, Lucr. 2, 416: exstinctum lumen, id. 6, 792: coria recens detracta, Sall. H. 4, 2 Dietsch: inter recens domitos, id. ib. 3, 53: portentum conflatum est recens, Bass. ap. Gell. 15, 4, 3: beluae recens captae, Liv. 38, 17, 15; 2, 22, 4: acceptum vulnus, Tac. A. 2, 21: perdomita Hispania, id. ib. 4, 5: cognita, id. ib. 4, 69 et saep.: condita Roma, Suet. Tib. 1.
          2. (β) Form rĕcen-ter (post-class.): capti turdi, Pall. 1, 26, 2: lecta poma, id. 5, 4 fin.
        1. b. Sup.: quam recentissime stercorato solo, Plin. 18, 23, 53, § 192; so, res gestae, Just. 30, 4, 8.