rĕcens — Lewis & Short
rĕcens, entis (
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. kaino/s, kai/w, 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.—
(b) 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.—
(g) 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.—
(d) With ad and acc.:
recentes sumus ad id quod incipimus,Quint. 1, 12, 5.—
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.—
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.—
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.
(a) 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.—
(b) Form rĕcen-ter (post-class.):
capti turdi,Pall. 1, 26, 2:
lecta poma,id. 5, 4 fin.—
b Sup.:
quam recentissime stercorato solo,Plin. 18, 23, 53, § 192; so,
res gestae,Just. 30, 4, 8.