1. rĕ-cŏlo — Lewis & Short
rĕ-cŏlo, cŏlŭi, cuitum, 3, v. a.,
I to till or cultivate again, to work anew.
I Lit.:
desertam terram,Liv. 27, 5:
spargere humo post tempora longa recultae,Ov. M. 5, 647:
agros,Val. Fl. 7, 68:
metalla intermissa,Liv. 39, 24.— *
B To inhabit again, to revisit a place:
nemo libenter recolit, qui laesit locum,Phaedr. 1, 18, 1.—
II Trop., to exercise or practise again, to resume, renew.
A In gen.: certum est, antiqua recolam et servibo mihi, I'll drive the old trade again, i. e. will lead again my old way of life, Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 3:
eas artes, quibus a pueris dediti fuimus,Cic. de Or. 1, 1, 2; cf.:
ad haec studia recolenda,id. Arch. 6, 13: dignitatem, id. ap. Non. 439, 2:
ingenia nostra meditatione,Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 7:
avitum decus,Tac. A. 3, 72:
Galbae imagines,to set up again, id. H. 3, 7:
adulescentulos paternis sacerdotiis,to reinvest, id. ib. 1, 77: diem dapibus, to celebrate, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 262.—
B In partic.
1 To think over, recall to mind, reflect upon, consider:
haec ego quom ago Cum meo animo et recolo,Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 25; cf.:
quae si tecum ipse recolis,Cic. Phil. 13, 20, 45:
sua facta pectore,Cat. 63, 45:
hoc tua, nam recolo, quondam germana canebat,Ov. H. 5, 113;
Hilar. Trin. 1, 17: haec in corde,Vulg. Thren. 3, 21.—
2 To contemplate, survey: inclusas animas ... Lustrabat studio recolens omnemque suorum Forte recensebat numerum, * Verg. A. 6, 681.