rĕ-crĕo — Lewis & Short
rĕ-crĕo, āvi, ātum, v. a.,
I to make or create anew, to remake, reproduce, restore, renew (very rare;
syn.: reficio, reparo): lumen,Lucr. 5, 759; 5, 277; cf. id. 5, 323:
carnes,Plin. 34, 15, 46, § 155. — Poet.: Athenae recreaverunt vitam legesque rogarunt, transformed, reformed life (by agriculture), Lucr. 6, 3; Lact. 7, 21; Sedul. 4, 289; cf.
, of baptism,Paul. Nol. C. 21, 465; and, jocosely: illic homo homines non alit, verum educat Recreatque, he does not merely feed men, but fattens and transforms them (by much eating), Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 23. —
II In gen., to restore to a good condition, to revive, refresh, recruit, invigorate in body or mind; and, mid., to become refreshed or recruited, to recover, revive (freq. and class.; syn.: reficio, relevo, erigo, confirmo).
A In body: propterea capitur cibus, ut suffulciat artus Et recreet vires interdatus, Lucr. 4, 868; cf. Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 4:
voculam,Cic. Att. 2, 23, 1:
ex vulnere,id. Inv. 2, 51, 154; Liv. 29, 18:
ex gravi morbo,Cic. Red. ad Quir. 1, 4:
aspectu smaragdi recreatur acies,Plin. 37, 5, 16, § 63:
lassitudines,id. 22, 13, 15, § 32; cf.
defectionem,Tac. A. 6, 50:
leni vento umerum,Hor. C. 3, 20, 13:
arbor aestivā recreatur aurā,id. ib. 1, 22, 18:
tenuatum corpus,id. S. 2, 2, 84:
potorem squillis,id. ib. 2, 4, 58:
semivivum ex acie elatum,Nep. Eum. 4, 4:
fessos maniplos,Sil. 17, 194.—
B In mind:
quae (litterae) mihi quiddam quasi animulae restillarunt: recreatum enim me non queo dicere,revivified, Cic. Att. 9, 7, 1:
reficere et recreare mentem,id. Planc. 1, 2;
so coupled with reficere,id. Mil. 1, 2; cf.:
(discipulus) mutatione recreabitur sicut in cibis, quorum diversitate reficitur stomachus,Quint. 1, 12, 5:
afflictum erexit, perditumque recreavit,restored again to life, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 23; cf.:
provinciam afflictam, et perditam erigere atque recreare,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 91, § 212:
ego recreavi afflictos animos bonorum,id. Att. 1, 16, 8:
res publica revirescat et recreetur,id. Fam. 6, 10, 5:
non recreatus neque restitutus populus,id. Rosc. Am. 47, 137:
recreatur civitas,id. Rep. 1, 44, 68:
(animus) cum se collegit atque recreavit,has recovered itself, id. Tusc. 1, 24, 58:
litteris sustentor et recreor,id. Att. 4, 10, 1:
Caesarem Pierio recreatis antro,Hor. C. 3, 4, 40: spatium interponendum ad recreandos animos, * Caes. B. C. 3, 74 fin. et saep.:
se ex magno timore,Cic. Cat. 3, 4, 8:
recreatus ex metu mortis,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 61, § 160:
ab hoc maerore recreari,id. Att. 12, 14, 2: se ab illo tumore, Auct. B. Alex. 37 fin.:
veritas debilitata tandem aequitate talium virorum recreëtur,Cic. Quint. 2, 4.—With gen.:
recreatur animi,App. M. 2, p. 119, 37; 5, p. 168, 21.