rĕ-gĕnĕro — Lewis & Short
rĕ-gĕnĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
I Lit., to bring forth again, reproduce (Pliny and eccl. Lat.):
signa quaedam naevosque et cicatrices etiam regenerari,Plin. 7, 11, 10, § 50:
platani satae regeneravere vitium,id. 12, 1, 5, § 11.—
II Transf., to bring forth something similar, to represent:
ipse avum regeneravit Aethiopem,represented, resembled, Plin. 7, 12, 10, § 51; so,
patrem Tiberium,id. 14, 22, 28, § 145.—
III Trop., to regenerate, Vulg. 1 Pet. 1, 3.