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reparo

reparo · v. a

to get

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 60 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

rĕ-păro — Lewis & Short

rĕ-păro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,

I to get, acquire, or procure again; to recover, retrieve; to restore, repair, renew (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; not in Cæs.; cf.: recupero, redimo, reficio).
I Lit.: id perdere videbatur, quod alio praetore eodem ex agro reparare posset, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 86, § 199; cf.: reparare quod amiseris gravius est, Plin. Ep. 6, 8, 6: id quod amittitur non parvo sumptu reparatur, Col. 7, 3, 10: classes, Suet. Aug. 16; Auct. B. Alex. 72; Lucr. 1, 1037: amissas res, Hor. S. 2, 5, 2: bibliothecas incendio absumptas, Suet. Dom. 20: Academiae villam, Laurea Tullius ap. Plin. 31, 2, 3, § 8: tecta Trojae, Hor. C. 3, 3, 60: sublapsa aedificia, Plin. Ep. 10, 70 (75), 1 (Keil, relaxentur): exercitum, Liv. 30, 7: majores copias, Curt. 4, 9, 11: auxilia, Tac. A. 3, 73: capillos, si effluxerint, Plin. 27, 13, 111, § 138: aegerrime ignem dimissum, Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 11: aliud ex aliis, Lucr. 3, 965: ex aliis alias figuras, Ov. M. 15, 253: nova cornua (luna), id. ib. 1, 11: populos artibus, id. ib. 1, 363.—
B In partic., in mercant. lang., to procure by exchange; to purchase, obtain with something: vina Syrā reparata merce, Hor. C. 1, 31, 12: alios boves his nummis, Dig. 15, 3, 16: merces, ib. 45, 1, 122.—
II Trop.
A To renew, restore, repair, etc.: tribuniciam potestatem, rem intermissam, reparare, Liv. 3, 37; cf.: intermissam historias scribendi industriam, Quint. 10, 1, 75: bellum, Liv. 4, 45 Drak.; 24, 42 (with instaurare); 30, 7; Just. 3, 6, 1; 22, 3, 9; 24, 1, 7: proelium, id. 3, 6, 7: pristinam fortunam, Curt. 5, 1, 8.—
B Of loss or damage, to make good, restore, repair (poet. and post-Aug.): damna, Hor. C. 4, 7, 13; Just. 14, 3, 6; Sen. Phaedr. 476; Lact. Epit. 71, 8. —
C Like reficere, recreare, to refresh, restore, revive, recruit: tam assiduus in tribunali, ut labore refici ac reparari videretur, Plin. Pan. 77, 5: attrita cottidiano actu forensi ingenia optime rerum talium blanditiā reparantur, Quint. 10, 1, 27: animos, Liv. 44, 38: haec (quies) reparat vires, fessaque membra novat, Ov. H. 4, 90: magnas novi exercitūs vires, Vell. 2, 37, 1: respublica per Augustum reparata, Vop. C. 3: ea fessa Membra reparat labori, Ov. M. 4, 216: corpora fessa reparas labori, id. ib. 11, 625: pars magna terrarum (Aegypti) mergi repararique amne consueta, Plin. Pan. 30, 3: nec (Cleopatra) latentes Classe citā reparavit oras ( = alias sibi parare studuit regiones), Hor. C. 1, 37, 24; v. Orell. ad h. l.: PATRIOS PENATES ( = repetere), Inscr. Orell. 1587: rapidos meatus, Aus. Mos. 35.

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