1. rēpens — Lewis & Short
rēpens, entis,
Part., from repo.The corpus record — Latin
repens
repens
Part., from repo
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Where it lives
- Galba 4 · 14.5/10k
- C. Caligula 11 · 14.41/10k
- Vitellius 3 · 12.46/10k
- Divus Vespasianus 3 · 9.38/10k
- Domitianus 3 · 8.72/10k
- Dittochaeon 1 · 8.17/10k
- De haruspicum responso in P. Clodium in Senatu Habita 6 · 7.97/10k
- Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 25 11 · 7.59/10k
- De Rerum Natura 36 · 7.39/10k
- Cento Nuptialis 1 · 7.33/10k
- Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 31-32 - 31 9 · 7.12/10k
- Ab urbe condita, books 1-5 - 5 11 · 6.84/10k
Densest 12 of 148 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
What it meant
2. rĕpens — Lewis & Short
rĕpens, entis, adj.etymology unknown.
I Lit., sudden, hasty, unexpected, unlooked for (class., but less freq. than the deriv. repentinus; for the most part only in nom. sing.; a favorite word with Liv.; cf. Drak. ad Liv. 8, 29, 1):
ne me inparatum cura laceraret repens, Cic. poët. Tusc. 3, 14, 29: hostium adventus (opp. exspectatus, and with maris subita tempestas),id. Tusc. 3, 22, 52:
adventus consulis,Liv. 9, 41:
bellum,id. 4, 14; 10, 7:
casus Attali,id. 33, 2:
clades,id. 22, 7; 8:
defectio,id. 8, 29:
fama belli,id. 6, 42:
cum fama repens alio avertit bellum,id. 22, 21, 6:
religio,id. 29, 10:
terror,id. 21, 30; 33, 15:
tumultus,id. 1, 14; 10, 18; 21, 26:
discordia,Verg. A. 12, 313:
seditio,Ov. M. 12, 61:
clamor,Sil. 3, 220:
singultus vocis,Stat. Th. 7, 360:
sonus,Sen. Med. 971:
vox,Val. Fl. 2, 91:
consternatio,Curt. 10, 2, 15. — In abl.:
repenti fulminis ictu,Lucr. 5, 400.—
II Transf. (in Tac.), opp. to earlier, more ancient, i. e. for recens, new, fresh, recent:
neque discerneres, quid repens aut vetustate obscurum,Tac. A. 6, 7; 11, 24:
causa,id. ib. 15, 68:
cogitatio,id. H. 1, 23; 2, 49:
perfidia,id. ib. 4, 25.—Adv., in two forms, suddenly, unexpectedly.
a rĕpens:
(Janus) Bina repens oculis obtulit ora meis,Ov. F. 1, 96.—
b rĕpentē (class. and freq.):
abripuit repente sese subito,Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 21; so (corresp. to subito) Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 252: repente exortus sum, repentino occidi, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 37:
repente celeriterque,Caes. B. G. 1, 52:
repente e vestigio,Cic. Div. in Caecil. 17, 57:
repente a tergo signa canere,Sall. J. 94, 5:
repente praeter spem,Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 3:
repente ex inopinato,Suet. Galb. 10; cf.:
cunctisque repente Improvisus ait,Verg. A. 1, 594:
lapsa repente (turris),id. ib. 2, 465:
amicitias repente praecidere (opp. sensim dissuere),Cic. Off. 1, 33, 120:
repente collectam auctoritatem tenebant,Caes. B. G. 6, 12 fin.; cf.:
modo egens, repente dives,Cic. Phil. 2, 27, 65:
an dolor repente invasit?Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 21:
me repente horum aspectus repressit,Cic. Sest. 39, 144:
abjectus conscientiā repente conticuit,id. Cat. 3, 5, 10; id. Rep. 1, 16, 25:
cum circumfusa repente Scindit se nubes,Verg. A. 1, 586 et saep.
3. rĕpens — Lewis & Short
rĕpens, adv., v. 2. repens
I fin. a.
In the wild
- repente Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.10.14.14
- repente Lucretius, De Rerum Natura 6.151
- repente Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 29.2.23
- repente Livy, Ab urbe condita 3.31.26.4
- repente Cicero, De Officiis 1.120
- repente Livy, Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 41-42 - 42 p14
6 of 982 attestations shown.
Where it came from
- Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. repens (scan p. 594; entry #9745).
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