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* Abl. sing., regularly, recenti; but in the poets sometimes recente, e. g. Cat. 63, 7; Ov. F. 4, 346 al.—Gen. plur., regularly, recentium: recentum,Hor. C. 1, 10, 2; Sil. 15, 601), adj. re and cand-; cf.: candeo, candor; Gr. καινός, καίω, that has not long existed, fresh, young, recent (opp. vetus, and differing from novus; v. antiquus init. (freq. and class.): quod si veteris contumeliae oblivisci vellet: num etiam recentium injuriarum memoriam deponere posse?Caes. B. G. 1, 14; 5, 54: (Verres) cum e provinciā recens esset invidiāque et infamiā non recenti sed vetere ac diuturnā flagraret,Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 5: Regini quidam eo venerunt, Romā sane recentes,directly from Rome,id. Att. 16, 7, 1: omnis conglutinatio recens aegre, inveterata facile divellitur,id. Sen. 20, 72; cf. id. Tusc. 4, 17, 39: sed hanc ipsam recentem novam devoravit,id. Fam. 11, 21, 2; cf. Quint. 8, 3, 34: viri,Cic. Mur. 8, 17: (piscis) nequam est, nisi recens,Plaut. As. 1, 3, 26; cf. id. Ps. 4, 7, 25: catuli,just whelped, young,Varr. R. R. 3, 12, 4: tonsae (oves),newly shorn,id. ib. 2, 11, 7: caespites,Caes. B. C. 3, 96; cf. flores,Hor. C. 3, 27, 43; Ov. F. 4, 346: herbae,id. ib. 5, 123: serta,Verg. A. 1, 417: prata,fresh, green,id. ib. 6, 674 Serv.: sanguis,newly shed,Cat. 63, 7: sol, poet. for the rising sun, the east, Pers. 5, 54: proelium,Caes. B. G. 4, 13 fin.: victoria,id. ib. 1, 31 fin.; 5, 47: clades,Liv. 2, 22, 4 Drak. N. cr.: pollicitatio,Caes. B. C. 1, 57 fin.: arma,fresh, newly whetted,Ov. M. 8, 370: umbrae,of those newly deceased,id. ib. 4, 434: animae,id. ib. 8, 488; anima,id. ib. 15, 846 et saep.; cf.: non erit in te Deus recens, newly devised, and hence false, Vulg. Psa. 80, 9.—Comp.: epistula recentior,Cic. Fam. 3, 11, 1: recentiore memoriā,id. N. D. 2, 2, 6: unus ex amicis recentioribus,Quint. 6, 3, 92.—Sup.: recentissima tua est epistula Kal. data,Cic. Att. 8, 15, 3: recentissima quaeque sunt correcta et emendata maxime,id. Ac. 1. 4, 13: Senones recentissimi advenarum,Liv. 5, 35.
* With ab, immediately after, fresh from, shortly after, etc.: pullum asininum a partu recentem subiciunt equae,newly foaled,Varr. R. R. 2, 8, 2: Homerus, qui recens ab illorum aetate fuit,Cic. N. D. 3, 5: recens a vulnere Dido,i. e. with her wound still fresh,Verg. A. 6, 450: Poenum recentem ab excidio opulentissimae urbis Iberum transire,Liv. 21, 16 fin.: alti spiritus viros, ut ita dicam, a diis recentes,Sen. Ep. 90, 44: haec vox, a quā recens sum: sonat adhuc et vibrat in auribus meis,id. Prov. 3, 3.
* Trop., fresh in strength, not exhausted by fatigue, vigorous: ut integri et recentes defatigatis succederent,Caes. B. G. 5, 16 fin.; so, integer et recens (opp.: fusus et saucius),Flor. 3, 1, 13; and in the order: recentes atque integri (opp. defatigati),Caes. B. G. 7, 48 fin.; and, opp. defessi,id. B. C. 3, 94; id. B. G. 7, 25: equitatus,id. ib. 7, 9: recens animus (consulis),Liv. 21, 52: equi,id. 29, 34 (along with integrae vires); 38, 25 (opp. fessi); Ov. M. 2, 63: clamor,Plin. Pan. 23, 5.—Comp.: sauciis ac defatigatis integros recentioribusque viribus subministrare, Auct. B. Afr. 78, 6. — Hence, advv.: recens and recenter, lately, freshly, newly, just, recently, etc.
* With ad and acc.: recentes sumus ad id quod incipimus,Quint. 1, 12, 5.
* Recenti re, while the matter is fresh, forthwith, immediately: quid si recenti re aedes pultem,Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 18: re recenti,id. Trin. 4, 3, 8; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 53, § 139; for which also, recenti negotio,id. ib. 2, 1, 39, § 101; and, in recenti,Dig. 48, 19, 25.
* Recentiores (subst. and adj.), the moderns (said of authors): attulisti aliud humanius horum recentiorum,modern writers,Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 82; Plin. 12, 17, 37, § 74; also, Graeci recentiores,modern,id. 4, 16, 30, § 103.
* Form rĕcens (not in Cic. or Caes.): puerum recens natum,Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 17: captum hominem,id. Capt. 3, 5, 60: scaena perfusa croco,Lucr. 2, 416: exstinctum lumen,id. 6, 792: coria recens detracta,Sall. H. 4, 2 Dietsch: inter recens domitos,id. ib. 3, 53: portentum conflatum est recens, Bass. ap. Gell. 15, 4, 3: beluae recens captae,Liv. 38, 17, 15; 2, 22, 4: acceptum vulnus,Tac. A. 2, 21: perdomita Hispania,id. ib. 4, 5: cognita,id. ib. 4, 69 et saep.: condita Roma,Suet. Tib. 1.
* Form rĕcen-ter (post-class.): capti turdi,Pall. 1, 26, 2: lecta poma,id. 5, 4 fin.
* Sup.: quam recentissime stercorato solo,Plin. 18, 23, 53, § 192; so, res gestae,Just. 30, 4, 8.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary