(verb) : rĕ-nŏvo, āvi, ātum, 1
* To renew, restore (class., esp. in the trop. sense; syn.: instauro, redintegro).
* Lit.: marc fontes assidue renovant, Lucr. 2, 591; cf.: quibus (vaporibus) altae renovataeque stellae atque omnis aether refundunt eodem,Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 118: Lucifer renovatus undā Oceani,Sil. 7, 639: vides Virtutis templum a M. Marcello renovatum,Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 61: VIAS ET MILLIARIA,Inscr. Orell. 905: renovare veteres colonias,Cic. Agr. 2, 13, 34: vitem,Col. 4, 27, 6: durum arvum,to renew by ploughing,Ov. M. 15, 125: agrum aratro,id. Tr. 5, 12, 23; id. F. 1, 159: meus renovatur campus aratris,id. Am. 1, 3, 9: multa jugera (tauri),Tib. 3, 3, 5; but also, to restore by not cultivating, to let lie fallow: agrum,Ov. M. 1, 110: sedeat praeterea cottidie ad rationes, tabulasque testamenti omnibus renovet,retouch, change, alter before everybody,Petr. 117, 10.—Poet.: (Ulixem) veteres arcus leto renovasse procorum,i. e. used again,Prop. 3, 12 (4, 11), 35.— Absol.: non si Neptuni fluctu renovare operam des (sc.: purpureum colorem conchyli),to restore,Lucr. 6, 1076.— *
* In partic., in business lang., to renew or redouble interest, i. e. to take interest on interest, take compound interest: Scaptius centesimis renovato in singulos annos faenore, contentus non fuit,Cic. Att. 6, 3, 5; cf. renovatio, I. 2.
* Trop., to renew, restore: periculum sit, ne instauratas maximi belli reliquias ac renovatas audiamus,Cic. Prov. Cons. 8, 19: scelus renovare et instaurare,Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 11: institutum,id. Div. in Caecil. 21, 68: vetus exemplum,id. Phil. 1, 1, 1; cf.: veterem iram,Tac. H. 4, 36: veterem animi curam molestiamque,Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 1: nolo eam rem commemorando renovare,id. Quint. 21, 70: infandum, regina, jubes renovare dolorem,Verg. A. 2, 3: memoriam prope intermortuam,Cic. Mur. 7, 16: antiquarum cladium memoriam,Liv. 23, 41; 22, 61: bona praeterita gratā recordatione renovata,Cic. Fin. 1, 17, 57: haec studia,id. Div. 2, 2, 7; cf. id. Ac. 1, 3, 11: pristina bella,id. Rep. 6, 11, 11: bellum,id. Fam. 4, 7, 3: belli renovandi consilium capere,Caes. B. G. 3, 2; id. B. C. 3, 102; Sall. J. 36, 1; Liv. 2, 31; cf. proelium,Caes. B. G. 3, 20 fin.; Sall. J. 51, 5; Ov. M. 5, 156: casus omnes,Verg. A. 2, 750: vulnera,to tear open,Ov. Tr. 2, 209: rursus cursum,Caes. B. C. 3, 93: sacra rite,Liv. 5, 18: auspicia,id. 5, 31; 6, 5: societatem,Cic. Fam. 12, 28, 2; cf. foedus,Liv. 9, 43 fin.: amicitiam et societatem,id. 34, 31: dextras,Tac. A. 2, 58: luctus,Tib. 2, 6, 41; Ov. M. 14, 465: lacrimas,id. ib. 11, 472: renovata clades domūs,Juv. 10, 243: viam doloremque,Curt. 3, 12, 17: gaudia (with redintegrare),Plin. Pan. 61 fin.: annos Anchisae,i. e. to restore his youth, make him young again,Ov. M. 9, 424: senectutem,id. ib. 7, 215: florem aetatis ex morbo,Liv. 28, 35: annos renovaverat Titan,Tib. 4, 1, 113.
* In partic.
* To repeat in words, say again, say repeatedly: hic renovabo illud, quod initio dixi, regnum comparari, etc.,Cic. Agr. 2, 10, 24; cf.: ut renovetur, non redintegretur oratio,Auct. Her. 2, 30, 47: de lege, de foedere, etc.... renovabo ea quae dicta sunt,Cic. Balb. 7. — With ut: (consules) ipsis tribunis (plebis) ut sacrosancti viderentur, renovarunt,declared anew, repeated, that,Liv. 3, 55 Drak.
* To renew in strength; to refresh, recreate, recover, revive (syn.: recreare, reficere): quies renovavit corpora animosque ad omnia de integro patienda,Liv. 21, 21: animum auditoris ad ea quae restant,Cic. Inv. 2, 15, 49: animos equitum ad alicujus odium,id. de Or. 2, 48, 199: virtus, quae risum judicis movendo ... animum aliquando reficit et a satietate vel a fatigatione renovat,Quint. 6, 3, 1: refici atque renovari,id. 12, 6, 6: ars variandi renovat aures,id. 11, 3, 44: fatigata (facundia) renovatur,id. 10, 5, 14: et virium plus afferunt ad discendum renovati ac recentes,restored and fresh,id. 1, 3, 9: renovato modica quiete exercitu,Liv. 36, 14: se novis opibus copiisque,Cic. Mur. 15, 33: ipsi mihi locus optimi illius viri desiderium renovavit,Plin. Ep. 6, 10, 1.