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Lewis Short
(adjective) : rĕpens, entis, etymology unknown.
* 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.
* 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.
* Rĕpens: (Janus) Bina repens oculis obtulit ora meis,Ov. F. 1, 96.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* Rĕpens: (Janus) Bina repens oculis obtulit ora meis,Ov. F. 1, 96.
* 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
(adverb) : rĕpens, , v. 2. repens
* Fin. a.
* Fin. a.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
rēpens, entis, Part., from repo.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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