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|lshtext=<b>rĕpens</b>: adv., v. 2. [[repens]]<br /><b>I</b> fin. a.<br /><b>rĕpens</b>: entis, adj. etymology [[unknown]].<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> 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]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> rĕpens: ([[Janus]]) Bina [[repens]] oculis obtulit ora meis, Ov. F. 1, 96.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</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.<br /><b>rēpens</b>: entis, Part., from [[repo]].

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|georg=repēns, entis (v. [[ῥέπω]], [[sich]] [[neigen]], an der [[Wage]] den [[Ausschlag]] [[geben]]), I) [[plötzlich]], [[schnell]], [[unerwartet]] (Ggstz. [[exspectatus]]), [[adventus]], Cic.: [[bellum]], Liv. – Adv., [[quae]] [[repens]] [[clades]] allata esset, Liv. 22, 7, 7: [[repens]] [[alia]] nuntiatur [[clades]], Liv. 22, 8, 1: [[Ianus]] bina [[repens]] oculis obtulit [[ora]] meis, Ov. [[fast]]. 1, 96. – II) ([[bei]] Tac.) übtr., [[neu]], [[frisch]] [[augenblicklich]], [[causa]], Tac.: [[perfidia]], Tac.: [[cogitatio]], Tac.: [[neque]] decerneres [[quid]] [[repens]] [[aut]] vetustate [[obscurum]], Tac. Vgl. Nipperd. Tac. ann. 6, 7. Heräus Tac. hist. 1, 23.

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