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|lshtext=<b>rĕcens</b>: entis (<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With in and abl., or ([[more]] freq.) [[with]] [[simple]] abl.: [[alius]] [[alio]] recentior [[sit]] in dolore, Auct. Her. 2, 7, 10: [[quod]] comitatum Agrippinae longo maerore fessum obvii et recentes in dolore anteibant, [[yet]] [[fresh]] in [[grief]], whose [[grief]] [[was]] [[still]] [[fresh]], Tac. A. 3, 1 fin.: quaedam (verba) in usu [[perquam]] recentia, Quint. 8, 3, 34: ut erat [[recens]] dolore et irā, Tac. A. 1, 41 fin.; so, [[recens]] praeturā, id. ib. 4, 52: stipendiis, ib. ib. 15, 59: caede, id. H. 3, 19: victoriā, id. ib. 3, 77.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With ad and acc.: recentes sumus ad id [[quod]] incipimus, Quint. 1, 12, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> 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.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Form rĕcens (not in Cic. or Cæs.): 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Form rĕcen-ter ([[post]]-[[class]].): capti turdi, Pall. 1, 26, 2: lecta poma, id. 5, 4 fin.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Sup.: [[quam]] recentissime stercorato [[solo]], Plin. 18, 23, 53, § 192; so, res gestae, Just. 30, 4, 8.