Recens, Aduerbium est aliquando. Pla. Newly: freshly: of late.Sole recens orto.Virg.When the sinne was newly risen.Beluæ recens captæ.Liu.Recentissimè stercorato solo. Plin. Recens condita Roma. Suet. Recentes Româ venerunt. Ci. They came late from Rome.Recens natus.Plaut.Lately borne.
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rĕcens, entis (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. kaino/s, kai/w], 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, 31fin.; 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.—(b). 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.—(g). 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.—(d). With ad and acc.: recentes sumus ad id quod incipimus, Quint. 1, 12, 5.— 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.— c. Recentiores (subst. and adj.), the moderns (said of authors): attulisti aliud humanius horum recentiorum,