I.v. dep. n., to be born again; to grow, rise, or spring up again (class.; cf. regeneror).
I. Lit.: “res quaeque ... De niloque renata forent,” Lucr. 1, 542: “de nilo,” id. 1, 674; 757; cf.: “corpore de patrio parvus phoenix,” Ov. M. 15, 402: “ex se ipsa phoenix,” Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 43: “nec te Pythagorae fallant arcana renati,” Hor. Epod. 15, 21: “ut revixisse aut renatum sibi quisque Scipionem imperatorem dicat,” Liv. 26, 41, 25: “illi qui mihi pinnas inciderant, nolunt easdem renasci. Sed, ut spero, jam renascuntur,” Cic. Att. 4, 2, 5: “fibrae,” Verg. A. 6, 600: “dentes,” Plin. 11, 37, 64, § 168: “dente renato,” Juv. 14, 11: “amarantus,” Plin. 21, 8, 23, § 47. —
B. Transf., to come forth again, rise, or spring up again: “velut ab stirpibus laetius feraciusque renatae urbis,” Liv. 6, 1, 3; cf.: “tot nascentia templa, tot renata,” Mart. 6, 4, 3: “ubi terreno Lycus (fluvius) est epotus hiatu, Exsistit procul hinc alioque renascitur orbe,” i. e. comes forth again, reappears, Ov. M. 15, 274: “flumen fonte novo,” Luc. 3, 262. —
II. Trop., to be renewed, to revive: “principium exstinctum nec ipsum ab alio renascetur, nec ex se aliud creabit, etc.,” Cic. Tusc. 1, 23, 54; id. Rep. 6, 24, 27: “bellum renatum,” id. Fam. 11, 14, 3; so, “bellum,” Liv. 9, 12: “bellum ex integro,” Tac. H. 3, 59: “multa (vocabula) renascentur, quae jam cecidere,” Hor. A. P. 70: “Trojae renascens Fortuna,” id. C. 3, 3, 61: “dies,” Sen. Herc. Oet. 862; Inscr. Orell. 2352. — Esp.,
B. (In eccl. Lat.) To be renewed in heart, to be born again, Vulg. Johan. 3, 3; 4; id. 1 Pet. 1, 23.
