I.to make or create anew, to remake, reproduce, restore, renew (very rare; “syn.: reficio, reparo): lumen,” Lucr. 5, 759; 5, 277; cf. id. 5, 323: “carnes,” Plin. 34, 15, 46, § 155. — Poet.: Athenae recreaverunt vitam legesque rogarunt, transformed, reformed life (by agriculture), Lucr. 6, 3; Lact. 7, 21; Sedul. 4, 289; cf.“, of baptism,” Paul. Nol. C. 21, 465; and, jocosely: illic homo homines non alit, verum educat Recreatque, he does not merely feed men, but fattens and transforms them (by much eating), Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 23. —
II. In gen., to restore to a good condition, to revive, refresh, recruit, invigorate in body or mind; and, mid., to become refreshed or recruited, to recover, revive (freq. and class.; syn.: reficio, relevo, erigo, confirmo).
A. In body: propterea capitur cibus, ut suffulciat artus Et recreet vires interdatus, Lucr. 4, 868; cf. Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 4: “voculam,” Cic. Att. 2, 23, 1: “ex vulnere,” id. Inv. 2, 51, 154; Liv. 29, 18: “ex gravi morbo,” Cic. Red. ad Quir. 1, 4: “aspectu smaragdi recreatur acies,” Plin. 37, 5, 16, § 63: “lassitudines,” id. 22, 13, 15, § 32; cf. “defectionem,” Tac. A. 6, 50: “leni vento umerum,” Hor. C. 3, 20, 13: “arbor aestivā recreatur aurā,” id. ib. 1, 22, 18: “tenuatum corpus,” id. S. 2, 2, 84: “potorem squillis,” id. ib. 2, 4, 58: “semivivum ex acie elatum,” Nep. Eum. 4, 4: “fessos maniplos,” Sil. 17, 194.—
B. In mind: “quae (litterae) mihi quiddam quasi animulae restillarunt: recreatum enim me non queo dicere,” revivified, Cic. Att. 9, 7, 1: “reficere et recreare mentem,” id. Planc. 1, 2; “so coupled with reficere,” id. Mil. 1, 2; cf.: “(discipulus) mutatione recreabitur sicut in cibis, quorum diversitate reficitur stomachus,” Quint. 1, 12, 5: “afflictum erexit, perditumque recreavit,” restored again to life, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 23; cf.: “provinciam afflictam, et perditam erigere atque recreare,” Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 91, § 212: “ego recreavi afflictos animos bonorum,” id. Att. 1, 16, 8: “res publica revirescat et recreetur,” id. Fam. 6, 10, 5: “non recreatus neque restitutus populus,” id. Rosc. Am. 47, 137: “recreatur civitas,” id. Rep. 1, 44, 68: “(animus) cum se collegit atque recreavit,” has recovered itself, id. Tusc. 1, 24, 58: “litteris sustentor et recreor,” id. Att. 4, 10, 1: “Caesarem Pierio recreatis antro,” Hor. C. 3, 4, 40: spatium interponendum ad recreandos animos, * Caes. B. C. 3, 74 fin. et saep.: “se ex magno timore,” Cic. Cat. 3, 4, 8: “recreatus ex metu mortis,” Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 61, § 160: “ab hoc maerore recreari,” id. Att. 12, 14, 2: se ab illo tumore, Auct. B. Alex. 37 fin.: “veritas debilitata tandem aequitate talium virorum recreëtur,” Cic. Quint. 2, 4.—With gen.: “recreatur animi,” App. M. 2, p. 119, 37; 5, p. 168, 21.
