but fattens and transforms them

rĕ-crĕo, āvi, ātum, v. a., 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. —

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).

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.—

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,

id. 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,

id. 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.