make him young again

rĕ-nŏvo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to renew, restore (class., esp. in the trop. sense; syn.: instauro, redintegro).

Lit.: marc fontes assidue renovant, Lucr. 2, 591; cf.:

quibus (vaporibus) altae renovataeque stellae atque omnis aether refundunt eodem,

Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 118:

Lucifer renovatus undā Oceani,

Sil. 7, 639:

vides Virtutis templum a M. Marcello renovatum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 61:

VIAS ET MILLIARIA,

Inscr. Orell. 905:

renovare veteres colonias,

Cic. Agr. 2, 13, 34:

vitem,

Col. 4, 27, 6:

durum arvum,

to renew by ploughing, Ov. M. 15, 125:

agrum aratro,

id. Tr. 5, 12, 23; id. F. 1, 159:

meus renovatur campus aratris,

id. Am. 1, 3, 9:

multa jugera (tauri),

Tib. 3, 3, 5; but also, to restore by not cultivating, to let lie fallow:

agrum,

Ov. M. 1, 110:

sedeat praeterea cottidie ad rationes, tabulasque testamenti omnibus renovet,

retouch, change, alter before everybody, Petr. 117, 10.— Poet.:

(Ulixem) veteres arcus leto renovasse procorum,

i. e. used again, Prop. 3, 12 (4, 11), 35.— Absol.:

non si Neptuni fluctu renovare operam des (sc.: purpureum colorem conchyli),

to restore, Lucr. 6, 1076.—

In partic., in business lang., to renew or redouble interest, i. e. to take interest on interest, take compound interest:

Scaptius centesimis renovato in singulos annos faenore, contentus non fuit,

Cic. Att. 6, 3, 5; cf. renovatio, I. 2.—

Trop., to renew, restore:

periculum sit, ne instauratas maximi belli reliquias ac renovatas audiamus,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 8, 19:

scelus renovare et instaurare,

id. Verr. 1, 4, 11:

institutum,

id. Div. in Caecil. 21, 68:

vetus exemplum,

id. Phil. 1, 1, 1; cf.:

veterem iram,

Tac. H. 4, 36:

veterem animi curam molestiamque,

Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 1:

nolo eam rem commemorando renovare,

id. Quint. 21, 70:

infandum, regina, jubes renovare dolorem,

Verg. A. 2, 3:

memoriam prope intermortuam,

Cic. Mur. 7, 16:

antiquarum cladium memoriam,

Liv. 23, 41; 22, 61:

bona praeterita gratā recordatione renovata,

Cic. Fin. 1, 17, 57:

haec studia,

id. Div. 2, 2, 7; cf. id. Ac. 1, 3, 11:

pristina bella,

id. Rep. 6, 11, 11:

bellum,

id. Fam. 4, 7, 3:

belli renovandi consilium capere,

Caes. B. G. 3, 2; id. B. C. 3, 102; Sall. J. 36, 1; Liv. 2, 31; cf.

proelium,

Caes. B. G. 3, 20 fin.; Sall. J. 51, 5; Ov. M. 5, 156:

casus omnes,

Verg. A. 2, 750:

vulnera,

to tear open, Ov. Tr. 2, 209:

rursus cursum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 93:

sacra rite,

Liv. 5, 18:

auspicia,

id. 5, 31; 6, 5:

societatem,

Cic. Fam. 12, 28, 2; cf.

foedus,

Liv. 9, 43 fin.:

amicitiam et societatem,

id. 34, 31:

dextras,

Tac. A. 2, 58:

luctus,

Tib. 2, 6, 41; Ov. M. 14, 465:

lacrimas,

id. ib. 11, 472:

renovata clades domūs,

Juv. 10, 243:

viam doloremque,

Curt. 3, 12, 17:

gaudia (with redintegrare),

Plin. Pan. 61 fin.:

annos Anchisae,

i. e. to restore his youth, make him young again, Ov. M. 9, 424:

senectutem,

id. ib. 7, 215:

florem aetatis ex morbo,

Liv. 28, 35:

annos renovaverat Titan,

Tib. 4, 1, 113. —

In partic.

To repeat in words, say again, say repeatedly:

hic renovabo illud, quod initio dixi, regnum comparari, etc.,

Cic. Agr. 2, 10, 24; cf.:

ut renovetur, non redintegretur oratio,

Auct. Her. 2, 30, 47:

de lege, de foedere, etc.... renovabo ea quae dicta sunt,

Cic. Balb. 7. — With ut:

(consules) ipsis tribunis (plebis) ut sacrosancti viderentur, renovarunt,

declared anew, repeated, that, Liv. 3, 55 Drak.—

To renew in strength; to refresh, recreate, recover, revive (syn.:

recreare, reficere): quies renovavit corpora animosque ad omnia de integro patienda,

Liv. 21, 21:

animum auditoris ad ea quae restant,

Cic. Inv. 2, 15, 49:

animos equitum ad alicujus odium,

id. de Or. 2, 48, 199:

virtus, quae risum judicis movendo... animum aliquando reficit et a satietate vel a fatigatione renovat,

Quint. 6, 3, 1:

refici atque renovari,

id. 12, 6, 6:

ars variandi renovat aures,

id. 11, 3, 44:

fatigata (facundia) renovatur,

id. 10, 5, 14:

et virium plus afferunt ad discendum renovati ac recentes,

restored and fresh, id. 1, 3, 9:

renovato modica quiete exercitu,

Liv. 36, 14:

se novis opibus copiisque,

Cic. Mur. 15, 33:

ipsi mihi locus optimi illius viri desiderium renovavit,

Plin. Ep. 6, 10, 1.