retouch

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incūs, ūdis, f. [incudo], an anvil.

Lit. (class.):

sine follibus et incudibus,

Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 54:

si faber incudem fregerit,

Dig. 14, 2, 2:

impositos duris crepitare incudibus enses,

Verg. G. 2, 540:

positis incudibus,

i. e. having established smithies, id. A. 7, 629:

novā Incude diffingere ferrum,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 39.—Prov.:

eandem incudem tundere,

to labor always at the same thing, Cic. de Or. 2, 39, 162; so Amm. 18, 4, 2; 28, 4, 26.—

Trop.:

haec mihi incus est: procudam ego hinc hodie multos dolos,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 20:

juvenes, et in ipsa studiorum incude positi,

i. e. still occupied with their education, Tac. Or. 20; so,

philosophicā incude formatus,

Sid. Ep. 4, 1: incudi reddere versus, to return to the anvil, i. e. to revise, retouch, Hor. A. P. 441.

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.

rē̆-tracto (in many MSS. also written rē̆trecto), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [id.].

To take hold of or handle again; to take in hand again, undertake anew, etc. (class.; esp. in the trop. sense).

Lit. (mostly poet.):

arma,

Liv. 2, 30:

ferrum,

Verg. A. 7, 694; 10, 396:

gladios, Petr. poët. 89, 61: vulnera,

to feel again, Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 19; 4, 4, 41; cf.:

manu sua vota (i. e. the image),

id. M. 10, 288:

pedamenta,

to go over again, retouch, Col. 4, 26, 1:

agrum,

to look over again, examine again, id. 1, 4, 1:

dextras in bella,

Sil. 10, 257:

noctem,

id. 3, 216. — Poet.:

Venerem,

Lucr. 4, 1200.—

Trop., of mental action, to reconsider, examine again, revise, etc. (syn. recognosco):

qui omnia, quae ad cultum deorum pertinerent, diligenter retractarent et tamquam relegerent, sunt dicti religiosi,

Cic. N. D. 2, 28, 72; cf.:

fata domus (with relegere),

Ov. M. 4, 569: locus orationis a me retractandus, Cic. Mur. 26, 54:

augemus dolorem retractando,

id. Att. 8, 9, 3:

desueta verba,

Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 63:

secum deae memorata,

id. M. 7, 714:

vota,

id. ib. 10, 370:

gaudium,

Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 8:

leges retractavit,

revised, Suet. Aug. 34:

leges (librum), sed retractatum,

Plin. Ep. 8, 21, 6:

carmina diligentius,

Suet. Gram. 2:

Ceae munera neniae,

Hor. C. 2, 1, 38.— Impers. pass.:

posterā die retractatur,

the negotiation is renewed, Tac. G. 22 fin. —

To withdraw one ' s self from an act; to draw back, refuse, decline, be reluctant (class.).

Absol.:

veniet tempus et quidem celeriter et sive retractabis sive properabis,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 76:

Appius nunc vocari Icilium, nunc retractantem arripi jubet,

Liv. 3, 49 Drak.; 3, 52; 37, 18; Sall. H. Fragm. 1, 19; Col. 2, 2, 26:

aut quid jam, Turne, retractas,

Verg. A. 12, 889.—

With acc., to withdraw, retract any thing:

nihil est quod dicta retractent Ignavi Aeneadae,

Verg. A. 12, 11: largitiones factas ante aliquantum tempus retractari non oportet, Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 111 (112).— Transf., to detract from, disparage, = detrecto:

retractandi levandique ejus operis gratiā,

Gell. 14, 3, 4. — Hence, rē̆tractātus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.), revised, corrected: retractatius suntagma, Cic. Att. 16, 3, 1.