revivesco

rĕ-vīvisco ( rĕvīvesco; v. Orell. Cic. Fam. 6, 10, 5), vixi, 3, v. inch. n., to come to life again, to be restored to life, to revive (class.; a favorite word with Cic., esp. in the trop. signif.).

I.

Lit.:

reviviscat M'. Curius aut eorum aliquis, etc.,

Cic. Par. 5, 2, 38; id. Fin. 4, 22, 61; id. Mil. 29, 79; id. Pis. 27, 67; id. N. D. 2, 38, 96:

ille reviviscet jam nunquam,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 15:

apes,

Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 38:

ut revixisse aut renatum sibi quisque Scipionem imperatorem dicat,

Liv. 26, 41, 25:

conchae,

Plin. 9, 37, 61, § 132.—

B.

Transf., to grow again:

gramina, nisi manu eliguntur, revivescunt,

Col. 4, 5:

avulsae pennae (insectorum),

Plin. 11, 28, 33, § 96.—

II.

Trop., to revive, recover, gather strength, renew vigor, etc.:

ipsa causa ea est, ut jam simul cum re publicā, necessario reviviscat atque recreetur,

Cic. Fam. 6, 10, 5; cf. id. Verr. 2, 5, 61, § 160:

omnes (civitatis) suis legibus et judiciis usae revixerunt,

id. Att. 6, 2, 4:

res publica,

id. Fam. 4, 4, 3:

adventu nostro revivescunt justitia, abstinentia,

id. Att. 5, 16, 3: quo facilius reviviscat Pompeianorum causa toties jugulata, Anton. ap. Cic. Phil. 13, 18, 38:

cum venisset mandatum, peccatum revixit,

Vulg. Rom. 7, 9.