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rĕ-fŏvĕo, fōvi, fōtum, 2, v. a., to warm or cherish again; to refresh, restore, revive, etc. (not ante-Aug.).
- I. Lit.: corpus refoventque foventque, Ov. M. 8, 536: pectora, id. H. 11, 58; cf.: artus admoto igne, Curt. 8, 4, 15: astrictos artus complexibus, Luc. 8, 67 Cort.: oculos, Plin. 8, 27, 41, § 97: torpentia membra quiete, Sil. 3, 637: ignes tepidos, Ov. Am. 2, 19, 15: vires mollitia caeli, Tac. A. 12, 66; cf. Vell. 2, 113, 2; 1, 15, 1; Stat. Th. 6, 521; refotus calidis piscinis, Suet. Ner. 27: refoveatur stercoratione terra, Col. 2, 1, 7: a lassitudine viae sedilibus refotae (sorores). App. M. 5, p. 165, 23: lectulo, id. ib. 5, p. 160, 1; cf.: lassitudinem poculis, id. ib. 2, p. 122.
- b. Of inanimate subjects: leni afflatu simulacra refovente, animating, Plin. 36, 15, 22, § 98.
- II. Trop.: studia prope exstincta refoventur, Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 5; cf.: disciplinam castrorum lapsam exstinctamque refovisti, id. Pan. 18, 1; 69, 5: longā pace cuncta refovente, Curt. 4, 4, 21: provincias internis certaminibus fessas, Tac. A. 2, 54; cf.: reliquias partium in Africā, Suet. Caes. 35; Tac. A. 15, 36; cf. id. H. 1, 31 fin.; 3, 58; id. A. 2, 47 fin.: calefacto simul refotoque animo, Gell. 15, 2, 8: solaciis, to comfort, Spart. Hadr. 8.