recrudesco

Latin

Etymology

From re- +‎ crūdēscō.

Pronunciation

Verb

recrūdēscō (present infinitive recrūdēscere, perfect active recrūduī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. (intransitive, of a wound) to break open again
    • 62 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares IV.vi.2:
      Nunc autem hoc tam gravi vulnere etiam illa, quae consanuisse videbantur, recrudescunt non enim, ut tum me a re publica maestum domus excipiebat, quae levaret, sic nunc domo maerens ad rem publicam confugere possum, ut in eius bonis adquiescam.
      And now wounds that I thought had healed are by such a strong blow breaking open again; I can't run away from home to a republic when saddened to enjoy peace of mind in her liberality as home used to free me from the turmoil of the state and soothe me.
    • 1728, Auctore Hermanno Boerhaave, Praxis Medica sive Commentarium, page 314:
      Sanies clara. Quia materia tantum exit per illa parva vaſa non verò per magna ulcera , talia ſine causâ recrudeſcentia ſemper habent ſedem in pinguedine , cum verò pinguedo ſola ſit ſedes ulcerum hinc ibi facile fieri poſſunt.
      Of the presence of clear pus. Because pus only comes out through little pores and not greater ulcers; when ulcers suddenly break open again they are always in the fat, and since fat is the only place ulcers may be found, we most expect them there.
  2. (intransitive, of a war, sedition,...) to break out again
    • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 6.18:
      Recrudescente Manliana seditione sub exitum anni comitia habita, creatique tribuni militum consulari potestate Ser. Cornelius Maluginensis iterum []
      With the sedition of Manlius breaking out again, comitia took place right about the end of the year and were elected tribunes with consular power Servius Cornelius Maluginensis, his second time, []

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Further reading

  • recrudesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • recrudesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.