recruit (v.) Copy link Outline I. To refresh1. rĕfĭcio, fēci, fectum, 32. rĕvŏco, 1II. Milit. t. t.1. suppleo, ēvi, ētum, 2 (to furnish a complement)2. expleo, ēvi, ētum, 23. rĕfĭcio, fēci. fectum, 3 • recruit (v.): I. To refresh: 1. rĕfĭcio, fēci, fectum, 3: to r. one's strength, r. vires, Cic. Sen. 11, 36: to r. oneself, r. se, id. Fam. 7, 26, extr. (q. v.): v. refresh. 2. rĕvŏco, 1: to r. one's strength and flesh, vires et corpus r., id. ib. II. Milit. t. t.: 1. suppleo, ēvi, ētum, 2 (to furnish a complement): legions r.'d from the army of Brutus, legiones ex Bruti exercitu suppletae, M. Anton. in Cic. Phil. 8, 9, 27: to r. the army by levies, s. exercitum delectibus, Tac. A. 4, 4. 2. expleo, ēvi, ētum, 2: to r. the legions, legiones e., Liv. 1, 30: the army was r.'d with difficulty on account of the plague, exercitus aegre explebatur propter pestilentiam, id. 40, 36, ad fin.: v. fill up. 3. rĕfĭcio, fēci. fectum, 3: to r. the legions from the levies, r. legiones ex delectibus, Caes. B. C. 3, 87: Liv. Phr.: to r. his diminished forces, copias deminutas redintegrare, Caes. B. G. 7, 31: v. foll. art.
recruit (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. tīro, ōnis (adj. and subs.; a newly levied soldier)2. tīruncŭlus (dimin. of preced.3. expr. by novus miles4. collectively, r.s may be expr. by dēlectus (a raising of troops, levy) • recruit (subs.): 1. tīro, ōnis (adj. and subs.; a newly levied soldier): there are three veteran legions, one of r.s, legiones sunt veteranae tres, tironum una, Planc. in Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 3: Caes.: Cic.: adj.: r.s, t. milites, Cic. Phil. 11, 15, 39: the condition of a r., tironatus, ūs, Cod. Theod. 7, 13, 21. 2. tīruncŭlus (dimin. of preced.: subs. and adj.): a very young, raw r., t. miles, Suet. Ner. 21, ad fin. 3. expr. by novus miles: to send any one to raise r.s, ad inquisitionem novorum militum mittere aliquem, Curt. 4, 6, 30. 4. collectively, r.s may be expr. by dēlectus (a raising of troops, levy): to fill up legions out of the new r.s, ex novo delectu legiones conficere, Caes. B. C. 1, 25, ad init.: v. levy: or by supplēmentum (a filling up of a body of troops): to enrol r.s for the legions, s. legionibus scribere, Cic. Fam. 3, 3, 1: a body of r.s, s. novorum militum, Curt. 5, 7, 12: or by tirocinium (rare) a despised body of r.s, contemptum t., Liv. 40, 35, ad fin.
RECRUIT Copy link • RECRUIT 1. v. To refresh, repair, Vid: (Of the army), Intransitively, i. e., to beat up recruits, scribere, or legere, milites in supplementum; scribere or conscribere milites; delectum habere; militiam cogere (Liv.). A recruiting sergeant, conquisitor (militum): to be on a recruiting party, esse or versari in aliqua, urbe ad milites comparandos. Transitively, i. e., to restore or supply with recruits, supplere: explere supplemento: delectibus supplere; supplementum scribere alicui: to recruit one’s shattered forces, deminutas copias redintegrare (Caes., B.G. 7, 31). 2. s. novus miles: tiro: miles tiro (opposed to vetus miles, veteranus): recruits, milites tirones: milites in supplementum lecti; supplementum.