redivivo
reborn
adjective reh-dee-VEE-voh Rare
Origin: From Latin redivivus ('renewed, restored').
Also means
come back to life
Usage Note
Redivivo is used to describe someone who seems to have come back from the dead, or more often as a hyperbolic comparison: un redivivo Napoleone means 'a new Napoleon.' It is almost always used predicatively or in apposition to a noun, and carries a literary or rhetorical register.
Examples
"Si comportava come un redivivo eroe antico."
Natural Translation
He behaved like a reborn ancient hero.
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