reficio
Latin
Etymology
From re- (“back; again”) + faciō (“do, make”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /reˈfi.ki.oː/, [rɛˈfɪkioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /reˈfi.t͡ʃi.o/, [reˈfiːt͡ʃio]
Verb
reficiō (present infinitive reficere, perfect active refēcī, supine refectum); third conjugation iō-variant
- I make again, make anew; remake, renew, rebuild, reconstruct.
- Synonyms: iterō, integrō, redintegrō, renovō, novō, reparō, referō
- I restore, repair, fix, refit.
- Synonyms: ēmendō, reparō, corrigō, medeor
- I reappoint, re-elect.
- (of troops) I recruit, reinforce.
- (of income) I get back, get in return, make again.
- (of the body or mind) I make strong again, reinvigorate, refresh, revive, recruit, restore.
- Synonyms: reparō, exhilarō, revocō
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 3.711:
- Postera cum tenerās aurōra refēcerit herbās
- When the following dawn shall have refreshed the tender plants
Or, the future perfect tense is often translated as a more natural-sounding English present or perfect tense:
When the following dawn has refreshed the tender plants
- When the following dawn shall have refreshed the tender plants
- Postera cum tenerās aurōra refēcerit herbās
- I obtain, earn, get, amass, collect
- Synonyms: contrahō, conferō, convehō, cōnstruō, compellō, glomerō, congerō, cōgō
Conjugation
| Conjugation of reficiō (third conjugation iō-variant) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | reficiō | reficis | reficit | reficimus | reficitis | reficiunt |
| imperfect | reficiēbam | reficiēbās | reficiēbat | reficiēbāmus | reficiēbātis | reficiēbant | |
| future | reficiam | reficiēs | reficiet | reficiēmus | reficiētis | reficient | |
| perfect | refēcī | refēcistī | refēcit | refēcimus | refēcistis | refēcērunt, refēcēre | |
| pluperfect | refēceram | refēcerās | refēcerat | refēcerāmus | refēcerātis | refēcerant | |
| future perfect | refēcerō | refēceris | refēcerit | refēcerimus | refēceritis | refēcerint | |
| passive | present | reficior | reficeris, reficere | reficitur | reficimur | reficiminī | reficiuntur |
| imperfect | reficiēbar | reficiēbāris, reficiēbāre | reficiēbātur | reficiēbāmur | reficiēbāminī | reficiēbantur | |
| future | reficiar | reficiēris, reficiēre | reficiētur | reficiēmur | reficiēminī | reficientur | |
| perfect | refectus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | refectus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | refectus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | reficiam | reficiās | reficiat | reficiāmus | reficiātis | reficiant |
| imperfect | reficerem | reficerēs | reficeret | reficerēmus | reficerētis | reficerent | |
| perfect | refēcerim | refēcerīs | refēcerit | refēcerīmus | refēcerītis | refēcerint | |
| pluperfect | refēcissem | refēcissēs | refēcisset | refēcissēmus | refēcissētis | refēcissent | |
| passive | present | reficiar | reficiāris, reficiāre | reficiātur | reficiāmur | reficiāminī | reficiantur |
| imperfect | reficerer | reficerēris, reficerēre | reficerētur | reficerēmur | reficerēminī | reficerentur | |
| perfect | refectus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | refectus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | refice | — | — | reficite | — |
| future | — | reficitō | reficitō | — | reficitōte | reficiuntō | |
| passive | present | — | reficere | — | — | reficiminī | — |
| future | — | reficitor | reficitor | — | — | reficiuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | reficere | refēcisse | refectūrum esse | reficī | refectum esse | refectum īrī | |
| participles | reficiēns | — | refectūrus | — | refectus | reficiendus, reficiundus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| reficiendī | reficiendō | reficiendum | reficiendō | refectum | refectū | ||
Derived terms
- refectiō
- refector
- refectus
Related terms
- afficiō
- cōnficiō
- dēficiō
- efficiō
- faciō
- īnficiō
- interficiō
- officiō
- perficiō
- praeficiō
- prōficiō
- sufficiō
Descendants
- French: refaire
- Galician: refacer
- Italian: rifare
- Portuguese: refazer
- Spanish: rehacer
References
- “reficio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “reficio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- reficio in Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
- reficio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to recruit oneself, seek relaxation: animum relaxare, reficere, recreare or simply se reficere, se recreare, refici, recreari (ex aliqua re)
- to repair a boat: navem reficere
- to recruit oneself, seek relaxation: animum relaxare, reficere, recreare or simply se reficere, se recreare, refici, recreari (ex aliqua re)
- Bruno Meinecke, Ph.D. (1960) Third Year Latin. (Allyn and Bacon, Inc.)