refert

Latin

Etymology 1

Thought in antiquity to be a compound of rē, the ablative singular of rēs (“matter”), and ferō.

Pronunciation

Verb

rēfert (present infinitive rēferre, perfect active rētulit); third conjugation, irregular, impersonal, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to matter, to be important
    Synonym: interest
    Hoc meā rēfert. ― This matters to me.
Conjugation
   Conjugation of rēfert (third conjugation, irregular, suppletive, no supine stem, impersonal, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — — rēfert — — —
imperfect — — rēferēbat — — —
future — — rēferet — — —
perfect — — rētulit — — —
pluperfect — — rētulerat — — —
future perfect — — rētulerit — — —
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — — rēferat — — —
imperfect — — rēferret — — —
perfect — — rētulerit — — —
pluperfect — — rētulisset — — —
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — — — — — —
future — — rēfertō — — —
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives rēferre rētulisse — — — —
participles rēferēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
rēferendī rēferendō rēferendum rēferendō — —

Etymology 2

See referō.

Pronunciation

Verb

refert

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of referō

References

  • “refert”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “refert”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • refert in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • refert in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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