Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1593.referō on page 1593
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referre to bring back
referre is a Latin Verb that primarily means to bring back.
Definitions for referre
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
to carry back, bring back, repeat, answer, report
English derivatives:
refer reference referent referral relate relation relative
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To bring back or again, carry home. (b) (mil.) to bring back (spoils from the enemy; also, the head of an enemy). (c) to come back having. (d) to fetch up again (what has been consumed or inhaled). (e) (transf., of times) to bring round again.
- 2
To move or force back, withdraw; (esp. mil.) to withdraw (a camp); signa ~rre, to retreat. (b) pedem (also uestigia, gradum, etc.) ~rre, to return, go back. (c) to bring or draw back, apply (to parts of one's body). (d) (in time) to move back (to an earlier date).
- 3
(refl. and pass.) To go back, return. (b) (refl.) to revert, return (to a subject, course of action, etc.).
- 4
To bring back (a message or reply).
- 5
To bring back news of, report; to report on (a mission). (b) (of magistrates or officials) to report, record (a decision, result of an election, etc.); rationes ~rre, to render an account of one's actions, have one's accounts inspected.
Sentences with referre
Latin to English
Servi lectum referebant.Compare The slaves were carrying back the bed.
Ut novus colomia duo duco, et refero, et auctor is Patres censeo.Compare He moved, and on his advice the senate voted, that two new colonies should be sent out.
Conjugation table for referre
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| referō refers refert referimus refertis referunt | referēbam referēbās referēbat referēbāmus referēbātis referēbant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| rettulī rettulistī rettulit rettulimus rettulistis rettulērunt / rettulēre | rettuleram rettulerās rettulerat rettulerāmus rettulerātis rettulerant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| referam referēs referet referēmus referētis referent | rettulerō rettuleris rettulerit rettulerimus rettuleritis rettulerint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| referam referās referat referāmus referātis referant | referrem referrēs referret referrēmus referrētis referrent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| rettulerim rettuleris rettulerit rettulerimus rettuleritis rettulerint | rettulissem rettulissēs rettulisset rettulissēmus rettulissētis rettulissent |
Infinitive present referre Infinitive perfect rettulisse Infinitive future relātūrum esse | Imperative present refer referte Imperative future refertō refertō refertōte referuntō |
| PASSIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| referor referris refertur referimur referiminī referuntur | referēbar referēbāris / referēbār referēbātur referēbāmur referēbāminī referēbantur |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| relātus sum relātus es relātus est relātī sumus relātī estis relātī sunt | relātus eram relātus erās relātus erat relātī erāmus relātī erātis relātī erant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| referar referēris / referēre referētur referēmur referēminī referentur | relātus erō relātus eris relātus erit relātī erimus relātī eritis relātī erunt |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| referar referāris / referēre referātur referāmur referāminī referantur | referrer referrēris / referrēre referrētur referrēmur referrēminī referrentur |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| relātus sim relātus sīs relātus sit relātī sīmus relātī sītis relātī sint | relātus essem relātus essēs relātus esset relātī essēmus relātī essētis relātī essent |
Infinitive present referrī Infinitive perfect relātum esse Infinitive future relātum īrī | Imperative present referre referiminī Imperative future refertor refertor - referuntor |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | referēns | referentēs |
| Gen. | referentis | referentium |
| Dat. | referentī | referentibus |
| Acc. | referentem | referentēs |
| Abl. | referente | referentibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | relātūrus | relātūrī |
| Gen. | relātūrī | relātūrōrum |
| Dat. | relātūrō | relātūrīs |
| Acc. | relātūrum | relātūrōs |
| Abl. | relātūrō | relātūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | relātus | relātī |
| Gen. | relātī | relātōrum |
| Dat. | relātō | relātīs |
| Acc. | relātum | relātōs |
| Abl. | relātō | relātīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | referendus | referendī |
| Gen. | referendī | referendōrum |
| Dat. | referendō | referendīs |
| Acc. | referendum | referendōs |
| Abl. | referendō | referendīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | referre | relātum |
| Gen. | referendī | relātū |
| Dat. | referendō | |
| Acc. | referendum | |
| Abl. | referendō | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 214.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1593.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 120.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "referō, referre, rettulī, relātum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/refero-referre-rettuli-relatum.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 214.referō, referre, rettulī, relātum on page 214
