rĕ-fĕro Copy link Outline I. Lit.A. Ingen.b. Esp.c. Pass. in mid. sense, to return, arrive ...d. To withdraw, removeB. In partic.1. To give back something due; to give up ...2. Referre pedem or gradum, as a milit. t. t., ...b. Transf., out of the milit. sphereII. Trop., to bear or carry back, to bring ...A. In gen.B. In partic.1. To pay back, give back ...2. To bring back any thing; to repeat, ...b. To represent, set forth anew, reproduce ...3. To convey a report, account, intelligence ...b. Poet. , to repeat to one ...c. Pregn., to say in return, to rejoin ...d. Publicists' t. t.(a). To bring, convey, deliver any thing as an official report, ...(b). Ad senatum de aliquā re referre(g). Referre ad populum , ...e. A mercantile and publicists' t. t., ...4. Referre aliquid ad aliquid, to trace back ...5. Culpam in aliquem referre, to throw the blame upon ... ⓘrĕfĕr: pres imperat act 2nd sg • rĕ-fĕro, rettŭli (also written retuli), rĕlātum (rēlātum or rellatum, Lucr. 2, 1001), rĕferre, v. a. irr., to bear, carry, bring, draw, or give back (very freq. and class.; cf.: reduco, reporto, retraho). I. Lit. A. Ingen.: zonas, quas plenas argenti extuli, eas ex provinciā inanes rettuli, C. Gracchus ap. Gell. 15, 12 fin.: arma, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 25: vasa domum, id. Poen. 4, 2, 25; cf.: pallam domum, id. Men. 5, 7, 59; 4, 2, 97; 98; cf.: anulum ad me, id. Cas. 2, 1, 1; and simply pallam, spinther, id. Men. 3, 3, 16; 5, 1, 5; 5, 2, 56: secum aurum, id. Aul. 4, 5, 4: exta, id. Poen. 2, 44: uvidum rete sine squamoso pecu, id. Rud. 4, 3, 5: aestus aliquem in portum refert, id. As. 1, 3, 6: Auster me ad tribulos tuos Rhegium rettulit, Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 3: ut naves eodem, unde erant profectae, reterrentur, Caes. B. G. 4, 28: me referunt pedes in Tusculanum, Cic. Att. 15, 16, B; cf.: aliquem lecticae impositum domum, Suet. Caes. 82; and: in Palatium, id. Vit. 16: intro referre pedem, to turn one's feet back, to return, Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 50; cf.: incertus tuum cave ad me rettuleris pedem, id. Ep. 3, 4, 3: caelo rettulit illa pedem, Ov. H. 16, 88; 15, 186: fertque refertque pedes, id. F. 6, 334 (for a different use of the phrase, v. infra B. 2.): in decimum vestigia rettulit annum (victoria), Verg. A. 11, 290: in convivia gressum, Sil. 11, 355: in thalamos cursum, id. 8, 89: ad nomen caput ille refert, turns his head, looks back, Ov. M. 3, 245: suumque Rettulit os in se, drew back, concealed, id. ib. 2, 303: ad Tuneta rursum castra refert, Liv. 30, 16: corpus in monumentum, Petr. 113: relatis Lacedaemona (ossibus), Just. 3, 3, 12: gemmam non ad os, sed ad genas, Ov. Tr. 5, 4, 5: digitos ad os referre, to draw back (v. digitus), Quint. 11, 3, 103: digitos ad frontem saepe, Ov. M. 15, 567: manum ad capulum, Tac. A. 15, 58 fin.: rursus enses vaginae, Sil. 7, 508: pecunias monumentaque, in templum, Caes. B. C. 2, 21: caput ejus in castra, id. B. G. 5, 58: vulneratos in locum tutum, id. B. C. 2, 41: cornua (urorum) in publicum, id. B. G. 6, 28: frumentum omne ad se referri jubet, id. ib. 7, 71: signa militaria, scutum, litteras ad Caesarem, id. ib. 7, 88; id. B. C. 3, 53; 3, 99; id. B. G. 1, 29; 5, 49: Caesaris capite relato, id. B. C. 3, 19 fin. — b. Esp.: referre se, to go back, return: Romam se rettulit, Cic. Fl. 21, 50: sese in castra, Caes. B. C. 1, 72 fin.: se huc, id. ib. 2, 8, 2: domum me Ad porri catinum, Hor. S. 1, 6, 115: sese ab Argis (Juno), Verg. A. 7, 286: se ab aestu, Ov. M. 14, 52; cf.: se de Britannis ovans, Tac. A. 13, 32: causam Cleanthes offert, cur se sol referat, Cic. N. D. 3, 14, 37.— c. Pass. in mid. sense, to return, arrive: sin reiciemur, tamen eodem paulo tardius referamur necesse est, Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 119: classem relatam, Verg. A. 1, 390: nunc Itali in tergum versis referuntur habenis, Sil. 4, 317; 7, 623.— d. To withdraw, remove: fines benignitatis introrsus referre, to narrow, Sen. Ben. 1, 14, 5: Seleucia ab mari relata, remote, Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 93. — B. In partic. 1. To give back something due; to give up, return, restore, pay back, repay (= reddere): scyphos, quos utendos dedi Philodamo, rettuleritne? Plaut. As. 2, 4, 34; cf. id. Aul. 4, 10, 29; 37; 38; and, pateram (surreptam), Cic. Div. 1, 25, 54: argentum, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 29; so (with reddere) id. Curc. 5, 3, 45: mercedem (with reddere), id. As. 2, 4, 35; cf.: octonis idibus aera, to pay the money for tuition. Hor. S. 1, 6, 75 (v. idus): si non Rettuleris pannum, id. Ep. 1, 17, 32; 1, 6, 60: verum, si plus dederis, referam, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 112.— 2. Referre pedem or gradum, as a milit. t. t., to draw back, retire, withdraw, retreat (different from the gen. signif., to return, and the above passages): vulneribus defessi pedem referre coeperunt, Caes. B. G. 1, 25; cf.: ut paulatim cedant ac pedem referant, id. B. C. 2, 40; Liv. 7, 33; so, referre pedem, Caes. B. C. 1, 44 (with loco excedere); Cic. Phil. 12, 3 (opp. insistere); Liv. 3, 60 (opp. restituitur pugna); 21, 8 al.— For the sake of euphony: referre gradum: cum pedes referret gradum, Liv. 1, 14. — And, in a like sense, once mid.: a primā acie ad triarios sensim referebatur, Liv. 8, 8, 11.— b. Transf., out of the milit. sphere: feroque viso retulit retro pedem (viator), Phaedr. 2, 1, 8; cf.: viso rettulit angue pedem, Ov. F. 2, 342; 6, 334: rettulit ille gradus horrueruntque comae, id. ib. 2, 502: (in judiciis) instare proficientibus et ab iis, quae non adjuvant, quam mollissime pedem oportet referre, Quint. 6, 4, 19. II. Trop., to bear or carry back, to bring, draw, or give back. A. In gen.: (Saxum) ejulatu ... Resonando mutum flebiles voces refert, Att. ap. Cic. Fin. 2, 29, 94 (Trag. Rel. p. 176 Rib.); cf. Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 14, § 42: sonum, id. N. D. 2, 57, 144; id. Or. 12, 38; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 201 al.: voces, Ov. M. 12, 47; cf.: Coëamus rettulit Echo, id. ib. 3, 387: cum ex CXXV. judicibus reus L. referret, restored to the list, i. e. retained, accepted (opp. quinque et LXX. reiceret), Cic. Planc. 17: o mihi praeteritos referat si Juppiter annos! Verg. A. 8, 560; cf.: tibi tempora, Hor. C. 4, 13, 13: festas luces (sae culum), id. ib. 4, 6, 42: dies siccos (sol), id. ib. 3, 29, 20 et saep.: hoc quidem jam periit: Ni quid tibi hinc in spem referas, Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 3: ad amicam meras querimonias referre, id. Truc. 1, 2, 65: hic in suam domum ignominiam et calamitatem rettulit, Cic. Off. 1, 39, 138; cf.: pro re certā spem falsam domum rettulerunt, id. Rosc. Am. 38, 110: rem publicam sistere negat posse, nisi ad equestrem ordinem judicia referantur, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 96, § 223: servati civis decus referre, Tac. A. 3, 21: e cursu populari referre aspectum in curiam, to turn back, turn towards, Cic. Prov. Cons. 16, 38; cf.: oculos animumque ad aliquem, id. Quint. 14, 47: animum ad studia, id. de Or. 1, 1, 1: animum ad veritatem, id. Rosc. Am. 16, 48: animum ad firmitudinem, Tac. A. 3, 6 et saep.: multa dies variique labor mutabilis aevi Rettulit in melius, brought to a better state, Verg. A. 11, 426: uterque se a scientiae delectatione ad efficiendi utilitatem refert, Cic. Rep. 5, 3, 5; so, se ad philosophiam referre, to go back, return, id. Off. 2, 1, 4: ut eo, unde digressa est, referat se oratio, id. ib. 2, 22, 77.— B. In partic. 1. (Acc. to I. B. 1.) To pay back, give back, repay (syn. reddo): denique Par pari referto, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 55; cf.: quod ab ipso adlatum est, id sibi esse relatum putet, id. Phorm. prol. 21: ut puto, non poteris ipsa referre vicem, pay him back in his own coin, Ov. A. A. 1, 370; Sen. Herc. Fur. 1337. — Esp. in the phrase referre gratiam (rarely gratias), to return thanks, show one's gratitude (by deeds), to recompense, requite (cf.: gratiam habeo): spero ego mihi quoque Tempus tale eventurum, ut tibi gratium referam parem, Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 39: parem gratiam, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 51: et habetur et refertur, Thais, a me ita, uti merita es, gratia, id. ib. 4, 6, 12; cf.: meritam gratiam debitamque, Cic. de Or. 3, 4, 14: justam ac debitam gratiam, id. Balb. 26, 59: pro eo mihi ac mereor relaturos esse gratiam, id. Cat. 4, 2, 3; 1, 11, 28; id. Off. 2, 20, 69: fecisti ut tibi numquam referre gratiam possim, Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 12; id. Most. 1, 3, 57; id. Pers. 5, 2, 71; id. Ps. 1, 3, 86; id. Rud. 5, 3, 36 al.; Cic. Lael. 15, 53; Caes. B. G. 1, 35: alicui pro ejus meritis gratiam referre, id. ib. 5, 27 fin.; id. B. C. 2, 39; 3, 1, fin.: gratiam emeritis, Ov. P. 1, 7, 61: gratiam factis, id. Tr. 5, 4, 47.— Plur.: pro tantis eorum in rem publicam meritis honores ei habeantur gratiaeque referantur, Cic. Phil. 3, 15, 39; 10, 11, 1: dis advenientem gratias pro meritis agere, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 27; v. gratia.— 2. To bring back any thing; to repeat, renew, restore, = repetere, retractare, renovare, etc.: (Hecyram) Iterum referre, to produce it again, Ter. Hec. prol. 7; id. ib. prol. alt. 21 and 30; cf. Hor. A. P. 179.— So, to bring up for reconsideration: rem judicatam, Cic. Dom. 29, 78: ludunt ... Dictaeos referunt Curetas, Lucr. 2, 633: Actia pugna per pueros refertur, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 62: institutum referri ac renovari, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 21, 68; cf.: consuetudo longo intervallo repetita ac relata, id. ib. 21, 67: te illud idem, quod tum explosum et ejectum est, nunc rettulisse demiror, Cic. Clu. 31, 86: cum ad idem, unde semel profecta sunt, cuncta astra redierint eandemque totius caeli descriptionem longis intervallis retulerint, id. Rep. 6, 22, 24: mysteria ad quae biduo serius veneram, id. de Or. 3, 20, 75: quasdam caerimonias ex magno intervallo, Liv. 3, 55: antiquum morem, Suet. Caes. 20: consuetudinem antiquam, id. Tib. 32 et saep.: cum aditus consul idem illud responsum rettulit, repeated, Liv. 37, 6 fin.: veterem Valeriae gentis in liberandā patriā laudem, to restore, Cic. Fl. 1, 1: hunc morem, hos casus atque haec certamina primus Ascanius Rettulit, Verg. A. 5, 598: O mihi praeteritos referat si Juppiter annos, id. ib. 8, 560.— b. To represent, set forth anew, reproduce, etc.: referre Naturam, mores, victum motusque parentum, to reproduce, Lucr. 1, 597: majorum vultus vocesque comasque, id. 4, 1221: mores, os vultusque ejus (sc. patris), Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 9: parentis sui speciem, Liv. 10, 7; cf.: (Tellus) partim figuras Rettulit antiquas, partim nova monstra creavit, Ov. M. 1, 437: faciem demptā pelle novam, Tib. 1, 8, 46: temporis illius vultum, Ov. M. 13, 443: si quis mihi parvulus aulā Luderet Aeneas, qui te tamen ore referret, might represent, resemble thee, Verg. A. 4, 329; cf.: nomine avum referens, animo manibusque parentem, id. ib. 12, 348: Marsigni sermone vultuque Suevos referunt, Tac. G. 43: neque amissos colores lana refert, Hor. C. 3, 5, 28.— 3. To convey a report, account, intelligence, by speech or by writing; to report, announce, relate, recite, repeat, recount; to mention, allege (class.; in late Lat. saepissime): certorum hominum sermones referebantur ad me, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10 Orell. N. cr.: tales miserrima fletus Fertque refertque soror (sc. ad Aeneam), Verg. A. 4, 438: pugnam referunt, Ov. M. 12, 160: factum dictumve, Liv. 6, 40: si quis hoc referat exemplum, Quint. 5, 11, 8: in epistulis Cicero haec Bruti refert verba, id. 6, 3, 20: quale refert Cicero de homine praelongo, caput eum, etc., id. 6, 3, 67 et saep.: quaecunque refers, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 60; 2, 1, 130: sermones deorum, id. C. 3, 3, 71: multum referens de Maecenate, Juv. 1, 66. —With obj.-clause, Suet. Caes. 30; Ov. M. 1, 700; 4, 796: Celso gaudere et bene rem gerere refer, Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 2 al.; cf. poet. by Greek attraction: quia rettulit Ajax Esse Jovis pronepos, Ov. M. 13, 141; and: referre aliquid in annales, Liv. 4, 34 fin., and 43, 13, 2: ut Proetum mulier perfida credulum Falsis impulerit criminibus, refert, Hor. C. 3, 7, 16.—Absol.: quantum, inquam, debetis? Respondent CVI. Refero ad Scaptium, I report, announce it to Scaptius, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 12: in quo primum saepe aliter est dictum, aliter ad nos relatum, reported, stated, id. Brut. 57, 288: (Hortensius) nullo referente, omnia adversariorum dicta meminisset, id. ib. 88, 301: abi, quaere, et refer, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 53. — b. Poet. (mostly in Ovid), to repeat to one's self, call to mind: tacitāque recentia mente Visa refert, Ov. M. 15, 27: si forte refers, id. Am. 2, 8, 17: haec refer, id. R. Am. 308: saepe refer tecum sceleratae facta puellae, id. ib. 299: mente memor refero, id. M. 15, 451: foeda Lycaoniae referens convivia mensae, id. ib. 1, 165; cf.: illam meminitque refertque, id. ib. 11, 563.— c. Pregn., to say in return, to rejoin, answer, reply (syn. respondeo): id me non ad meam defensionem attulisse, sed illorum defensioni rettulisse, Cic. Caecin. 29, 85: ego tibi refero, I reply to you, id. ib. 29, 85, § 84: ut si esset dictum, etc., et referret aliquis Ergo, etc., id. Fat. 13, 30: quid a nobis autem refertur, id. Quint. 13, 44: retices; nec mutua nostris Dicta refers, Ov. M. 1, 656; 14, 696: Musa refert, id. ib. 5, 337; id. F. 5, 278: Anna refert, Verg. A. 4, 31: talia voce, id. ib. 1, 94: pectore voces, id. ib. 5, 409: tandem pauca refert, id. ib. 4, 333 et saep. — d. Publicists' t. t. α. To bring, convey, deliver any thing as an official report, to report, announce, notify, = renuntiare: legati haec se ad suos relaturos dixerunt, Caes. B. G. 4, 9; cf.: cujus orationem legati domum referunt, id. B. C. 1, 35: responsa (legati), Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 380, 31: legationem Romam, Liv. 7, 32: mandata ad aliquem, Caes. B. C. 3, 57: responsa, id. B. G. 1, 35; cf.: mandata alicui, id. ib. 1, 37: numerum capitum ad aliquem, id. ib. 2, 33 fin.: rumores excipere et ad aliquem referre, Cic. Deiot. 9, 25; cf. Caes. B. G. 1, 47: Ubii paucis diebus intermissis referunt, Suevos omnes, etc., id. ib. 6, 10; Liv. 3, 38, 12.— β. Ad senatum de aliquā re referre (less freq with acc., a rel.-clause, or absol.), to make a motion or proposition in the Senate; to consult, refer to, or lay before the Senate; to move, bring forward, propose: VTI L. PAVLVS C. MARCELLVS COSS... DE CONSVLARIBVS PROVINCIIS AD SENATVM REFERRENT, NEVE QVID PRIVS ... AD SENATVM REFERRENT, NEVE QVID CONIVNCTVM DE EA RE REFERRETVR A CONSVLIBVS, S. C. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 5 sq.: de legibus abrogandis ad senatum referre. Cic. Cornel. 1, Fragm. 8 (p. 448 Orell.); cf.: de quo legando consules spero ad senatum relaturos, id. Imp. Pomp. 19, 58: de ejus honore ad senatum referre, id. Phil. 8, 11, 33: de eā re postulant uti referatur. Itaque consulente Cicerone frequens senatus decernit, etc., Sall. C. 48, 5, 6: rem ad senatum refert, id. ib. 29, 1; cf.: tunc relata ex integro res ad senatum, Liv. 21, 5: rem ad senatum, id. 2, 22: consul convocato senatu refert, quid de his fieri placeat, qui, etc., Sall. C. 50, 3: ut ex litteris ad senatum referretur, impetrari (a consulibus) non potuit. Referunt consules de re publicā, Caes. B. C. 1, 1; cf.: refer, inquis, ad senatum. Non referam, Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 20.— Of other bodies than the Senate (cf.: defero, fero): C. Cassium censorem de signo Concordiae dedicando ad pontificum collegium rettulisse, Cic. Dom. 53, 136: eam rem ad consilium cum rettulisset Fabius. Liv. 24, 45, 2; 30, 4, 9: est quod referam ad consilium, id. 30, 31, 9; 44, 2, 5; Curt. 4, 11, 10.—Per syllepsin: DE EA RE AD SENATVM POPVLVMQVE REFERRI, since referre ad populum was not used in this sense (for ferre ad populum); v. fero, and the foll. γ: de hoc (sc. Eumene) Antigonus ad consilium rettulit, Nep. Eum. 12, 1.—Transf., to make a reference, to refer (class.): de rebus et obscuris et incertis ad Apollinem censeo referendum; ad quem etiam Athenienses publice de majoribus rebus semper rettulerunt, Cic. Div. 1, 54, 122; cf. Nep. Lys. 3; Cic. Quint. 16, 53.— Different from this is, * γ. Referre ad populum (for denuo ferre), to propose or refer any thing anew to the people (cf. supra, II. B. 2.; v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 1006): factum est illorum aequitate et sapientiā consulum, ut id, quod senatus decreverat, id postea referendum ad populum non arbitrarentur, Cic. Clu. 49, 137; cf. Att. ap. Non. p. 512, 29; Liv. 22, 20; Val. Max. 8, 10, 1.— e. A mercantile and publicists' t. t., to note down, enter any thing in writing; to inscribe, register, record, etc.: cum scirem, ita indicium in tabulas publicas relatum, Cic. Sull. 15, 42: in tabulas quodcumque commodum est, id. Fl. 9, 20: nomen in tabulas, in codicem, id. Rosc. Com. 1, 4: quod reliquum in commentarium, id. Att. 7, 3, 7: quid in libellum, id. Phil. 1, 8, 19: tuas epistulas in volumina, i. e. to admit, id. Fam. 16, 17 init.; cf.: orationem in Origines, id. Brut. 23, 89 al.: in reos, in proscriptos referri, to be set down among, id. Rosc. Am. 10, 27: absentem in reos, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 42, § 109; cf.: aliquem inter proscriptos, Suet. Aug. 70: anulos quoque depositos a nobilitate, in annales relatum est, Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 18: senatūs consulta falsa (sc. in aerarium), enter, register, Cic. Fam. 12, 1, 1; id. Phil. 5, 4, 12. —Entirely absol.: ut nec triumviri accipiundo nec scribae referundo sufficerent, Liv. 26, 36 fin.—Here, too, belongs referre rationes or aliquid (in rationibus, ad aerarium, ad aliquem, alicui), to give, present, or render an account: rationes totidem verbis referre ad aerarium, Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 2; and rationes referre alone: in rationibus referendis ... rationum referendarum jus, etc., id. ib. 5, 20, 1; id. Pis. 25, 61; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 30, § 77; 2, 3, 71, § 167: referre rationes publicas ad Caesarem cum fide, Caes. B. C. 2, 20 fin.: si hanc ex fenore pecuniam populo non rettuleris, reddas societati, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 71, § 167: (pecuniam) in aerarium, Liv. 37, 57, 12; cf.: pecuniam operi publico, to charge to, i. e. to set down as applied to, Cic. Fl. 19, 44.— So, too, acceptum and in acceptum referre, to place to one's credit, in a lit. and trop. sense (v. accipio).— Hence, transf.: aliquem (aliquid) in numero (as above, in rationibus), in numerum, etc., to count or reckon a person or thing among: Democritus, qui imagines eorumque circuitus in deorum numero refert, Cic. N. D. 1, 12, 29: (Caesar, Claudius) in deorum numerum relatus est, Suet. Caes. 88; id. Claud. 45: Ponticus Heraclides terram et caelum refert in deos, Cic. N. D. 1, 13, 34: nostri oratorii libri in Eundem librorum numerum referendi videntur, id. Div. 2, 1, 4: hoc nomen in codicem relatum, id. Rosc. Com. B. and K. (al. in codice).—With inter (postAug. and freq.): ut inter deos referretur (August.), Suet. Aug. 97: diem inter festos, nefastos, Tac. A. 13, 41 fin.: hi tamen inter Germanos referuntur, id. G. 46; Suet. Claud. 11; id. Tib. 53: dumque refert inter meritorum maxima, demptos Aesonis esse situs, Ov. M. 7, 302: intellectum est, quod inter divos quoque referretur, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 14: inter sidera referre, Hyg. Fab. 192: inter praecipua crudelitatis indicia referendus, Val. Max. 9, 2, ext. 5: inter insulas, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 48: dicebat quasdam esse quaestiones, quae deberent inter res judicatas referri, Sen. Contr. 2, 11, 12: eodem Q. Caepionem referrem, I should place in the same category, Cic. Brut. 62, 223.— 4. Referre aliquid ad aliquid, to trace back, ascribe, refer a thing to any thing: qui pecudum ritu ad voluptatem omnia referunt, Cic. Lael. 9, 32: omnia ad igneam vim, id. N. D. 3, 14, 35: omnia ad incolumitatem et ad libertatem suam, id. Rep. 1, 32, 49; 1, 26, 41: in historiā quaeque ad veritatem, in poëmate pleraque ad delectationem, id. Leg. 1, 1, 5; id. Off. 1, 16, 52 et saep. al.: hunc ipsum finem definiebas id esse, quo omnia, quae recte fierent, referrentur, neque id ipsum usquam referretur, id. Fin. 2, 2, 5; cf. nusquam, id. ib. 1, 9, 29: ad commonendum oratorem, quo quidque referat, id. de Or. 1, 32, 145: hinc omne principium, huc refer exitum, Hor. C. 3, 6, 6.— With dat.: cujus adversa pravitati ipsius, prospera ad fortunam referebat, Tac. A. 14, 38 fin. — In Tac. once with in: quidquid ubique magnificum est, in claritatem ejus (sc. Herculis) referre consensimus, Tac. G. 34.—Rarely of persons; as: tuum est Caesar, quid nunc mihi animi sit, ad te ipsum referre, Cic. Deiot. 2, 7.—Absol.: ita inserere oportet referentem ad fructum, meliore genere ut sit surculus, etc., one who looks to or cares for the fruit, Varr. R. R. 1, 40, 6.— 5. Culpam in aliquem referre, to throw the blame upon, accuse, hold responsible for, etc. (post-Aug.): hic, quod in adversis rebis solet fieri, alius in alium culpam referebant, Curt. 4, 3, 7; Aug. contr. Man. 2, 17, 25 Hier. Epp. 1, 9 fin.: cf.: augere ejus, in quem referet crimen, culpam, Cic. Inv. 2, 28, 83: causa ad matrem referebatur, Tac. A. 6, 49: causam abscessus ad Sejani artes, id. ib. 4, 57.
rĕfĕrō Copy link Outline I pr.,1 porter en arrière, reporter : mes pieds me reportent (me ramènent) à ...2 rapporter qqch. au point d'où l'on est parti : on rapporte sa ...3 [milit.] se retirer, se porter en arrière, reculer, lâcher pied : || ...4 porter en s'éloignant d'où l'on est, apporter : il ordonne qu'on lui ...II [fig.],1 porter une chose au point d'où elle est partie :a) rapporter, rendre, ramener : rendre les pouvoirs judiciaires aux chevaliers ; pour ...b) remettre en état, rétablir : coutume reprise et rétablie après un long ...2 porter en retour :a) renvoyer : renvoyer les sons ; [fig.]b) témoigner sa reconnaissance à qqn en retour de qqch., cf. s'il ne ...c) répliquer, opposer en réplique, aliquid alicui, qqch. à qqn :3 porter une chose au point d'où l'on est parti :a) rapporter : rapporter chez soi le déshonneur, cf. revenir à Rome avec ...b) rapporter [une réponse, une notification, etc.] : les députés rapportent chez eux ...4 porter de nouveau [répétition], reproduire, renouveler : recommencer la célébration des mystères, ...5 détourner d'une chose et porter vers une autre :a) reporter : reporter ses yeux et sa pensée sur qqn, cf. au ...b) détourner de soi sur un autre : reporter la responsabilité sur un ...6 porter ailleurs, à d'autres :a) rapporter, raconter : on me rapportait des propos, cf. rapporter un acte ...b) rapporter officiellement, faire un rapport au sénat [en parl. des magistrats qui ...c) [en gén.] consulter qqn sur qqch., s'en remettre d'une chose au jugement ...d) porter sur, consigner sur [un registre, etc.] : porter qqch., consigner qqch. ...e) faire rentrer parmi, mettre au nombre de : porter qqn au nombre ...f) remettre, déposer : remettre ses comptes au trésor, cf. ou seul rendre ...g) v. accipio ;h) rapporter qqch. à une autre chose prise comme mesure d'évaluation : faire ... ⓘrĕfĕr: pres imperat act 2nd sg • rĕfĕrō, retŭlī et rettŭlī, rĕlātum, rĕferre, tr., I. pr., 1. porter en arrière, reporter : me referunt pedes in Tusculanum Cic. Att. 15, 16 a, mes pieds me reportent (me ramènent) à Tusculum ; Auster me Regium rettulit Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 2, l'Auster m'a reporté à Régium ; ut naves eodem unde erant profectæ referrentur Cæs. G. 4, 28, 2, en sorte que les navires étaient ramenés à leur point de départ ; pecunias in templum referri jubet Cæs. C. 2, 21, 3, il ordonne que l'argent soit reporté au temple || se referre Romam Cic. Fl. 60, se reporter, revenir à Rome, cf. Cæs. C. 1, 72, 5 ; sol se refert Cic. Nat. 3, 37, le soleil rétrograde ; [pass. même sens] Cic. Tusc. 1, 119 ; Virg. En. 1, 390 || reporter, rendre, restituer : Cic. Div. 1, 54 ; Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 32 ; Sen. Ep. 81, 9 || [poét.] pedem, gressum, cursum revenir : Ov. H. 16, 88 ; Sil. 11, 355 ; 8, 89 2. rapporter qqch. au point d'où l'on est parti : caput ejus refertur in castra Cæs. G. 5, 58, 6, on rapporte sa tête au camp, cf. Cæs. C. 3, 19, 8 3. [milit.] pedem referre, se retirer, se porter en arrière, reculer, lâcher pied : Cic. Phil. 12, 8 ; Cæs. G. 1, 25, 5, etc. ; Liv. 7, 33, 15, etc. || ou gradum referre Liv. 1, 14, 8 4. porter en s'éloignant d'où l'on est, apporter : frumentum omne ad se referri jubet Cæs. G. 7, 71, 6, il ordonne qu'on lui apporte tout le blé ; relatis in publicum cornibus Cæs. G. 6, 28, 3, les cornes [de l'urus] étant apportées en public, cf. Cæs. G. 7, 88, 4 ; 1, 29, 1 || [avec idée de rétribution] : Hor. S. 1, 6, 75. II. [fig.], 1. porter une chose au point d'où elle est partie : a) rapporter, rendre, ramener : ad equestrem ordinem judicia Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 223, rendre les pouvoirs judiciaires aux chevaliers ; ut eo, unde digressa est, referat se oratio Cic. Off. 2, 77, pour que mon exposé se ramène au point de départ, cf. Cic. Rep. 6, 22 ; ad philosophiam se referre Cic. Off. 2, 4, revenir à la philosophie ; b) remettre en état, rétablir : consuetudo longo intervallo repetita ac relata Cic. Cæcil. 67, coutume reprise et rétablie après un long intervalle, cf. Cic. Cæcil. 68 ; Clu. 86 ; Liv. 3, 55, etc. 2. porter en retour : a) renvoyer : sonum referre Cic. Nat. 2, 144, renvoyer les sons ; [fig.] Cic. Q. 1, 1, 42 ; b) alicui pro aliqua re gratiam Cæs. G. 5, 27, 11, témoigner sa reconnaissance à qqn en retour de qqch., cf. Cic. Phil. 3, 39 ; 10, 1 ; Cat. 4, 3 ; referre gratiam non potest, habere certe potest Cic. Off. 2, 69, s'il ne peut témoigner en retour sa reconnaissance, du moins il peut l'éprouver ; c) répliquer, opposer en réplique, aliquid alicui, qqch. à qqn : Cic. Cæc. 85 ; Fato 30 ; Quinct. 44 ; Virg. En. 4, 31, etc. 3. porter une chose au point d'où l'on est parti : a) rapporter : in suam domum ignominiam Cic. Off. 1, 138, rapporter chez soi le déshonneur, cf. Cic. Amer. 110 ; victoriam ex hoste Romam referre Liv. 4, 10, revenir à Rome avec une victoire remportée sur l'ennemi ; b) rapporter [une réponse, une notification, etc.] : ejus orationem legati domum referunt Cæs. C. 1, 35, 3, les députés rapportent chez eux son discours, cf. Cæs. G. 4, 9, 1, etc.; Cic. Dej. 25 || [avec prop. inf.] Cæs. G. 6, 10, 4 ; Liv. 3, 38, 12 4. porter de nouveau [répétition], reproduire, renouveler : mysteria Cic. de Or. 3, 75, recommencer la célébration des mystères, cf. Cic. Fl. 1 || naturam, mores parentum Lucr. 1, 597, reproduire la nature, les mœurs de ses parents, cf. Lucr. 4, 1221 ; Liv. 10, 7, 2 ; Plin. Min. Ep. 5, 16, 9 ; Virg. En. 4, 329 || [poét.] mente ou secum referre ou referre seul, se rappeler, faire revivre dans son esprit : Ov. M. 15, 27 ; Rem. 299 ; M. 1, 165 5. détourner d'une chose et porter vers une autre : a) reporter : oculos animumque ad aliquem Cic. Quinct. 47, reporter ses yeux et sa pensée sur qqn, cf. Cic. de Or. 1, 1 ; ex aliqua re in aliquam rem aspectum Cic. Prov. 38, au sortir d'une chose tourner ses regards vers une autre ; b) détourner de soi sur un autre : culpam in alium Curt. 4, 3, 7, reporter la responsabilité sur un autre ; crimen in aliquem Cic. Inv. 2, 83, rejeter sur qqn l'accusation 6. porter ailleurs, à d'autres : a) rapporter, raconter : sermones ad me referebantur Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10, on me rapportait des propos, cf. Cic. Br. 301 ; factum dictumve Liv. 6, 40, 5, rapporter un acte ou une parole, cf. Quint. 5, 11, 8 ; 6, 3, 20, etc. || [avec prop. inf.] Suet. Cæs. 30 ; Ov. M. 1, 700, etc. || [abst] refero ad Scaptium Cic. Att. 5, 21, 12, je rapporte la chose à Scaptius ; sæpe aliter est dictum, aliter ad nos relatum Cic. Br. 208, souvent il a été dit une chose et il nous en est rapporté une autre ; de aliqua re ad aliquem Cic. de Or. 1, 239, s'ouvrir à qqn d'une chose, faire part à qqn d'une chose ; b) rapporter officiellement, faire un rapport au sénat [en parl. des magistrats qui le président], c.-à-d. soumettre une affaire à sa délibération, mettre à l'ordre du jour de la séance : ad senatum de aliqua re referre, porter une question à l'ordre du jour du sénat, cf. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 5 ; Pomp. 58 ; Phil. 5, 19 ; 8, 33 ; Cæs. C. 1, 1, 2 ; de aliqua re refertur ad senatum Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 142, sur une affaire il y a délibération du sénat ; refertur de Peducæo Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 143, on met aux voix la question (le cas) Péducæus, cf. Liv. 26, 2, 1 || rem ad senatum referre Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 85, saisir d'une question le sénat, cf. Sall. C. 29, 1 ; Liv. 29, 15, 1 ; res integra refertur Cic. Att. 14, 17, 3, toute l'affaire est remise en délibération, cf. Liv. 2, 5, 1 ; 21, 6, 6 || [abst] referente te Cic. Phil. 2, 31, sur ton rapport, sur ta proposition ; refer ad senatum Cic. Cat. 1, 20, saisis le sénat ; c) [en gén.] referre rem ad aliquem Cic. Att. 7, 7, 4, consulter qqn sur qqch., s'en remettre d'une chose au jugement de qqn, cf. Cic. Domo 136 ; Har. 61 ; Att. 1, 13, 3 ; Div. 2, 62 ; Clu. 137 || de aliqua re ad pontificum collegium Cic. Domo 136, consulter le collège des pontifes sur qqch. ; d) porter sur, consigner sur [un registre, etc.] : aliquid in tabulas Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 12, porter qqch., consigner qqch. sur les livres de compte, cf. Cic. Fl. 20 ; in tabulas publicas refertur avec prop. inf. Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 134, il est porté sur les registres officiels cette mention que ; in tabulis refert avec prop. inf. Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 31, dans ses registres il relate que ; orationem in Origines Cic. Br. 89, relater un discours dans ses Origines [Caton] || [abst] consigner sur un procès-verbal : Cic. Phil. 5, 12 ; Liv. 26, 36, 11 ; e) faire rentrer parmi, mettre au nombre de : aliquem in reos Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 109, porter qqn au nombre des accusés ; in labores Herculis aliquid Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 95, mettre qqch. au nombre des travaux d'Hercule ; in oratorum numerum Cic. Br. 137 ; in deorum numero Cic. Nat. 1, 29, ranger au nombre des orateurs, des dieux ; f) remettre, déposer : ad ærarium rationes Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 77, remettre ses comptes au trésor, cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 167 ; Pis. 61, ou rationes referre seul Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 1, rendre ses comptes ; g) acceptum, in acceptum referre, v. accipio ; h) aliquid ad aliquid, rapporter qqch. à une autre chose prise comme mesure d'évaluation : omnia ad voluptatem Cic. Læl. 32, faire du plaisir la mesure de tout, rapporter tout au plaisir ; aliquid ad amicitiam Cic. Br. 5, juger qqch. d'après l'amitié, cf. Cic. Dej. 7 ; Leg. 1, 46 ; 2, 8 ; Or. 9 ; 139, etc. || [ou] rapportera une autre chose prisé comme fin : summa omnis philosophiæ ad beate vivendum refertur Cic. Fin. 2, 86, toute philosophie dans son ensemble a pour but d'assurer le bonheur, cf. Cic. Off. 1, 106 || [ou] rapporter à une autre chose qui est le fondement, le principe : omnia ad igneam vim referre Cic. Nat. 3, 35, ramener tout au principe du feu, y voir le principe de toutes choses. ➳ rellatum Ter. Phorm. 21 ; Lucr. 2, 1001.
refero Copy link ⓘrĕfĕr: pres imperat act 2nd sg REFERO tuli, lâtum, ferre. [ἀναφέρω, ἀνάγω, ἀνακομίζω, ἐπαναφέρω] Reportare, quasi retro ferre. […] 🗁 Page Scan .
refer Copy link Outline A. Trans.I. To direct a person for information1. rejĭcio, jēci, jectum, 32. rĕvŏco, 13. dēlēgo, 1II. To submit to, or judge by any authority or standard1. rĕfĕro, retŭli, (rettŭli), rĕlātum, 3 (with ad or adv. of direction)2. rejĭcio, jēci, jectum, 33. rĕvŏco, 14. rĕmitto, mīsi, missum, 35. dēfĕro, 3III. To ascribe, assign1. rĕfĕro, retŭli (or rettŭli), rĕlātum, 32. dēlēgo, 1 (with dat.)3. rĕlēgo, 1B. Intrans.I. To allude to1. perstringo, nxi, ctum, 3 (to touch upon in speaking)2. attingo, tĭgi, tactum, 3 (to touch upon)3. allūdo, si, sum, 3 (foll. by dat.)II. To relate, regard • refer: A. Trans.: I. To direct a person for information: 1. rejĭcio, jēci, jectum, 3: to r. you to the letter itself, ad ipsam te epistolam r., Cic. Att. 9, 13, extr. 2. rĕvŏco, 1: nor do I r. you to the fables of the poets, nec te ad fabulas poetarum r., Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40: id. Tusc. 2, 25, 59. 3. dēlēgo, 1: we r. the admirers of Cato to that volume, studiosos Catonis ad illud volumen delegamus (al. relegamus), Nep. Cat. 3, extr. II. To submit to, or judge by any authority or standard: 1. rĕfĕro, retŭli, (rettŭli), rĕlātum, 3 (with ad or adv. of direction): to r. the matter to the senate, rem ad Senatum r., Liv. 21, 6: Cic.: I am accustomed to r. everything to you, solenne est mihi ad te omnia r., Plin. Ep. 10, 97, ad init.: to r. all things to the standard of virtue, omnia ad virtutem r., Cic. Phil. 10, 10, 20. (N.B.--Referre ad populum in Cic. Clu. 49, 137, is to r. anew to the people; ferre is used when a proposition is first laid before them.) 2. rejĭcio, jēci, jectum, 3: to r. the matter to the Senate, rem ad Senatum r., Liv. 40, 29, ad fin.: to r. the whole issue to Rome, integram causam Romam r., id. 36, 35: Caes. B. C. 3, 7. 3. rĕvŏco, 1: to r. everything to knowledge, omnia ad scientiam r., Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 43: to r. everything to his own power, ad suam potentiam omnia r., id. Am. 16, 59. 4. rĕmitto, mīsi, missum, 3: to r. the whole matter to the Senate, integram causam ad Senatum r., Tac. A. 3, 10, extr.: Quint. 5. dēfĕro, 3: to r. the whole matter to Pompey (put it into his hands), omnem rem ad Pompeium d., Cic. Fam. 1, 1: v. hand over, submit. III. To ascribe, assign: 1. rĕfĕro, retŭli (or rettŭli), rĕlātum, 3: to r. everything to the agency of fire, r. omnia ad igneam vim, Cic. N. D. 3, 14, 35: to r. whatever is magnificent to his renown, quicquid magnificum est in claritatem ejus r., Tac. G. 34: Hor. 2. dēlēgo, 1 (with dat.): if we can r. this crime to the noblest personages, si hoc crimen optimis nominibus d. possumus, Cic. Fontei. 4, 8: to r. the origin of the blunder to the dead, d. causam peccati mortuis, Hirt. B. G. 8, 22. 3. rĕlēgo, 1: to r. all misfortunes to the fault of fortune, r. mala omnia ad crimen fortunae, Quint. 6, prooem., 13: Plin.: Tib.: v. to ascribe, assign. Phr.: can that definition be r.'d to any other thing whatever? num illa definitio possit in aliam rem transferri quamlibet? Cic. Acad. 2, 14, 43. B. Intrans.: I. To allude to: 1. perstringo, nxi, ctum, 3 (to touch upon in speaking): to r. briefly to a topic, locum breviter p., Cic. Am. 13, 46: esp. in the way of censure: I will shortly r. to the rest of his career, celeriter perstringam reliquum vitae cursum, id. Phil. 2, 19, 47. 2. attingo, tĭgi, tactum, 3 (to touch upon): when he r.'d to the sedition, ut seditionem attigit, Tac. A. 1, 35. Join: perstringere atque a., Cic. de Or. 2, 49, 201. 3. allūdo, si, sum, 3 (foll. by dat.): to r. to the verses of Homer, Homeri versibus a., Val. Max. 3, 7, No. 4, extr. (late in this sense). Phr.: to happen to r. to that very thing (in conversation), in eam ipsam mentionem incidere, Cic. Am. 1, 3: also, mentionem facere: v. to mention. II. To relate, regard: specto, 1: to r. not so much to religious scruples as to the rights of sepulture, non tam ad religionem s. quam ad jus sepulcrorum, Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 58: v. to relate to.
REFER Copy link • REFERTransitively, To direct to another for information, etc., aliquem or aliquid delegare ad aliquem or ad aliquid (e.g., rem ad senatum; aliquem ad volumen): relegare ad aliquem (e.g., ad auotores; ☞ but not ablegare ad aliquem or ad aliquid, in this sense): revocare aliquem ad aliquem or ad aliquid (e.g., aliquem ad Graecorum poetarum fabulas; aliquem ad philosophos): rejicere or remittere aliquid ad aliquem (e.g., causam ad senatum): to refer anything to (some deliberative body), referre rem or de re ad (e.g., ad senatum. But ☞ ad populum ferre aliquid, not referre, because the people were not called upon to advise, etc.; Vid: Ruhnken, ad Muret., Op., 4, 9. Hence also, referre ad concilium, to a council of war): to refer a matter to arbitration, rem alicujus arbitrio permittere. To reduce to, ascribe to, referre ad aliquid. trahere in or ad aliquid: to refer anything to something else, aliquid ad aliam rem transferre: to refer everything to sensual enjoyment, omnia ad voluptatem corporis referre. Intransitively, To regard, have relation to, spectare ad aliquid; referri, referendum esse ad aliquid; attinere ad (☞ not pertiaere ad). Vid: REGARD.