refert

Latin

Etymology 1

A compound of rē, the ablative singular of rēs (“matter”), and ferō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈreː.fɛrt]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈrɛː.fert]

Verb

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

1. to matter, to be important [with feminine ablative singular possessive determiner ‘to someone’]

   Synonym: interest

   Hoc meā rēfert. ― This matters to me.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of rēfert (third conjugation, suppletive, impersonal, no passive, no supine stem)

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	future	—		—		rēfertō		—		—		—
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		rēferre			—			rēferēns			—
perfect		rētulisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		rēferendī		rēferendō		rēferendum		rēferendō		—		—

Etymology 2

See referō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈrɛ.fɛrt]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈrɛː.fert]

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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016