refert

Latin

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈreː.fert/, [ˈreːfɛrt̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.fert/, [ˈrɛːfert̪]

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.fert/, [ˈrɛfɛrt̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.fert/, [ˈrɛːfert̪]

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^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016