refello

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Latin

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Etymology

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From re- +‎ fallō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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refellō (present infinitive refellere, perfect active refellī); third conjugation, no supine stem

  1. to disprove, rebut, confute, refute, challenge, contradict
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.380:
      “[...] Neque tē teneō, neque dicta refellō.”
      “And neither do I detain you, nor refute what has been said.”

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of refellō (third conjugation, no supine stem)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present refellō refellis refellit refellimus refellitis refellunt
imperfect refellēbam refellēbās refellēbat refellēbāmus refellēbātis refellēbant
future refellam refellēs refellet refellēmus refellētis refellent
perfect refellī refellistī refellit refellimus refellistis refellērunt,
refellēre
pluperfect refelleram refellerās refellerat refellerāmus refellerātis refellerant
future perfect refellerō refelleris refellerit refellerimus refelleritis refellerint
passive present refellor refelleris,
refellere
refellitur refellimur refelliminī refelluntur
imperfect refellēbar refellēbāris,
refellēbāre
refellēbātur refellēbāmur refellēbāminī refellēbantur
future refellar refellēris,
refellēre
refellētur refellēmur refellēminī refellentur
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present refellam refellās refellat refellāmus refellātis refellant
imperfect refellerem refellerēs refelleret refellerēmus refellerētis refellerent
perfect refellerim refellerīs refellerit refellerīmus refellerītis refellerint
pluperfect refellissem refellissēs refellisset refellissēmus refellissētis refellissent
passive present refellar refellāris,
refellāre
refellātur refellāmur refellāminī refellantur
imperfect refellerer refellerēris,
refellerēre
refellerētur refellerēmur refellerēminī refellerentur
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present refelle refellite
future refellitō refellitō refellitōte refelluntō
passive present refellere refelliminī
future refellitor refellitor refelluntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives refellere refellisse refellī
participles refellēns refellendus,
refellundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
refellendī refellendō refellendum refellendō

References

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  • refello”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • refello”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • refello in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • refello in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to refute arguments: argumenta refellere, confutare