refello

Latin

Etymology

From re- +‎ fallō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /reˈfel.loː/, [rɛˈfɛlːʲoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈfel.lo/, [reˈfɛlːo]

Verb

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

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

• “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