reficio

Latin

Etymology

From re- (“back; again”) +‎ faciō (“do, make”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /reˈfi.ki.oː/, [rɛˈfɪkioː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /reˈfi.t͡ʃi.o/, [reˈfiːt͡ʃio]

Verb

reficiō (present infinitive reficere, perfect active refēcī, supine refectum); third conjugation iō-variant

  1. I make again, make anew; remake, renew, rebuild, reconstruct.
    Synonyms: iterō, integrō, redintegrō, renovō, novō, reparō, referō
  2. I restore, repair, fix, refit.
    Synonyms: ēmendō, reparō, corrigō, medeor
  3. I reappoint, re-elect.
  4. (of troops) I recruit, reinforce.
  5. (of income) I get back, get in return, make again.
  6. (of the body or mind) I make strong again, reinvigorate, refresh, revive, recruit, restore.
    Synonyms: reparō, exhilarō, revocō
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 3.711:
      Postera cum tenerās aurōra refēcerit herbās
      When the following dawn shall have refreshed the tender plants
      Or, the future perfect tense is often translated as a more natural-sounding English present or perfect tense:
      When the following dawn has refreshed the tender plants
  7. I obtain, earn, get, amass, collect
    Synonyms: contrahō, conferō, convehō, cōnstruō, compellō, glomerō, congerō, cōgō

Conjugation
   Conjugation of reficiō (third conjugation iō-variant)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present reficiō reficis reficit reficimus reficitis reficiunt
imperfect reficiēbam reficiēbās reficiēbat reficiēbāmus reficiēbātis reficiēbant
future reficiam reficiēs reficiet reficiēmus reficiētis reficient
perfect refēcī refēcistī refēcit refēcimus refēcistis refēcērunt,
refēcēre
pluperfect refēceram refēcerās refēcerat refēcerāmus refēcerātis refēcerant
future perfect refēcerō refēceris refēcerit refēcerimus refēceritis refēcerint
passive present reficior reficeris,
reficere		 reficitur reficimur reficiminī reficiuntur
imperfect reficiēbar reficiēbāris,
reficiēbāre		 reficiēbātur reficiēbāmur reficiēbāminī reficiēbantur
future reficiar reficiēris,
reficiēre		 reficiētur reficiēmur reficiēminī reficientur
perfect refectus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect refectus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect refectus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present reficiam reficiās reficiat reficiāmus reficiātis reficiant
imperfect reficerem reficerēs reficeret reficerēmus reficerētis reficerent
perfect refēcerim refēcerīs refēcerit refēcerīmus refēcerītis refēcerint
pluperfect refēcissem refēcissēs refēcisset refēcissēmus refēcissētis refēcissent
passive present reficiar reficiāris,
reficiāre		 reficiātur reficiāmur reficiāminī reficiantur
imperfect reficerer reficerēris,
reficerēre		 reficerētur reficerēmur reficerēminī reficerentur
perfect refectus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect refectus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — refice — — reficite —
future — reficitō reficitō — reficitōte reficiuntō
passive present — reficere — — reficiminī —
future — reficitor reficitor — — reficiuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives reficere refēcisse refectūrum esse reficī refectum esse refectum īrī
participles reficiēns — refectūrus — refectus reficiendus,
reficiundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
reficiendī reficiendō reficiendum reficiendō refectum refectū

Derived terms

Descendants
  • French: refaire
  • Galician: refacer
  • Italian: rifare
  • Portuguese: refazer
  • Spanish: rehacer

References
  • “reficio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “reficio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • reficio in Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
  • reficio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to recruit oneself, seek relaxation: animum relaxare, reficere, recreare or simply se reficere, se recreare, refici, recreari (ex aliqua re)
    • to repair a boat: navem reficere
  • Bruno Meinecke, Ph.D. (1960) Third Year Latin. (Allyn and Bacon, Inc.)
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