reficio

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

1. to make again, make anew; remake, renew, rebuild, reconstruct

   Synonyms: iterō, integrō, redintegrō, renovō, novō, reparō, referō

2. to restore, repair, fix, refit

   Synonyms: ēmendō, reparō, corrigō, medeor

3. to reappoint, re-elect
4. (of troops) to recruit, reinforce
5. (of income) to get back, get in return, make again
6. (of the body or mind) to 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. to 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

• refectiō
• refector
• refectus

Related terms

• afficiō
• cōnficiō
• dēficiō
• efficiō
• faciō
• īnficiō
• interficiō
• officiō
• perficiō
• praeficiō
• prōficiō
• sufficiō

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^[1], 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.)