refello

Latin

Etymology

From re- +‎ fallō.

Pronunciation

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 infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present refellere refellī refellēns —
future — — — refellendus,
refellundus
perfect refellisse — — —
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
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