verbthird conjugation, no supine stem
refellō
refellō (present infinitive refellere, perfect active refellī)
Classical[rɛˈfɛl.loː]Ecclesiastical[reˈfɛl.lo]
Meaning
- to disprove, rebut, confute, refute, challenge, contradict
[...] Neque tē teneō, neque dicta refellō.
“And neither do I detain you, nor refute what has been said.”29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.380
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Refutare · Confutare · Refellere
1. Refutare and confutare (from sputare? or φοιτᾶν?) denote a refutation, in whatever manner; refellere (from fallere) on good grounds, and by convincing arguments. 2. The refutans acts on the defensive in refuting the arguments that are opposed to him; the confutans, on the offensive, in exposing their nullity, and cutting them up. Cic. Font. 1. Plus laboris consumo in poscendis testibus quam defensores in refutandis; comp. with N. D. ii. 17. Cujus opinionis levitas confutata a Cotta non desiderat orationem meam. (iv. 43.)
Conjugation conjugation 3 no-supine
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | refellō | refellēbam | refellam | refellī | refelleram | refellerō |
| 2nd sg. | refellis | refellēbās | refellēs | refellistī | refellerās | refelleris |
| 3rd sg. | refellit | refellēbat | refellet | refellit | refellerat | refellerit |
| 1st pl. | refellimus | refellēbāmus | refellēmus | refellimus | refellerāmus | refellerimus |
| 2nd pl. | refellitis | refellēbātis | refellētis | refellistis | refellerātis | refelleritis |
| 3rd pl. | refellunt | refellēbant | refellent | refellērunt refellēre | refellerant | refellerint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | refellam | refellerem | refellerim | refellissem |
| 2nd sg. | refellās | refellerēs | refellerīs | refellissēs |
| 3rd sg. | refellat | refelleret | refellerit | refellisset |
| 1st pl. | refellāmus | refellerēmus | refellerīmus | refellissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | refellātis | refellerētis | refellerītis | refellissētis |
| 3rd pl. | refellant | refellerent | refellerint | refellissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | refellor | refellēbar | refellar |
| 2nd sg. | refelleris refellere | refellēbāris refellēbāre | refellēris refellēre |
| 3rd sg. | refellitur | refellēbātur | refellētur |
| 1st pl. | refellimur | refellēbāmur | refellēmur |
| 2nd pl. | refelliminī | refellēbāminī | refellēminī |
| 3rd pl. | refelluntur | refellēbantur | refellentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | refellar | refellerer |
| 2nd sg. | refellāris refellāre | refellerēris refellerēre |
| 3rd sg. | refellātur | refellerētur |
| 1st pl. | refellāmur | refellerēmur |
| 2nd pl. | refellāminī | refellerēminī |
| 3rd pl. | refellantur | refellerentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | refelle | refellere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | refellite | refelliminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | refellitō | refellitor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | refellitō | refellitor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | refellitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | refelluntō | refelluntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | refellere | refellī |
| perfect infinitive | refellisse | — |
| present participle | refellēns | — |
| future participle | — | refellendus refellundus, refellenda, refellendā, refellendae, refellendam, refellendārum, refellendās, refellende, refellendīs, refellendōrum, refellendōs |
gerundrefellendī, refellendō, refellendum
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- argumenta refellere, confutare
- to refute arguments.
rĕ-fello, felli, 3, v. a. fallo, qs. falsum redarguere; cf.:
si id falsum fuerat, filius Cur non refellit? Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 54, I. to show to be false; to disprove, rebut, confute, refute, repel (class.;
syn.: refuto, redarguo): nosque ipsos redargui refellique patiamur, Cic. Tusc. 2, 2, 5: tu me γεωμετρικῶς refelleras, id. Att. 12, 5, 3: in quo licet mihi fingere, si quid velim, nullius memoriā jam me refellente, id. de Or. 2, 2, 9; id. Ac. 2, 6, 15: testem, Quint. 5, 7, 9; 5, 13, 3; 12, 8, 14; Suet. Aug. 56 al.; opp. confirmare, Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 90; so Quint. 3, 9, 6; 5, 2, 2; 5, 7, 36; 12, 1, 45: refellere et redarguere nostrum mendacium, Cic. Lig. 5, 16: sensus, Lucr. 4, 479: dicta, Verg. A. 4, 380; 12, 644: opprobria, Ov. M. 1, 759: ea magis exemplis quam argumentis, Cic. de Or. 1, 19, 88; 1, 20, 90: praedicta re et eventis, id. Div. 2, 47, 99: orationem vitā, id. Fin. 2, 25, 81: quae dicta sunt, id. ib. 4, 28, 80: crimen ferro, Verg. A. 12, 16.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
refellō fellī, —, ere
re-+fallo, to show to be false, disprove, rebut, confute, refute, repel, expose : id si falsum fuerat, filius Quor non refellit? T.: id nullo refellente obtinere, without exposure : refellito, si poteris: nostrum mendacium: dicta, V.: opprobria, O.: ea exemplis: orationem vitā: ferro crimen, V.
Origins
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinrefellō
Latin fallō Latin refellō From re- + fallō.