LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

refīgō

refīgō (present infinitive refīgere, perfect active refīxī, supine refīxum)
Classical[rɛˈfiː.ɡoː]Ecclesiastical[reˈfiː.ɡo]

Meaning

  1. to loosen, unfasten, unfix
  2. to cancel, revoke, abolish (a law, etc.)

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.refīgōrefīgēbamrefīgamrefīxīrefīxeramrefīxerō
2nd sg.refīgisrefīgēbāsrefīgēsrefīxistīrefīxerāsrefīxeris
3rd sg.refīgitrefīgēbatrefīgetrefīxitrefīxeratrefīxerit
1st pl.refīgimusrefīgēbāmusrefīgēmusrefīximusrefīxerāmusrefīxerimus
2nd pl.refīgitisrefīgēbātisrefīgētisrefīxistisrefīxerātisrefīxeritis
3rd pl.refīguntrefīgēbantrefīgentrefīxērunt
refīxēre		refīxerantrefīxerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.refīgamrefīgeremrefīxerimrefīxissem
2nd sg.refīgāsrefīgerēsrefīxerīsrefīxissēs
3rd sg.refīgatrefīgeretrefīxeritrefīxisset
1st pl.refīgāmusrefīgerēmusrefīxerīmusrefīxissēmus
2nd pl.refīgātisrefīgerētisrefīxerītisrefīxissētis
3rd pl.refīgantrefīgerentrefīxerintrefīxissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.refīgorrefīgēbarrefīgar
2nd sg.refīgeris
refīgere		refīgēbāris
refīgēbāre		refīgēris
refīgēre
3rd sg.refīgiturrefīgēbāturrefīgētur
1st pl.refīgimurrefīgēbāmurrefīgēmur
2nd pl.refīgiminīrefīgēbāminīrefīgēminī
3rd pl.refīgunturrefīgēbanturrefīgentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.refīgarrefīgerer
2nd sg.refīgāris
refīgāre		refīgerēris
refīgerēre
3rd sg.refīgāturrefīgerētur
1st pl.refīgāmurrefīgerēmur
2nd pl.refīgāminīrefīgerēminī
3rd pl.refīganturrefīgerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.refīgerefīgere
pres. 2nd pl.refīgiterefīgiminī
fut. 2nd sg.refīgitōrefīgitor
fut. 3rd sg.refīgitōrefīgitor
fut. 2nd pl.refīgitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.refīguntōrefīguntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiverefīgererefīgī
perfect infinitiverefīxisserefīxum esse
future infinitiverefīxūrum esserefīxum īrī
present participlerefīgēns—
perfect participle—refīxus
future participlerefīxūrusrefīgendus
refīgundus
gerundrefīgendī, refīgendō, refīgendumsupinerefīxum, refīxū

rĕ-fīgo, xi, xum, 3, v. a.,
I. to unfix, unfasten, unloose, tear or pluck down, pull out or off (class.).
I. Lit.: num figentur rursus eae tabulae, quas vos decretis vestris refixistis? have taken down, Cic. Phil. 12, 5, 12: affixis hostium spoliis, quae nec emptori refigere liceret, Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 7; so, clipeo refixo, Hor. C. 1, 28, 11: clipeum de poste Neptuni sacro, Verg. A. 5, 360: signa Parthorum templis, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 56: clipeos captos in bello, Sil. 10, 601: dentes, to pull out, extract, Cels. 6, 15 fin.: refigere se crucibus, Sen. Vit. Beat. 19 fin.; cf.: refixum corpus interfectoris cremavit, Just. 9, 7, 11. — Poet.: caelo refixa sidera, loosened, falling down, Verg. A. 5, 527: non hasta refixas vendit opes, the plundered goods, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 497.—
II. Transf.
1. To take down the tables of the laws suspended in public, i. e. to annul, abolish, abrogate laws: acta M. Antonii rescidistis, leges refixistis, Cic. Phil. 13, 3, 5; cf.: cujus aera refigere debeamus, id. Fam. 12, 1 fin.: fixit leges pretio atque refixit, for a bribe, Verg, A. 6, 622.— *
2. To take away, remove: quo facilius nostra refigere deportareque tuto possimus, Curius ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 29, 1.

Origins

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinrefīgō

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ-der. Proto-Italic *feigʷō Latin fīvō Latin fīgō Latin refīgō From re- (“un-”) + fīgō (“fasten”).

Quick answers

What does refīgō mean in Latin?
refīgō, a verb, means “to loosen, unfasten, unfix; to cancel, revoke, abolish (a law, etc.)”.
What are the principal parts of refīgō?
refīgō, refīgere, refīxī, refīxum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce refīgō?
In classical Latin, [rɛˈfiː.ɡoː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [reˈfiː.ɡo].
Where does refīgō come from?
Proto-Italic *wre- → Latin refīgō.