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|lshtext=<b>rēfert</b>: (or [[separately]] rē fert), tŭlit, ferre, v. n. and<br /><b>I</b> impers. (plur. [[rarely]] [[personal]]; v. II. [[infra]]) [res - [[fero]]; the ancients regarded rē in this [[word]] as [[derived]] from res; cf. Fest. s. v. [[refert]], p. 282 Müll.]; [[prop]]., it follows from or in [[view]] of a [[thing]], i. q. ex re est; [[hence]], it is for one's [[interest]] or [[advantage]], it profits; or, in gen., it befits, matters, [[imports]], concerns, it is of [[importance]] or [[consequence]] (syn.: juvat, conducit, attinet; freq. and [[class]].); constr.,<br /><b>I</b> In all periods and in all kinds of [[composition]], [[refert]] hoc (id, illud, etc., a subj.-[[clause]]) meā (tuā, etc., qs. fert re meā, tuā, etc.; cf. Prisc. p. 1077 P.) magni (pluris, quanti, etc., [[nihil]], [[quid]]?), or absol.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hoc meā [[refert]], etc. (in Cic. [[very]] [[rare]]; [[whereas]] [[interest]] meā occurs [[very]] freq.): tua [[istuc]] [[refert]] [[maxime]], Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 38: tua [[istuc]] [[refert]], si curaveris, id. Am. 2, 2, 109: id mea [[minime]] [[refert]], Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 27: [[quod]] [[refert]] tua, Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 50: [[nihilo]] pol pluris tua hoc, [[quam]] quanti illud [[refert]] meā, id. Rud. 4, 3, 27: meā [[quidem]] [[istuc]] [[nihil]] [[refert]], id. Pers. 4, 3, 68: id tuā [[refert]] [[nihil]], [[utrum]] illae fecerint, Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 12: tuā [[quod]] [[nihil]] [[refert]], ne [[Cures]], Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 48: tuā [[quod]] [[nihil]] [[refert]], percontari desinas, Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 12: non ascripsi id, [[quod]] tuā [[nihil]] referebat, Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 5: [[quid]] id meā [[refert]]? Plaut. Curc. 3, 25; 4, 2, 44; id. Merc. 2, 3, 117: [[quid]] id [[refert]] tuā? id. Curc. 3, 88; id. Rud. 1, 2, 88; Ter. Phorm. 4, 5, 11.—With subj.-[[clause]]: [[quid]] meā [[refert]], hae Athenis natae an Thebis sient? Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 41.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hoc [[refert]], etc.: [[quomodo]] habeas, illud [[refert]], jurene an injuriā, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 25: ne illud [[quidem]] [[refert]], [[consul]] an [[dictator]] an [[praetor]] spoponderit, Liv. 9, 9: illud permagni referre [[arbitror]], Ut ne scientem sentiat te id sibi [[dare]], Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 58: [[primum]] illud parvi [[refert]], nos publicanis amissis vectigalia [[postea]] [[victoria]] reciperare, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 7, 18: magni [[quod]] [[refert]], Lucr. 2, 760: at quibus servis? [[refert]] [[enim]] magno opere id ipsum, Cic. Cael. 23, 57: quanti id [[refert]]? Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 9, 1. — With [[subject]]-[[clause]]: parvi retulit Non suscepisse, Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 41; cf.: parvi [[refert]] abs te ipso jus dici [[aequabiliter]], [[nisi]], etc., Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7: quanti [[refert]], te nec recte dicere, qui [[nihili]] faciat? Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 23: meminero, sed [[quid]] meminisse id [[refert]]? id. Mil. 3, 1, 214: [[quid]] mihi [[refert]] Chrysalo esse [[nomen]], [[nisi]], etc., id. Bacch. 4, 4, 53: [[quid]] te [[igitur]] rettulit Beneficum esse oratione, si, etc., id. Ep. 1, 2, 13: [[neque]] [[refert]] videre, [[quid]] dicendum [[sit]], [[nisi]], etc., Cic. Brut. 29, 110: [[neque]] [[enim]] [[numero]] comprehendere [[refert]], [[nor]] [[indeed]] is it [[necessary]], [[need]] we, Verg. G. 2, 104: nec dicaris aliquid, [[quod]] referret scire, reticuisse, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 2.—With inf. [[pass]].: jam nec mutari pabula [[refert]], Verg. G. 3, 548; cf.: [[plures]] e familiā cognosci referre [[arbitror]], Suet. Ner. 1. — With a rel. subj.-[[clause]] (so [[most]] freq. in the [[class]]. per.): ipsi animi magni [[refert]] quali in corpore locati sint, Cic. Tusc. 1, 33, 80: magni [[refert]], hic [[quid]] velit, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 1, 2: cum ego ista omnia bona dixero, [[tantum]] [[refert]], [[quam]] magna dicam, Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 90: [[quasi]] [[vero]] referat [[quam]] id [[saepe]] fiat, id. Div. 2, 29, 62: [[quid]] [[refert]], quā me ratione cogatis? id. Lael. 8, 26: [[quid]] [[refert]], [[utrum]] voluerim fieri, an gaudeam [[factum]]? id. Phil. 2, 12, 29: [[quid]] [[refert]], tanto [[post]] ad judices deferantur, an [[omnino]] non deferantur? id. Fl. 9, 21: quae (aves) pascantur nec ne, [[quid]] [[refert]]? id. Div. 2, 34, 72: tuo [[vitio]] rerumne labores, Nil referre putas? Hor. S. 1, 2, 77: cum referre negas, quali [[sit]] [[quisque]] parente Natus, id. ib. 1, 6, 7 et saep.: [[quod]] tu istis lacrimis te probare postulas, Non pluris [[refert]], [[quam]] si imbrem in [[cribrum]] geras, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 100; cf.: [[tantum]] retulerit, ut in transferendis seminibus similem statum caeli locique observemus, Col. 3, 9, 7. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Refert, etc.: Do. Hae (tabellae) [[quid]] ad me? To. Immo ad te attinent, Et tuā [[refert]], Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 28: Ep. Tua pol [[refert]] [[enim]]? Ge. Si [[quidem]] meā [[refert]], operā utere, id. Stich. 4, 2, 36: [[quid]] tuā [[refert]], qui cum [[istac]] venerit? id. Merc. 5, 2, 65: non [[plus]] suā referre, [[quam]] si, etc., Cic. Quint. 5, 19: quos, cum [[nihil]] [[refert]], [[pudet]], Plaut. Ep. 2, 1, 1: cum [[nihilo]] pluris referet, [[quam]] si, etc., id. Bacch. 3, 4, 20: [[nego]] et negando si [[quid]] [[refert]], [[ravio]], id. Poen. 3, 5, 33: si [[servus]] est, [[numquid]] [[refert]]? id. Ps. 2, 4, 28: [[quid]] [[refert]], si hoc ipsum salsum [[illi]] et venustum videbatur? Cic. N. D. 1, 28, 79 et saep. — *<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Entirely absol.: bona Sejani ablata aerario, ut in fiscum cogerentur, [[tamquam]] referret, as [[though]] it mattered, as if [[there]] were [[any]] [[difference]], Tac. A. 6, 2.—<br /><b>II</b> Analogous to attinet, conducit, and [[interest]]; it is of [[importance]]; it belongs, relates, concerns, etc.; constr., [[refert]] hoc, id, etc. ([[once]] referunt haec), ad aliquem, alicui, alicujus, etc. ([[mostly]] ante-class. and [[post]]-Aug.; [[but]], [[with]] alicujus, [[once]] in Sall. and [[once]] in Liv.): [[quam]] ad rem [[istuc]] [[refert]]? Plaut Ep. 2, 2, 91; cf.: [[quid]] id ad me aut ad meam rem [[refert]], id. Pers. 4, 3, 44: [[refert]] [[etiam]] ad [[fructus]], [[quemadmodum]] [[vicinus]] in confinio consitum agrum habeat, Varr. R. R. 1, 16 fin.— In plur.: te ex puellā [[prius]] percontari [[volo]], Quae ad rem referunt, Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 44: [[quoi]] rei id te assimulare rettulit? id. Truc. 2, 4, 40: dic, [[quid]] referat [[intra]] Naturae fines viventi, jugera [[centum]] an Mille aret? Hor. S. 1, 1, 49: [[quin]] et verba Flavii vulgabantur, non referre dedecori, si [[citharoedus]] demoveretur et [[tragoedus]] succederet, Tac. A. 15, 65: faciundum aliquid, [[quod]] illorum [[magis]] [[quam]] suā retulisse videretur, Sall. J.111, 1: [[praefatus]] ... et ipsorum referre, si quos suspectos [[status]] [[praesens]] rerum faceret, Liv. 34, 27, 6: quorum [[nihil]] [[refert]], ubi litium [[cardo]] vertatur, Quint. 12, 8, 2: [[neque]] [[refert]] cujusquam, Punicas Romanasve [[acies]] laetius extuleris, Tac. A. 4, 33: ipsius [[certe]] ducis hoc referre videtur, Juv. 16, 58: plurimum [[refert]] compositionis, quae quibus anteponas, Quint. 9, 4, 44: tu [[nihil]] referre iniquitatis existimas, exigas, [[quod]] deberi non oportuerit, an constituas, ut debeatur? Plin. [[Pan]]. 40 fin.: quem insignire exempli [[nonnihil]], non insignire humanitatis plurimum [[refert]], id. Ep. 8, 22, 4: nec minimo [[sane]] discrimine [[refert]], Quo gestu lepores et quo [[gallina]] secetur, Juv. 5, 123. — Rarely [[with]] a subst. as subj.: [[adeo]] magni [[refert]] [[studium]] [[atque]] [[voluptas]], et quibus in rebus consuerint esse operati homines, Lucr. 4, 984: [[adeo]] [[incessus]] in gravida [[refert]], Plin. 7, 6, 5, § 42: [[longitudo]] in his [[refert]], non [[crassitudo]], id. 18, 31, 74, § 317: [[multum]] [[tamen]] in iis [[refert]] et locorum [[natura]], id. 11, 51, 112, § 267: plurimum [[refert]] soli cujusque [[ratio]], id. 18, 21, 50, § 187.