referio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

rĕ-fĕrĭo, īre,

v. a , to strike back or in return (rare): patitor tu item, quom ego te referiam, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 108: qui referire non audebam, Ter. Ad. 567: percussit te? recede. Referiendo enim et occasionem saepius feriendi dabis et excusationem, Sen. Ira, 2, 34 fin.Absol. , Ambros. Abrah. 1, 5, 39; id. in Psa. 36, 56.— Poet.: speculi referitur imagine Phoebus, is reflected , Ov. M. 4, 349; 2, 110; cf.: referitur vocibus Echo, Aus. Ep. 10, 23.

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