refello Latin · revision 32281

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=190–159 BC, Terence|origins=ine-pro *sgʷʰh₂(e)l-n-}}

+

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [rɛˈfɛl.loː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [reˈfɛl.lo]^(Wiktionary)

+

+ ==Forms==

+ '''refellō''' (present infinitive refellere, perfect active refellī); third conjugation, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)

+ The ''Notae Tironianae'' have the perfect ''refefellit'' and a present ''refallit''.^(TLL)

+

+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|re-|fallō|t1=back|t2=to deceive]], as if to show something to be false.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) Servius and Priscian already derived it from [[m|la|fallō]].^(TLL) De Vaan traces [[m|la|fallō]] to [[itc-pro|*fal-s-e/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*sgʷʰh₂(e)l-n-|t=to stumble]].^(de Vaan 2008)

+

+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first example is Terence's ''Phormio'': “since you rebut none of this, I shall win”.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short quote the same play: “if it was false, why did the son not refute it?”^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+

+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to refute or rebut an assertion or charge, as the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' refutes childish opinions with the soundest reasons and Cicero says all such catches are refuted the same way.^(OLD 2012) It is also to refute a person, as Cicero's “if I had refuted you”, and Lucretius' senses that cannot be refuted.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein notes that it is refutation on good grounds and by convincing argument, unlike [[refuto|alt=refūtō]] and [[confuto|alt=cōnfūtō]].^(Döderlein 1874) Church Latin glosses it disprove, refute, rebut.^(Stelten 1995)

+

+ ==Timeline==

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence of rebutting a charge.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 170–c. 90 BC – Accius of refuting a person.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86/82 BC – The ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' of refuting opinions.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of refuting arguments and persons.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+

+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|refute]], [[m|en|rebut]], disprove an assertion or charge.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To refute a person; to show to be wrong.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+

+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fallo|alt=fallō]]

+ * [[refuto|alt=refūtō]]

+

+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}