(verb) : rēfert (or separately rē fert), tŭlit, ferre, and
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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. — *
* 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.

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