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refectio

refectio · f

a restoring

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Where it lives

De Tranquillitate Animi 1 · 1.32/10k
Divus Julius 1 · 1.03/10k
Metamorphoses 5 · 0.94/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 2 · 0.46/10k
De Carnis Resurrectione 1 · 0.44/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 2 · 0.43/10k
De Medicina 4 · 0.39/10k
De Architectura 2 · 0.35/10k
Res Gestae 3 · 0.24/10k
Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 1 · 0.14/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 1 · 0.13/10k
Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 1 · 0.13/10k

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

rĕfectĭo — Lewis & Short

rĕfectĭo (rĕfict-), ōnis, f.reficio,

I a restoring, repairing (post-Aug.).

I Lit.: Capitolii, Suet. Caes. 15: ferramenta, quae refectionem desiderant, Col. 12, 3, 9: viae publicae, Dig. 43, 11, 1; cf. ib. 43, 21, 1, § 7. — In plur., Vitr. 6, 3.—

II Trop., refreshment, refection, recreation, recovery (cf.: relaxatio, remissio): etiam febre liberatus vix refectioni valebit, will scarcely be strong enough to recover, Cels. 3, 15; 4, 6 fin.: tempora ad quietem refectionemque nobis data, Quint. 10, 3, 26; cf. Plin. Pan. 81: oculorum (with recreatur acies), Plin. 37, 5, 16, § 63: lassitudinum perfrictionumque (oleum), id. 23, 4, 40, § 80.— In plur.: quae refectiones tuas arbores praetexerint, Plin. Pan. 15, 4. —

B Transf., i. q. deversorium or cenaculum, transl. of the Gr. kata/luma, Vulg. Marc. 14, 14.

In the wild

refectio Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 4.32.4
refectionem Bede, Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 4.26.p1
refectio Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 23.4.p2
refectionem Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 9.3.8
refectione Celsus, De Medicina 4.13
refectionibus Vitruvius, De Architectura 6.3.2

6 of 28 attestations shown.

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