rĕ-fĭcĭo — Lewis & Short
rĕ-fĭcĭo, fēci, fectum (AEDIFICIA REFACTA, 3, v. a.facio,
Inscr. Orell. 3115),I to make again, make anew, put in condition again; to remake, restore, renew, rebuild, repair, refit, recruit, etc. (freq. and class.; syn.: renovo, restauro, redintegro).
I Lit.
A In gen.:
quidvis citius dissolvi posse videmus Quam rursus refici, etc.,Lucr. 1, 557 sq.:
aliud ex alio reficit natura,id. 1, 263:
ea, quae sunt amissa,Caes. B. C. 2, 15; 2, 16; cf.:
arma, tela, alia quae spe pacis amiserat, reficere, Sall J. 66, 1: testamentum jure militari,to make anew, Dig. 29, 1, 9: reficere sic accipimus ad pristinam formam iter et actum reducere, hoc est, ne quis dilatet aut producat deprimat aut ex aggeret;
longe enim aliud est reficere, aliud facere,ib. 43, 19, 3 fin.:
reficere est, quod corruptum est, in pristinum statum restaurare,ib. 43, 21, 1:
opus,Cic. Verr 2, 1, 54, § 142; cf.:
Demosthenes curator muris reficiendis fuit, eosque refecit pecumā suā,id. Opt. Gen. 7, 19:
aedes,id. Top 3, 15; so,
aedem,Nep. Att. 20, 3:
fana reficienda,Cic. Rep. 3, 9; Nep. Timol. 3:
rates quassas,Hor. C. 1, 1, 17:
templa Aedisque labentes deorum,id. ib. 3, 6, 2:
muros, classem, portas,Caes. B. C. 1, 34 fin.:
naves,id. B. G. 4, 29 fin.; 4, 31; 5, 1; 5, 11;
5, 23: pontem,id. ib. 7, 35; 7, 53 fin.; 7, 58; id. B. C. 1, 41 al.:
labore assiduo reficiendae urbis,Liv. 6, 1, 6 et saep.:
copias ex dilectibus,to fill up, recruit, Caes. B. C. 3, 87:
exercitus,Liv. 3, 10.—Of cattle:
semper enim refice,Verg. G. 3, 70:
ordines,Liv. 3, 70:
si paulum modo res essent refectae,i. e. the army, Nep. Hann 1, 4:
flammam,to rekindle, Ov. F. 3, 144:
ignes,Petr. 136. —
B In partic.
1 Econom. and mercant. t. t., to make again, i. e. to get back again, get in return (cf.:
reddo, recipio): nemo sanus debet velle impensam ac sumptum facere in culturam, si videt non posse refici,Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8:
numquam eris dives ante, quam tibi ex tuis possessionibus tantum reficiatur, ut eo tueri sex legiones possis,Cic. Par. 6, 1, 45; Dig. 50, 16, 88:
quod tanto plus sibi mercedis ex fundo refectum sit,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 119:
quod inde refectum est, militi divisum,Liv. 35, 1 fin. Drak.:
pecuniam ex venditionibus,Dig. 26, 7, 39, § 8:
impensas belli alio bello refecturus,to replace, defray, Just. 9, 1, 9. —
2 Publicists' t. t.: reficere consulem, tribunum, praetorem, etc., to appoint anew, to reappoint, re-elect:
tribunos, consulem,Liv. 3, 21:
consulem,id. 10, 13:
Voleronem tribunum,id. 2, 56:
consul factus, refectus,Sen. Ep. 104, 9:
praetorem,Liv. 24, 9:
tribunos,Cic. Lael. 25, 96; Liv. 6, 36. —
II Trop
A In gen., to restore (very rare):
in quo (naufragio rei publicae) colligendo, ac reficiendā salute communi,Cic. Sest. 6, 15. refecta fides, Tac. A. 6, 17.—
B In partic., of the body or mind, to make strong again, to restore, reinvigorate, refresh, recruit ( = recreare, renovare; freq. and class.).
1 Of the body; constr. class. usu. with ex and abl. of disease, toil, etc.; rarely with ab and abl.:
exercitum ex labore atque inopiā,Caes. B. G. 7, 32, 1:
ad reficiendum militem ex jactatione maritimā, Liv 30, 29, 1: morbus ex quo tum primum reficiebatur,id. 39, 49, 4; cf.:
milites hibernorum quiete a laboribus,Hirt. B. G. 8, 1:
boves quiete et pabulo laeto,Liv. 1, 7:
saucios cum cura,Sall. J. 54, 1:
equos,Caes. B. C. 2, 42 fin.:
vires cibo,Liv. 37, 24:
Tironis reficiendi spes est in M. Curio,of curing, Cic. Att. 7, 3, 12:
aciem oculorum,Plin. 37, 5, 17, § 66 (al. recipiat):
stomachum,id. 32, 6, 21, § 64:
lassitudines,id. 31, 10, 46, § 119:
cum saltus reficit jam roscida luna,refreshes, revives, Verg. G. 3, 337:
teneras herbas (Aurora),Ov. F. 3, 711:
ego ex magnis caloribus in Arpinati me refeci,Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1:
se ex labore,Caes. B. G. 3, 5 fin.; 7, 83:
se ab imbecillitate,Plin. 26, 11, 68, § 109:
necdum salis refectis ab jactatione maritumā militibus,Liv. 21, 26, 5;
and simply with se,Cic. Fam. 7, 26, 2:
labore refici ac reparari videtur,Plin. Pan. 77, 6: ex vulnere refici, Tac. A. 13, 44 fin.:
ex longo morbo,Sen. Ep. 7, 1. —
2 Of the mind:
nunc vester conspectus et consessus iste reficit et recreat mentem meam,Cic. Planc. 1, 2:
me recreat et reficit Pompeii consilium,id. Mil. 1, 2:
cum reficiat animos ac reparet varietas ipsa (dicendi),Quint. 1, 12, 4;
so with renovare,id. 6, 3, 1:
animum ex forensi strepitu,Cic. Arch. 6, 12:
refecti sunt militum animi,Liv. 21, 25, 10:
reficit animos Romanis,id. 42, 67 init.:
non ad animum, sed ad vultum ipsum reficiendum,i. e. to cheer up, clear up, Cic. Att. 12, 14, 3:
ad ea quae dicturus sum reficite vos,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 47, § 105:
refectā tandem spe,restored, renewed, Liv. 23, 26:
rerum repetitio et congregatio memoriam judicis reficit,Quint. 6, 1, 1; cf. id. 4, prooem. § 6. — Hence, * rĕfectus, a, um, P.a., refreshed, recruited, invigorated; comp., refectior, Mart. Cap 2, § 139.