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-fĭcĭo , fēci, fectum (AEDIFICIA REFACTA, Inscr. Orell. 3115), 3, v. a. facio,
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.).
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (55):
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    • Tacitus, Annales, 6.17
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    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 1.263
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    • Cornelius Nepos, Atticus, 20.3
    • Cornelius Nepos, Timoleon, 3
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 37.66
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 42, 67
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 3, 70
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 24, 9
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    • Cicero, De Republica, 3.9
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    • Seneca, Epistulae, 104.9
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    • Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum, 54
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    • Ovid, Fasti, 3
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