To bring againe: to beare backe againe: to resemble: to reporte: to rehearse: to make relation: to refer: to tel: to adde: to register or write in a booke: to ascribe: to turne: to renewe: to bring: to detlare or erpresse: to giue againe or restore. To answeare. Quum ex agris segetes domum referent. Tacit. When they brought home, &c. Humeris suis pecunias alicui referre. Cic. Sub rectum referre. Col. Si quid somniasti, ad me refers. Plaut. If thou hast hadde any dreame, thou tellest me and askest my aduise. Populus de suis rebus ad eum refert. Cicer. The people asketh counsaile of him concerning their affaires. Ad Senatum de re aliqua Consules referre, & ij quibus Senatum cogere licebat, dicebantur. Cic. To propose a matter to the Senate, and aske their mindes of it, or will them to consulte of it. Rem omnem ad Patres Conscriptos retuli. Cic. I proposed the whole matter to the Senators, and asked their adnise. Consulere se, & ad se referre Cic. Ad se ipsum aliquid referre. Cic. To indge an other mannes acte by himselfe, considering what he woulde doe if he were in that case. Acceptam referre salutem suam beneuolentiæ alicuius. Cic. To confesse and acknowledge that hee hath his life by ones benefite. In acceptum referre. Cic. To approue and allow as well done, and to be accepted. In acta referri. Iuuenal. To bee registred: to bee put in the register. In ærarios referre, Vide Aerarius adiect. in AES, æris. To discharge of the commodities and franchises of citizens, and cause to pay all things as strangers. In album referre. Liu. To write in. Aliquem ore referre. Virg. In countenaunce to resemble. Animum referre ad rem aliquam. Cic. To beude or apply his minde to a thing. In apertum referre opus. Cic. To publish abroade. Ad arbitrium alicuius referre. Cice. To referre or put the matter to ones indgement. Ad vos nunc refero quem sequar. Ci. I aske your aduise whom ye will now haue me to followe. Aspectum referre in curiam. Cice. To looke backe towarde the Senate house. In censum aliquid referre. Liu. In codicem referre. Cic. To register or write into a booke. Colorem paternum referre. Colum. To bee in colour like his father: to resemble his father in colour. In commentarium referre. Cic. To put or write into a booke of notes. Ad conscientiam referre omnia, nihil ad ostentationem. Plini. iun. To doe nothing for vaineglorie, but measure all things by right conscience. Consilia referre aliquò. Cic. Consilia in melius referre. Virg. Consuetudinem repetere atque referre. Ci. To reuue or bring a custome againe. Referre ad aliquem omnes curas. Cicer. To bee carefull for no man but for one: to haue no care but for him. Dexteram ad osculum referre. Plin. To holde his hande to bee kissed. In deterius referre aliquid. Tacit. To interprete a thing in the worste part. In deos referre. Cic. To cnnonise or make a god. Diem referre dicitur sol. Vir. To bring day againe. Ensem vaginæ referre. Sil. To put vp his sworde into his scabberde. Eodem referri. Cic. To be referred to the same: to be brought to the same place againe. Vt sit qui te mihi epistolam referat. Cic. That may bring me a letter from you againe. Expensum referre. Cic. Vide EXPENSVS. Facta referre quæ mandata sunt. Plaut. To accomplishe or doe that one was charged. Figuras proauorum referre. Lucre. Ad finem aliquem referre omnia. Cic. To referre all things to an end. Fructum diligentiæ referre alicui. Ci. To recompence ones diligence. Gradum referre, quod & Pedem referre dicitur. Li. To recule, or steppe and goe backe: to giue backe. Gratiam referre. Cic. To requite. Gratia referatur factis. Ouid. Gratiam referre in aliquo, Vide IN præpositionem. Gratiam plenius referre. Quint. More fully to requite. Bonam vel præclaram gratiam referre. Ci. Notably to requite a good turne receiued. Gratias referre, ldem. Plaut. Honorem officij referre. Ouid. In selectos iudices referre. Ci. To appoint as one of % Indges. Laudem referre familiæ alicuius, Ci. To bring agayne % praise and renowne of a familie. In libellum referre. Cic. To write in a booke of notes for memorie. In literas publicas referri. Ci. To be put or written in the common registers. Mandata referre ad aliquem. Cæ. To declare a message to one of such things as he was willed. Mandata referre alicui. Virg. Manubias referre. Ci. Manum ad poplitem referre. Pli. To put hys hand to his knee. Referre in melius. Virg. To turne to a better vse: to chaunge to the better. Ad memoriam vetustatis referre omnia. Cic. To speake all to this end that anti quitie may be remembred. Morem referre. Virg To bring in againe an old fashion. Mores patris referre. Plin. iun. To be like his father in conditions. Si patrem non referret. Pl. iun. If he did not resemble, or were not like to his father. Inter nefastos referre diem. Plin. iun. To account those dayes that no processe may be pleaded o. In Nouocomenses retulit. Ci. He appointed him as a citizen of Nouocomum. Referre numerum. Virg. To recken or tel. In numeros referre Pli. iun. To enroll or regester as one of the order or band. Referre in oratorum numerum. Cicer. To account an an oratour. In numerum deorum referre. Sueton. To canonise or make a God. Omnia referre ad vnum. Ci. To referre al to one: to put all in one mans hauds. Referre oculos ad aliquem, vel ad terram. C. To looke toward one. Opem referre. Ci. To helpe. Retulit ora ad iuuenem. Valer. Flac. He turned his face toward the yong man. Par referre. Ter. To requite: to do as much for one againe. Pedem referre. Cæs. To recule or step backe. Quam mollissimè pedem referre. Quint. Retulit ad me pedem. Plaut. He turned toward me. Me referunt pedes in Tusculanum. Ci. I came one foote againe to, &c. Primas referre ad aliquem. Ci. To giue one the prise: to counte him chiefe. Quæstum maiorem referre. Colum. To gaine more: to gette greater gaine. Rationes referre. Ci. To make his accounte. Rationes referre ad æratium, Vide Aerarium in AES, æris. Referre rationibus, & in rationes. Tran. To put or write in his accounts. Referunt hæc ad rem. Pla. These things pertaine to the matter. Repulsam referre, quod & Ferre repulsam simpliciter dicitur, & Pati repulsam. Cic. To be refused or repelled in standing for an office. Responsum referre Ci. To declare an answere.

I. Lit.

A. Ingen.: zonas, quas plenas argenti extuli, eas ex provinciā inanes rettuli, C. Gracchus ap. Gell. 15, 12 fin.: arma, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 25: vasa domum, id. Poen. 4, 2, 25; cf.: pallam domum, id. Men. 5, 7, 59; 4, 2, 97; 98; cf.: anulum ad me, id. Cas. 2, 1, 1; and simply pallam, spinther, id. Men. 3, 3, 16; 5, 1, 5; 5, 2, 56: secum aurum, id. Aul. 4, 5, 4: exta, id. Poen. 2, 44: uvidum rete sine squamoso pecu, id. Rud. 4, 3, 5: aestus aliquem in portum refert, id. As. 1, 3, 6: Auster me ad tribulos tuos Rhegium rettulit, Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 3: ut naves eodem, unde erant profectae, reterrentur, Caes. B. G. 4, 28: me referunt pedes in Tusculanum, Cic. Att. 15, 16, B; cf.: aliquem lecticae impositum domum, Suet. Caes. 82; and: in Palatium, id. Vit. 16: intro referre pedem, to turn one's feet back, to return, Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 50; cf.: incertus tuum cave ad me rettuleris pedem, id. Ep. 3, 4, 3: caelo rettulit illa pedem, Ov. H. 16, 88; 15, 186: fertque refertque pedes, id. F. 6, 334 (for a different use of the phrase, v. infra B. 2.): in decimum vestigia rettulit annum (victoria), Verg. A. 11, 290: in convivia gressum, Sil. 11, 355: in thalamos cursum, id. 8, 89: ad nomen caput ille refert, turns his head, looks back, Ov. M. 3, 245: suumque Rettulit os in se, drew back, concealed, id. ib. 2, 303: ad Tuneta rursum castra refert, Liv. 30, 16: corpus in monumentum, Petr. 113: relatis Lacedaemona (ossibus), Just. 3, 3, 12: gemmam non ad os, sed ad genas, Ov. Tr. 5, 4, 5: digitos ad os referre, to draw back (v. digitus), Quint. 11, 3, 103: digitos ad frontem saepe, Ov. M. 15, 567: manum ad capulum, Tac. A. 15, 58 fin.: rursus enses vaginae, Sil. 7, 508: pecunias monumentaque, in templum, Caes. B. C. 2, 21: caput ejus in castra, id. B. G. 5, 58: vulneratos in locum tutum, id. B. C. 2, 41: cornua (urorum) in publicum, id. B. G. 6, 28: frumentum omne ad se referri jubet, id. ib. 7, 71: signa militaria, scutum, litteras ad Caesarem, id. ib. 7, 88; id. B. C. 3, 53; 3, 99; id. B. G. 1, 29; 5, 49: Caesaris capite relato, id. B. C. 3, 19 fin. —

b. Esp.: referre se, to go back, return: Romam se rettulit, Cic. Fl. 21, 50: sese in castra, Caes. B. C. 1, 72 fin.: se huc, id. ib. 2, 8, 2: domum me Ad porri catinum, Hor. S. 1, 6, 115: sese ab Argis (Juno), Verg. A. 7, 286: se ab aestu, Ov. M. 14, 52; cf.: se de Britannis ovans, Tac. A. 13, 32: causam Cleanthes offert, cur se sol referat, Cic. N. D. 3, 14, 37.—

c. Pass. in mid. sense, to return, arrive: sin reiciemur, tamen eodem paulo tardius referamur necesse est, Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 119: classem relatam, Verg. A. 1, 390: nunc Itali in tergum versis referuntur habenis, Sil. 4, 317; 7, 623.—

d. To withdraw, remove: fines benignitatis introrsus referre, to narrow, Sen. Ben. 1, 14, 5: Seleucia ab mari relata, remote, Plin. 5, 27, 22, 93. —

B. In partic.

1. To give back something due; to give up, return, restore, pay back, repay (= reddere): scyphos, quos utendos dedi Philodamo, rettuleritne? Plaut. As. 2, 4, 34; cf. id. Aul. 4, 10, 29; 37; 38; and, pateram (surreptam), Cic. Div. 1, 25, 54: argentum, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 29; so (with reddere) id. Curc. 5, 3, 45: mercedem (with reddere), id. As. 2, 4, 35; cf.: octonis idibus aera, to pay the money for tuition. Hor. S. 1, 6, 75 (v. idus): si non Rettuleris pannum, id. Ep. 1, 17, 32; 1, 6, 60: verum, si plus dederis, referam, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 112.—

2. Referre pedem or gradum, as a milit. t. t., to draw back, retire, withdraw, retreat (different from the gen. signif., to return, and the above passages): vulneribus defessi pedem referre coeperunt, Caes. B. G. 1, 25; cf.: ut paulatim cedant ac pedem referant, id. B. C. 2, 40; Liv. 7, 33; so, referre pedem, Caes. B. C. 1, 44 (with loco excedere); Cic. Phil. 12, 3 (opp. insistere); Liv. 3, 60 (opp. restituitur pugna); 21, 8 al.— For the sake of euphony: referre gradum: cum pedes referret gradum, Liv. 1, 14. — And, in a like sense, once mid.: a primā acie ad triarios sensim referebatur, Liv. 8, 8, 11.—

b. Transf., out of the milit. sphere: feroque viso retulit retro pedem (viator), Phaedr. 2, 1, 8; cf.: viso rettulit angue pedem, Ov. F. 2, 342; 6, 334: rettulit ille gradus horrueruntque comae, id. ib. 2, 502: (in judiciis) instare proficientibus et ab iis, quae non adjuvant, quam mollissime pedem oportet referre, Quint. 6, 4, 19.

II. Trop., to bear or carry back, to bring, draw, or give back.

A. In gen.: (Saxum) ejulatu ... Resonando mutum flebiles voces refert, Att. ap. Cic. Fin. 2, 29, 94 (Trag. Rel. p. 176 Rib.); cf. Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 14, 42: sonum, id. N. D. 2, 57, 144; id. Or. 12, 38; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 201 al.: voces, Ov. M. 12, 47; cf.: Coëamus rettulit Echo, id. ib. 3, 387: cum ex CXXV. judicibus reus L. referret, restored to the list, i. e. retained, accepted (opp. quinque et LXX. reiceret), Cic. Planc. 17: o mihi praeteritos referat si Juppiter annos! Verg. A. 8, 560; cf.: tibi tempora, Hor. C. 4, 13, 13: festas luces (sae culum), id. ib. 4, 6, 42: dies siccos (sol), id. ib. 3, 29, 20 et saep.: hoc quidem jam periit: Ni quid tibi hinc in spem referas, Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 3: ad amicam meras querimonias referre, id. Truc. 1, 2, 65: hic in suam domum ignominiam et calamitatem rettulit, Cic. Off. 1, 39, 138; cf.: pro re certā spem falsam domum rettulerunt, id. Rosc. Am. 38, 110: rem publicam sistere negat posse, nisi ad equestrem ordinem judicia referantur, id. Verr. 2, 3, 96, 223: servati civis decus referre, Tac. A. 3, 21: e cursu populari referre aspectum in curiam, to turn back, turn towards, Cic. Prov. Cons. 16, 38; cf.: oculos animumque ad aliquem, id. Quint. 14, 47: animum ad studia, id. de Or. 1, 1, 1: animum ad veritatem, id. Rosc. Am. 16, 48: animum ad firmitudinem, Tac. A. 3, 6 et saep.: multa dies variique labor mutabilis aevi Rettulit in melius, brought to a better state, Verg. A. 11, 426: uterque se a scientiae delectatione ad efficiendi utilitatem refert, Cic. Rep. 5, 3, 5; so, se ad philosophiam referre, to go back, return, id. Off. 2, 1, 4: ut eo, unde digressa est, referat se oratio, id. ib. 2, 22, 77.—

B. In partic.

1. (Acc. to I. B. 1.) To pay back, give back, repay (syn. reddo): denique Par pari referto, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 55; cf.: quod ab ipso adlatum est, id sibi esse relatum putet, id. Phorm. prol. 21: ut puto, non poteris ipsa referre vicem, pay him back in his own coin, Ov. A. A. 1, 370; Sen. Herc. Fur. 1337. — Esp. in the phrase referre gratiam (rarely gratias), to return thanks, show one's gratitude (by deeds), to recompense, requite (cf.: gratiam habeo): spero ego mihi quoque Tempus tale eventurum, ut tibi gratium referam parem, Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 39: parem gratiam, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 51: et habetur et refertur, Thais, a me ita, uti merita es, gratia, id. ib. 4, 6, 12; cf.: meritam gratiam debitamque, Cic. de Or. 3, 4, 14: justam ac debitam gratiam, id. Balb. 26, 59: pro eo mihi ac mereor relaturos esse gratiam, id. Cat. 4, 2, 3; 1, 11, 28; id. Off. 2, 20, 69: fecisti ut tibi numquam referre gratiam possim, Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 12; id. Most. 1, 3, 57; id. Pers. 5, 2, 71; id. Ps. 1, 3, 86; id. Rud. 5, 3, 36 al.; Cic. Lael. 15, 53; Caes. B. G. 1, 35: alicui pro ejus meritis gratiam referre, id. ib. 5, 27 fin.; id. B. C. 2, 39; 3, 1, fin.: gratiam emeritis, Ov. P. 1, 7, 61: gratiam factis, id. Tr. 5, 4, 47.— Plur.: pro tantis eorum in rem publicam meritis honores ei habeantur gratiaeque referantur, Cic. Phil. 3, 15, 39; 10, 11, 1: dis advenientem gratias pro meritis agere, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 27; v. gratia.—

2. To bring back any thing; to repeat, renew, restore, = repetere, retractare, renovare, etc.: (Hecyram) Iterum referre, to produce it again, Ter. Hec. prol. 7; id. ib. prol. alt. 21 and 30; cf. Hor. A. P. 179.— So, to bring up for reconsideration: rem judicatam, Cic. Dom. 29, 78: ludunt ... Dictaeos referunt Curetas, Lucr. 2, 633: Actia pugna per pueros refertur, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 62: institutum referri ac renovari, Civ. Div. in Caecil. 21, 68; cf.: consuetudo longo intervallo repetita ac relata, id. ib. 21, 67: te illud idem, quod tum explosum et ejectum est, nunc rettulisse demiror, Cic. Clu. 31, 86: cum ad idem, unde semel profecta sunt, cuncta astra redierint eandemque totius caeli descriptionem longis intervallis retulerint, id. Rep. 6, 22, 24: mysteria ad quae biduo serius veneram, id. de Or. 3, 20, 75: quasdam caerimonias ex magno intervallo, Liv. 3, 55: antiquum morem, Suet. Caes. 20: consuetudinem antiquam, id. Tib. 32 et saep.: cum aditus consul idem illud responsum rettulit, repeated, Liv. 37, 6 fin.: veterem Valeriae gentis in liberandā patriā laudem, to restore, Cic. Fl. 1, 1: hunc morem, hos casus atque haec certamina primus Ascanius Rettulit, Verg. A. 5, 598: O mihi praeteritos referat si Juppiter annos, id. ib. 8, 560.—

b. To represent, set forth anew, reproduce, etc.: referre Naturam, mores, victum motusque parentum, to reproduce, Lucr. 1, 597: majorum vultus vocesque comasque, id. 4, 1221: mores, os vultusque ejus (sc. patris), Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 9: parentis sui speciem, Liv. 10, 7; cf.: (Tellus) partim figuras Rettulit antiquas, partim nova monstra creavit, Ov. M. 1, 437: faciem demptā pelle novam, Tib. 1, 8, 46: temporis illius vultum, Ov. M. 13, 443: si quis mihi parvulus aulā Luderet Aeneas, qui te tamen ore referret, might represent, resemble thee, Verg. A. 4, 329; cf.: nomine avum referens, animo manibusque parentem, id. ib. 12, 348: Marsigni sermone vultuque Suevos referunt, Tac. G. 43: neque amissos colores lana refert, Hor. C. 3, 5, 28.—

3. To convey a report, account, intelligence, by speech or by writing; to report, announce, relate, recite, repeat, recount; to mention, allege (class.; in late Lat. saepissime): certorum hominum sermones referebantur ad me, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10 Orell. N. cr.: tales miserrima fletus Fertque refertque soror (sc. ad Aeneam), Verg. A. 4, 438: pugnam referunt, Ov. M. 12, 160: factum dictumve, Liv. 6, 40: si quis hoc referat exemplum, Quint. 5, 11, 8: in epistulis Cicero haec Bruti refert verba, id. 6, 3, 20: quale refert Cicero de homine praelongo, caput eum, etc., id. 6, 3, 67 et saep.: quaecunque refers, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 60; 2, 1, 130: sermones deorum, id. C. 3, 3, 71: multum referens de Maecenate, Juv. 1, 66. —With obj.-clause, Suet. Caes. 30; Ov. M. 1, 700; 4, 796: Celso gaudere et bene rem gerere refer, Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 2 al.; cf. poet. by Greek attraction: quia rettulit Ajax Esse Jovis pronepos, Ov. M. 13, 141; and: referre aliquid in annales, Liv. 4, 34 fin., and 43, 13, 2: ut Proetum mulier perfida credulum Falsis impulerit criminibus, refert, Hor. C. 3, 7, 16.—Absol.: quantum, inquam, debetis? Respondent CVI. Refero ad Scaptium, I report, announce it to Scaptius, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 12: in quo primum saepe aliter est dictum, aliter ad nos relatum, reported, stated, id. Brut. 57, 288: (Hortensius) nullo referente, omnia adversariorum dicta meminisset, id. ib. 88, 301: abi, quaere, et refer, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 53. —

b. Poet. (mostly in Ovid), to repeat to one's self, call to mind: tacitāque recentia mente Visa refert, Ov. M. 15, 27: si forte refers, id. Am. 2, 8, 17: haec refer, id. R. Am. 308: saepe refer tecum sceleratae facta puellae, id. ib. 299: mente memor refero, id. M. 15, 451: foeda Lycaoniae referens convivia mensae, id. ib. 1, 165; cf.: illam meminitque refertque, id. ib. 11, 563.—

c. Pregn., to say in return, to rejoin, answer, reply (syn. respondeo): id me non ad meam defensionem attulisse, sed illorum defensioni rettulisse, Cic. Caecin. 29, 85: ego tibi refero, I reply to you, id. ib. 29, 85, 84: ut si esset dictum, etc., et referret aliquis Ergo, etc., id. Fat. 13, 30: quid a nobis autem refertur, id. Quint. 13, 44: retices; nec mutua nostris Dicta refers, Ov. M. 1, 656; 14, 696: Musa refert, id. ib. 5, 337; id. F. 5, 278: Anna refert, Verg. A. 4, 31: talia voce, id. ib. 1, 94: pectore voces, id. ib. 5, 409: tandem pauca refert, id. ib. 4, 333 et saep. —

d. Publicists' t. t.

(a). To bring, convey, deliver any thing as an official report, to report, announce, notify, = renuntiare: legati haec se ad suos relaturos dixerunt, Caes. B. G. 4, 9; cf.: cujus orationem legati domum referunt, id. B. C. 1, 35: responsa (legati), Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 380, 31: legationem Romam, Liv. 7, 32: mandata ad aliquem, Caes. B. C. 3, 57: responsa, id. B. G. 1, 35; cf.: mandata alicui, id. ib. 1, 37: numerum capitum ad aliquem, id. ib. 2, 33 fin.: rumores excipere et ad aliquem referre, Cic. Deiot. 9, 25; cf. Caes. B. G. 1, 47: Ubii paucis diebus intermissis referunt, Suevos omnes, etc., id. ib. 6, 10; Liv. 3, 38, 12.—

(b). Ad senatum de aliquā re referre (less freq with acc., a rel.-clause, or absol.), to make a motion or proposition in the Senate; to consult, refer to, or lay before the Senate; to move, bring forward, propose: VTI L. PAVLVS C. MARCELLVS COSS... DE CONSVLARIBVS PROVINCIIS AD SENATVM REFERRENT, NEVE QVID PRIVS ... AD SENATVM REFERRENT, NEVE QVID CONIVNCTVM DE EA RE REFERRETVR A CONSVLIBVS, S. C. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 5 sq.: de legibus abrogandis ad senatum referre. Cic. Cornel. 1, Fragm. 8 (p. 448 Orell.); cf.: de quo legando consules spero ad senatum relaturos, id. Imp. Pomp. 19, 58: de ejus honore ad senatum referre, id. Phil. 8, 11, 33: de eā re postulant uti referatur. Itaque consulente Cicerone frequens senatus decernit, etc., Sall. C. 48, 5, 6: rem ad senatum refert, id. ib. 29, 1; cf.: tunc relata ex integro res ad senatum, Liv. 21, 5: rem ad senatum, id. 2, 22: consul convocato senatu refert, quid de his fieri placeat, qui, etc., Sall. C. 50, 3: ut ex litteris ad senatum referretur, impetrari (a consulibus) non potuit. Referunt consules de re publicā, Caes. B. C. 1, 1; cf.: refer, inquis, ad senatum. Non referam, Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 20.— Of other bodies than the Senate (cf.: defero, fero): C. Cassium censorem de signo Concordiae dedicando ad pontificum collegium rettulisse, Cic. Dom. 53, 136: eam rem ad consilium cum rettulisset Fabius. Liv. 24, 45, 2; 30, 4, 9: est quod referam ad consilium, id. 30, 31, 9; 44, 2, 5; Curt. 4, 11, 10.—Per syllepsin: DE EA RE AD SENATVM POPVLVMQVE REFERRI, since referre ad populum was not used in this sense (for ferre ad populum); v. fero, and the foll. g: de hoc (sc. Eumene) Antigonus ad consilium rettulit, Nep. Eum. 12, 1.—Transf., to make a reference, to refer (class.): de rebus et obscuris et incertis ad Apollinem censeo referendum; ad quem etiam Athenienses publice de majoribus rebus semper rettulerunt, Cic. Div. 1, 54, 122; cf. Nep. Lys. 3; Cic. Quint. 16, 53.— Different from this is,

(g). Referre ad populum (for denuo ferre), to propose or refer any thing anew to the people (cf. supra, II. B. 2.; v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 1006): factum est illorum aequitate et sapientiā consulum, ut id, quod senatus decreverat, id postea referendum ad populum non arbitrarentur, Cic. Clu. 49, 137; cf. Att. ap. Non. p. 512, 29; Liv. 22, 20; Val. Max. 8, 10, 1.—

e. A mercantile and publicists' t. t., to note down, enter any thing in writing; to inscribe, register, record, etc.: cum scirem, ita indicium in tabulas publicas relatum, Cic. Sull. 15, 42: in tabulas quodcumque commodum est, id. Fl. 9, 20: nomen in tabulas, in codicem, id. Rosc. Com. 1, 4: quod reliquum in commentarium, id. Att. 7, 3, 7: quid in libellum, id. Phil. 1, 8, 19: tuas epistulas in volumina, i. e. to admit, id. Fam. 16, 17 init.; cf.: orationem in Origines, id. Brut. 23, 89 al.: in reos, in proscriptos referri, to be set down among, id. Rosc. Am. 10, 27: absentem in reos, id. Verr. 2, 5, 42, 109; cf.: aliquem inter proscriptos, Suet. Aug. 70: anulos quoque depositos a nobilitate, in annales relatum est, Plin. 33, 1, 6, 18: senatūs consulta falsa (sc. in aerarium), enter, register, Cic. Fam. 12, 1, 1; id. Phil. 5, 4, 12. —Entirely absol.: ut nec triumviri accipiundo nec scribae referundo sufficerent, Liv. 26, 36 fin.—Here, too, belongs referre rationes or aliquid (in rationibus, ad aerarium, ad aliquem, alicui), to give, present, or render an account: rationes totidem verbis referre ad aerarium, Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 2; and rationes referre alone: in rationibus referendis ... rationum referendarum jus, etc., id. ib. 5, 20, 1; id. Pis. 25, 61; id. Verr. 2, 1, 30, 77; 2, 3, 71, 167: referre rationes publicas ad Caesarem cum fide, Caes. B. C. 2, 20 fin.: si hanc ex fenore pecuniam populo non rettuleris, reddas societati, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 71, 167: (pecuniam) in aerarium, Liv. 37, 57, 12; cf.: pecuniam operi publico, to charge to, i. e. to set down as applied to, Cic. Fl. 19, 44.— So, too, acceptum and in acceptum referre, to place to one's credit, in a lit. and trop. sense (v. accipio).— Hence, transf.: aliquem (aliquid) in numero (as above, in rationibus), in numerum, etc., to count or reckon a person or thing among: Democritus, qui imagines eorumque circuitus in deorum numero refert, Cic. N. D. 1, 12, 29: (Caesar, Claudius) in deorum numerum relatus est, Suet. Caes. 88; id. Claud. 45: Ponticus Heraclides terram et caelum refert in deos, Cic. N. D. 1, 13, 34: nostri oratorii libri in Eundem librorum numerum referendi videntur, id. Div. 2, 1, 4: hoc nomen in codicem relatum, id. Rosc. Com. B. and K. (al. in codice).—With inter (postAug. and freq.): ut inter deos referretur (August.), Suet. Aug. 97: diem inter festos, nefastos, Tac. A. 13, 41 fin.: hi tamen inter Germanos referuntur, id. G. 46; Suet. Claud. 11; id. Tib. 53: dumque refert inter meritorum maxima, demptos Aesonis esse situs, Ov. M. 7, 302: intellectum est, quod inter divos quoque referretur, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 14: inter sidera referre, Hyg. Fab. 192: inter praecipua crudelitatis indicia referendus, Val. Max. 9, 2, ext. 5: inter insulas, Plin. 5, 9, 9, 48: dicebat quasdam esse quaestiones, quae deberent inter res judicatas referri, Sen. Contr. 2, 11, 12: eodem Q. Caepionem referrem, I should place in the same category, Cic. Brut. 62, 223.—

4. Referre aliquid ad aliquid, to trace back, ascribe, refer a thing to any thing: qui pecudum ritu ad voluptatem omnia referunt, Cic. Lael. 9, 32: omnia ad igneam vim, id. N. D. 3, 14, 35: omnia ad incolumitatem et ad libertatem suam, id. Rep. 1, 32, 49; 1, 26, 41: in historiā quaeque ad veritatem, in poëmate pleraque ad delectationem, id. Leg. 1, 1, 5; id. Off. 1, 16, 52 et saep. al.: hunc ipsum finem definiebas id esse, quo omnia, quae recte fierent, referrentur, neque id ipsum usquam referretur, id. Fin. 2, 2, 5; cf. nusquam, id. ib. 1, 9, 29: ad commonendum oratorem, quo quidque referat, id. de Or. 1, 32, 145: hinc omne principium, huc refer exitum, Hor. C. 3, 6, 6.— With dat.: cujus adversa pravitati ipsius, prospera ad fortunam referebat, Tac. A. 14, 38 fin. — In Tac. once with in: quidquid ubique magnificum est, in claritatem ejus (sc. Herculis) referre consensimus, Tac. G. 34.—Rarely of persons; as: tuum est Caesar, quid nunc mihi animi sit, ad te ipsum referre, Cic. Deiot. 2, 7.—Absol.: ita inserere oportet referentem ad fructum, meliore genere ut sit surculus, etc., one who looks to or cares for the fruit, Varr. R. R. 1, 40, 6.—

5. Culpam in aliquem referre, to throw the blame upon, accuse, hold responsible for, etc. (post-Aug.): hic, quod in adversis rebis solet fieri, alius in alium culpam referebant, Curt. 4, 3, 7; Aug. contr. Man. 2, 17, 25 Hier. Epp. 1, 9 fin.: cf.: augere ejus, in quem referet crimen, culpam, Cic. Inv. 2, 28, 83: causa ad matrem referebatur, Tac. A. 6, 49: causam abscessus ad Sejani artes, id. ib. 4, 57.