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rĕfūtābĭlĭs, e, adj. [refuto], that may be rejected or refuted; hence, contemptible, Ambros. in Luc. 8, § 49; id. Spir. Sanct. 2, 8, § 80.
rĕfūtātĭo, ōnis, f. [refuto]; in rhet., a refutation, Cic. Top. 25, 93; Quint. 5, 13, 1; 3, 9, 5; 4, 3, 15; 6, 3, 72.
rĕfūtātĭuncŭla, ae, f. [refutatio], petty attempts at refutation (late Lat.), Aug. Alterc. Ecc. et Syn. p. 1133.
rĕfūtātor, ōris, m. [refuto], a refuter, Arn. 1, 18.
rĕfūtātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [refuto], of or belonging to refutation, refutatory: preces, Cod. Just. 7, 61, 1 fin.; 7, 62, 18; Symm. Ep. 1, 31.
* rĕfūtātus, ūs, m. [refuto], a refutation: refutatu, Lucr. 3, 525.
rĕfūto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [root fu-; Gr. χυ-, χεϝω, χεῦμα; cf.: fundo, futtilis, Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 204 sq.], to check, drive back, repress.
- I. Lit.: semper illas nationes nostri imperatores refutandas potius bello quam lacessandas putaverunt, Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 32.
- II. Trop., to repel, repress, resist, restrain, oppose (freq. and class.; syn.: reicio, reprimo).
- A. In gen.: virtutem aspernari ac refutare, Cic. Rab. Post. 16, 44: refutetur ac reiciatur ille clamor, id. Tusc. 2, 33, 55: alicujus cupiditatem, id. Fam. 1, 9, 25: vitam, to contemn, Sall. Fragm. ap. Serv. ad Verg. G. 4, 218 (H. 1, 73 Dietsch); cf.: temporis munera, Quint. 10, 6, 6: alicujus libidinem, Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 4: nummum, Sol. 22 med.: ad mortem si te (Fors dicta refutet!) Prodiderim, may fate avert, Verg. A. 12, 41.
- B. In partic., to repel, rebut any thing by speech, etc.; to confute, refute, disprove (syn.: refello, redarguo): res refutat id, Lucr. 2, 245; 2, 867: nemo te ita refutandum ut gravem adversarium arbitrabatur, Cic. Vatin. 1, 1: testes, id. Font. 1, 1: nostra confirmare argumentis ac rationibus, deinde contraria refutare, id. de Or. 2, 19, 80; so (opp. confirmare) Quint. 5, prooem. § 2: neque refutanda tantum, sed contemnenda, elevanda, ridenda sunt, id. 6, 4, 10: perjuria testimoniis, Cic. Font. 16, 35: oratio re multo magis quam verbis refutata, id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 52: infamiam pudicitiae posterae vitae castitate, Suet. Aug. 71: quos tum, ut pueri, refutare domesticis testibus solebamus, Cic. de Or. 2, 1, 2: a te refutentur, id. Fam. 9, 11, 2: tribunos oratione feroci, Liv. 2, 52 fin.
Poet., with object-clause: si quis corpus sentire refutat, denies, Lucr. 3, 350.