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pmda
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referta

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In LLPSI Penso B Orberg offert 'referta' tam verbum qui deest ab hac sententia: Priusquam Pompeius, dux egregius, classi Romanae praepositus est, cuncta maria REFERTA erant praedonibus, qui Romanos ita contemnebant.....'

Dubito ut Orberg 'referta' tam verbum deesse meditatur. Hoc in indice vocabulorum, neque in hoc capitulo (XXXIII) reperire non possum. In Capitulum XXXII Orberg verbum 'infesta' utitur sic: Olim cuncta maria tam infesta erant praedonibus ut nemo navigaret sine maximo periculo mortis aut servitutis.

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Re: referta

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Quid dicere debes? Verè, is non errat. Habes duo verba paenè similia—vilis pretii vel stipulatiuncula est! [Non prae manibus mihi istud pensum.]
I'm writing in Latin hoping for correction, and not because I'm confident in how I express myself. Latinè scribo ut ab omnibus corrigar, non quod confidenter me exprimam.

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Re: referta

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'referta' rectum est. hoc, idem ut 'plēna' et 'replēta' significans, participium perfectum verbi 'referciō' (= 'plēnum facere') est.

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Re: referta

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Non dubuto verum est hoc verbum in hoc loco sed 'refercio, refercire, refersi, refertus' neque in nullo capitulo neque in indice est!

I was just wondering why Orberg had offered it as an answer when it doesn't occur in his book...

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