perfero

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From per- +‎ ferō (“bear, carry”). Cognate with Ancient Greek περῐφέρω (periphérō), Polish przebrać, Russian перебрать (perebratʹ).

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈper.fe.roː/, [ˈpɛrfɛroː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈper.fe.ro/, [ˈpɛrfero]

Verb edit

perferō (present infinitive perferre, perfect active pertulī, supine perlātum); third conjugation, irregular

to bear, carry or convey through to a place or to the end; bring home
Synonyms: ducō, deducō, producō, agō, traducō, vehō, portō
to convey news, announce, state
(figuratively) to bear, support or endure to the end
(figuratively) to bear, suffer, tolerate, put up with, submit to, endure
Synonyms: tolerō, sustineō, sinō, perpetior, patiō, accipiō, recipiō, dūrō, subeō, admittō, sufferō, sustentō, ferō
(figuratively) to bring to an end, carry out, complete, finish, accomplish
Synonyms: perficiō, cōnficiō, dēfungor, absolvō, conclūdō, condō, agō, expleō, patrō, cumulō, impleō, efficiō, peragō, exsequor, fungor, perpetrō, gerō, nāvō, persolvō, trānsigō, claudō, inclūdō, exhauriō
(figuratively) to carry out, conduct, maintain, manage
(Ecclesiastical Latin) to bear the penalty of

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of perferō (third conjugation, irregular, suppletive)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	perferō	perfers	perfert	perferimus	perfertis	perferunt
	imperfect	perferēbam	perferēbās	perferēbat	perferēbāmus	perferēbātis	perferēbant
	future	perferam	perferēs	perferet	perferēmus	perferētis	perferent
	perfect	pertulī	pertulistī	pertulit	pertulimus	pertulistis	pertulērunt, pertulēre
	pluperfect	pertuleram	pertulerās	pertulerat	pertulerāmus	pertulerātis	pertulerant
	future perfect	pertulerō	pertuleris	pertulerit	pertulerimus	pertuleritis	pertulerint
passive	present	perferor	perferris, perferre	perfertur	perferimur	perferiminī	perferuntur
	imperfect	perferēbar	perferēbāris, perferēbāre	perferēbātur	perferēbāmur	perferēbāminī	perferēbantur
	future	perferar	perferēris, perferēre	perferētur	perferēmur	perferēminī	perferentur
	perfect	perlātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	perlātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	perlātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	perferam	perferās	perferat	perferāmus	perferātis	perferant
	imperfect	perferrem	perferrēs	perferret	perferrēmus	perferrētis	perferrent
	perfect	pertulerim	pertulerīs	pertulerit	pertulerīmus	pertulerītis	pertulerint
	pluperfect	pertulissem	pertulissēs	pertulisset	pertulissēmus	pertulissētis	pertulissent
passive	present	perferar	perferāris, perferāre	perferātur	perferāmur	perferāminī	perferantur
	imperfect	perferrer	perferrēris, perferrēre	perferrētur	perferrēmur	perferrēminī	perferrentur
	perfect	perlātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	perlātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	perfer	—	—	perferte	—
active	future	—	perfertō	perfertō	—	perfertōte	perferuntō
passive	present	—	perferre	—	—	perferiminī	—
passive	future	—	perfertor	perfertor	—	—	perferuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		perferre	pertulisse	perlātūrum esse	perferrī	perlātum esse	perlātum īrī
participles		perferēns	—	perlātūrus	—	perlātus	perferendus, perferundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		perferendī	perferendō	perferendum	perferendō	perlātum	perlātū

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References edit

“perfero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“perfero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
perfero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to take a letter somewhere: litteras perferre aliquo
- to carry a law (said of the magistrate): legem perferre (Liv. 33. 46)
- a law is adopted: lex perfertur
- to suffer punishment: poenam (alicuius rei) ferre, perferre