confero
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Etymology
From con- (“together”) + ferō (“I bear”). Compare Polish zebrać (“to collect”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkon.fe.roː/, [ˈkõːfɛroː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkon.fe.ro/, [ˈkɔɱfero]
Verb
cōnferō (present infinitive cōnferre, perfect active contulī, supine collātum); third conjugation, irregular
- to bring or collect together, gather; unite, join, connect
- to bring or place together or near, set in opposition, oppose, match; bring into hostile contact
- to bring together for comparison, compare, contrast
- to consult, confer, consider, deliberate, talk over, discuss; exchange (words)
- to compress, abridge, condense, sum up
- to bear, carry, convey, direct, take, bring
- signa conferre cum aliquo ― to go for fight with someone
- to collect money, treasures, etc., for any object, bring offerings, contribute
- 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita II.9:
- ut divites conferrent
- Translation by Spillan
- that the riches should contribute
- Translation by Spillan
- ut divites conferrent
- to devote, apply to, employ, use, direct, bestow upon, confer, grant
- to pay in, contribute, be profitable, be of use
- to change, transform, turn, metamorphose
- to refer, ascribe, attribute, impute, throw blame, lay to the charge of
- to transfer, remove, defer, put off, postpone, refer
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References
- “confero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “confero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- confero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to go to a place: se conferre in aliquem locum
- to employ one's time in..: tempus conferre ad aliquid
- to contribute alms: stipem (pecuniam) conferre
- to employ in the furtherance of one's interests: aliquid in usum suum conferre
- to show kindness to..: benevolentiam alicui praestare, in aliquem conferre
- to heap benefits upon..: beneficia in aliquem conferre
- to gain some one's friendship; to become intimate with: ad alicuius amicitiam se conferre, se applicare
- to expend great labour on a thing: operam alicui rei tribuere, in aliquid conferre
- to give all one's attention to a thing: omnes cogitationes ad aliquid conferre
- to employ all one's energies on literary work: omne studium in litteris collocare, ad litteras conferre
- to become a pupil, disciple of some one: operam dare or simply se dare alicui, se tradere in disciplinam alicuius, se conferre, se applicare ad aliquem
- to devote oneself to philosophy: se conferre ad philosophiam, ad philosophiae or sapientiae studium (Fam. 4. 3. 4)
- to devote oneself to writing history: ad historiam (scribendam) se conferre or se applicare
- to devote oneself to the study of a natural science: se conferre ad naturae investigationem
- to devote oneself to poetry: se conferre ad poesis studium
- to devote oneself to oratory: ad dicendum se conferre
- to become a writer, embrace a literary career: ad scribendum or ad scribendi studium se conferre
- to put oneself under some one's protection: se conferre, se tradere, se permittere in alicuius fidem
- to be courteous, obliging to some one: in aliquem officia conferre
- to enter into conversation with some one: sermonem conferre, instituere, ordiri cum aliquo
- to put our heads together: capita conferre (Liv. 2. 45)
- to devote oneself to politics, a political career: accedere, se conferre ad rem publicam
- to devote one's every thought to the state's welfare: omnes curas et cogitationes in rem publicam conferre
- to devote oneself body and soul to the good of the state: totum et animo et corpore in salutem rei publicae se conferre
- to put the blame on another: culpam in aliquem conferre, transferre, conicere
- with close ranks; with ranks in disorder: confertis, solutis ordinibus
- to come to close quarters: signa conferre cum hoste
- to fight in open order: laxatis (opp. confertis) ordinibus pugnare
- to take to flight: se conicere, se conferre in fugam
- to go to a place: se conferre in aliquem locum
- confero in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “conferre”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 242/2
- Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
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