defero

Latin

Etymology

From dē- (“from, away from”) +‎ ferō (“bear, carry; suffer”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdeː.fe.roː/, [ˈd̪eːfɛroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈde.fe.ro/, [ˈd̪ɛːfero]

Verb

dēferō (present infinitive dēferre, perfect active dētulī, supine dēlātum); third conjugation, irregular

1. to bear, carry or bring down or away; convey; take, remove
2. to bring to market, sell

   Synonyms: vēndō, addīcō

   Antonyms: comparō, emō, sūmō, coëmō

3. to give to someone, grant, confer upon, allot, offer to someone, bestow

   Synonyms: dēmandō, tribuō, trādō, remittō, impertiō, largior, committō

4. to transfer, deliver

   Synonyms: trādō, dēdō, concēdō, reddō, dō, trānsferō

5. to bring or give an account of, deliver or bear news or information, report, announce, state

   Synonyms: nūntiō, adnūntiō, renūntiō, referō, ēdīcō, prōdō

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.298–299:

     [...] Eadem impia Fāma furentī
     dētulit armārī classem cursumque parārī.

     And at the same time, with [Dido already] distraught, accursed Rumor reported [that the Trojans] were equipping their fleet and preparing for a voyage.
     (See: fama.)

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.226:

     “[...] adloquere, et celerīs dēfer mea dicta per aurās.”

     [Jupiter to Mercury: Go to Aeneas,] “to speak [to him], and deliver my orders through the swift winds.”

6. (law, with nomen) to report someone's name before the praetor, as plaintiff or informer; indict, impeach, denounce, accuse
7. (nautical) to arrive or disembark

Conjugation

Conjugation of dēferō (third conjugation, irregular, suppletive)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēferō	dēfers	dēfert	dēferimus	dēfertis	dēferunt
	imperfect	dēferēbam	dēferēbās	dēferēbat	dēferēbāmus	dēferēbātis	dēferēbant
	future	dēferam	dēferēs	dēferet	dēferēmus	dēferētis	dēferent
	perfect	dētulī	dētulistī	dētulit	dētulimus	dētulistis	dētulērunt, dētulēre
	pluperfect	dētuleram	dētulerās	dētulerat	dētulerāmus	dētulerātis	dētulerant
	future perfect	dētulerō	dētuleris	dētulerit	dētulerimus	dētuleritis	dētulerint
passive	present	dēferor	dēferris, dēferre	dēfertur	dēferimur	dēferiminī	dēferuntur
	imperfect	dēferēbar	dēferēbāris, dēferēbāre	dēferēbātur	dēferēbāmur	dēferēbāminī	dēferēbantur
	future	dēferar	dēferēris, dēferēre	dēferētur	dēferēmur	dēferēminī	dēferentur
	perfect	dēlātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dēlātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dēlātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēferam	dēferās	dēferat	dēferāmus	dēferātis	dēferant
	imperfect	dēferrem	dēferrēs	dēferret	dēferrēmus	dēferrētis	dēferrent
	perfect	dētulerim	dētulerīs	dētulerit	dētulerīmus	dētulerītis	dētulerint
	pluperfect	dētulissem	dētulissēs	dētulisset	dētulissēmus	dētulissētis	dētulissent
passive	present	dēferar	dēferāris, dēferāre	dēferātur	dēferāmur	dēferāminī	dēferantur
	imperfect	dēferrer	dēferrēris, dēferrēre	dēferrētur	dēferrēmur	dēferrēminī	dēferrentur
	perfect	dēlātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dēlātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dēfer	—	—	dēferte	—
	future	—	dēfertō	dēfertō	—	dēfertōte	dēferuntō
passive	present	—	dēferre	—	—	dēferiminī	—
	future	—	dēfertor	dēfertor	—	—	dēferuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dēferre	dētulisse	dēlātūrum esse	dēferrī	dēlātum esse	dēlātum īrī
participles		dēferēns	—	dēlātūrus	—	dēlātus	dēferendus, dēferundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dēferendī	dēferendō	dēferendum	dēferendō	dēlātum	dēlātū

Derived terms

• dēferēns
• dēlātiō
• dēlātor
• dēlātūra

Related terms

Related terms

• adferō / afferō
• auferō
• circumferō
• cōnferō
• dēlātōrius
• differō
• efferō
• ferō
• īnferō
• interferō
• intrōferō
• offerō
• perferō
• postferō
• praeferō
• praeterferor
• prōferō
• referō
• sufferō
• trānsferō

Descendants

• → Catalan: deferir, delatar
• → English: defer, delate
• → French: déférer
• → Galician: deferir
• → Italian: deferire
• → Portuguese: deferir
• → Romanian: deferi
• → Spanish: deferir, delatar

References

• “defero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “defero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• defero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to fall down headlong: praecipitem ire; in praeceps deferri
    
  • to award the prize to..: palmam deferre, dare alicui
    
  • to entrust a matter to a person; to commission: negotium ad aliquem deferre
    
  • to give the palm, the first place (for wisdom) to some one: primas (e.g. sapientiae) alicui deferre, tribuere, concedere
    
  • to confer supreme power on a person: imperium, rerum summam deferre alicui
    
  • to invest some one with royal power: alicui regnum deferre, tradere
    
  • to invest a person with a position of dignity: honores alicui mandare, deferre
    
  • to accuse, denounce a person: nomen alicuius deferre (apud praetorem) (Verr. 2. 38. 94)
    
  • to appoint some one commander-in-chief: imperii summam deferre alicui or ad aliquem, tradere alicui
    
  • to refer a matter to a council of war: rem ad consilium deferre
    
  • to hold on one's course: cursum tenere (opp. commutare and deferri)
    
  • to be driven out of one's course; to drift: deferri, deici aliquo
    
  • the storm drives some one on an unknown coast: procella (tempestas) aliquem ex alto ad ignotas terras (oras) defert