offero

Latin

Alternative forms

• obferō

Etymology

ob- (“towards”) +‎ ferō (“bear, carry”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈof.fe.roː/, [ˈɔfːɛroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈof.fe.ro/, [ˈɔfːero]

Verb

offerō (present infinitive offerre, perfect active obtulī, supine oblātum); third conjugation, suppletive

1. to bring before or bring to, present, offer, bestow, show, place before, exhibit, expose

   Synonyms: prōferō, sufferō, prōpōnō, afferō, porrigō, polliceor, obiciō, praebeō, expōnō, summittō, dōnō, condōnō, largior, moveō

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.589–592:

     “Cum mihi sē nōn ante oculīs tam clāra videndam
     obtulit et pūrā per noctem in lūce refulsit:
     alma parēns, cōnfessa deam, quālīsque vidērī
     caelicolīs et quanta solet [...].”

     “When [suddenly] she presented herself to me – far brighter than [I had] ever seen [her] before – worthy to be viewed, and with clarity, shining through the darkness in [all her] splendor: [my] gracious mother, revealed [as a] goddess, both in form and stature as she was wont to appear to the heaven-dwelling gods.”
     (Venus reveals her divine appearance to Aeneas.)

2. to cause, occasion, inflict

   Synonyms: indō, pariō, ēdō, importō, addūcō, īnferō, afferō, efficiō, iniciō

3. (Ecclesiastical Latin) to offer to God, consecrate, dedicate
4. (Ecclesiastical Latin) to offer up, sacrifice

Conjugation

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	offerō		offers		offert		offerimus		offertis		offerunt
	imperfect	offerēbam		offerēbās		offerēbat		offerēbāmus		offerēbātis		offerēbant
	future	offeram		offerēs		offeret		offerēmus		offerētis		offerent
	perfect	obtulī		obtulistī		obtulit		obtulimus		obtulistis		obtulērunt, obtulēre
	pluperfect	obtuleram		obtulerās		obtulerat		obtulerāmus		obtulerātis		obtulerant
	future perfect	obtulerō		obtuleris		obtulerit		obtulerimus		obtuleritis		obtulerint
passive	present	offeror		offerris, offerre		offertur		offerimur		offeriminī		offeruntur
	imperfect	offerēbar		offerēbāris, offerēbāre		offerēbātur		offerēbāmur		offerēbāminī		offerēbantur
	future	offerar		offerēris, offerēre		offerētur		offerēmur		offerēminī		offerentur
	perfect	oblātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	oblātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	oblātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	offeram		offerās		offerat		offerāmus		offerātis		offerant
	imperfect	offerrem		offerrēs		offerret		offerrēmus		offerrētis		offerrent
	perfect	obtulerim		obtulerīs		obtulerit		obtulerīmus		obtulerītis		obtulerint
	pluperfect	obtulissem		obtulissēs		obtulisset		obtulissēmus		obtulissētis		obtulissent
passive	present	offerar		offerāris, offerāre		offerātur		offerāmur		offerāminī		offerantur
	imperfect	offerrer		offerrēris, offerrēre		offerrētur		offerrēmur		offerrēminī		offerrentur
	perfect	oblātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	oblātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		offer		—		—		offerte		—
	future	—		offertō		offertō		—		offertōte		offeruntō
passive	present	—		offerre		—		—		offeriminī		—
	future	—		offertor		offertor		—		—		offeruntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		offerre			offerrī			offerēns			—
future		oblātūrum esse			oblātum īrī			oblātūrus			offerendus, offerundus
perfect		obtulisse			oblātum esse			—			oblātus
future perfect		—			oblātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		oblātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		offerendī		offerendō		offerendum		offerendō		oblātum		oblātū

   Conjugation of offerō (third conjugation, suppletive)

Derived terms

• oblātīcius
• oblātiō
• oblātīvus
• oblātor
• oblātus
• offerēns
• offerentia
• *offerēscere
• *offerīre
• offertor
• offertōrium
• offerumenta

Related terms

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

Descendants

• Sardinian: oferrere, oferri, oferriri
• → Proto-West Germanic: *offrōn (see there for further descendants)

References

• “offero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “offero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• offero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to sacrifice oneself for one's country: se morti offerre pro salute patriae
    
  • a favourable[1] opportunity presents itself: occasio datur, offertur
    
  • to expose oneself to peril: periculis se offerre
    
  • to risk one's life: salutem, vitam suam in discrimen offerre (not exponere)