defero

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti

Proto-Italic *ferō

Latin ferō

Latin dēferō

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdeː.fɛ.roː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛː.fe.ro]

Verb

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

to bear, carry or bring down or away; convey; take, remove
to bring to market, sell
Synonyms: vēndō, addīcō

Antonyms: comparō, emō, sūmō, coëmō
to give to someone, grant, confer upon, allot, offer to someone, bestow
Synonyms: dēmandō, tribuō, trādō, remittō, impertiō, largior, committō
to transfer, deliver
Synonyms: trādō, dēdō, concēdō, reddō, dō, trānsferō
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, Vergilius, Aeneis 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, Vergilius, Aeneis 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.”
(law, with nomen) to report someone's name before the praetor, as plaintiff or informer; indict, impeach, denounce, accuse
(nautical) to arrive or disembark

Conjugation

Conjugation of dēferō (third conjugation, suppletive)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	dēfer		—	—	dēferte		—
active	future	—	dēfertō		dēfertō	—	dēfertōte		dēferuntō
passive	present	—	dēferre		—	—	dēferiminī		—
passive	future	—	dēfertor		dēfertor	—	—		dēferuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		dēferre		dēferrī		dēferēns		—
future		dēlātūrum esse		dēlātum īrī		dēlātūrus		dēferendus, dēferundus
perfect		dētulisse		dēlātum esse		—		dēlātus
future perfect		—		dēlātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		dēlātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		dēferendī	dēferendō		dēferendum	dēferendō	dēlātum		dēlātū

Derived terms

Related terms

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^[1], 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