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Etymology

From dis- (“apart”) +‎ ferō (“carry, bear”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdɪf.fɛ.roː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd̪if.fe.ro]

Verb

differō (present infinitive differre, perfect active distulī, supine dīlātum); third conjugation, suppletive

(transitive) to carry different ways, spread, scatter, disperse, separate
Synonyms: diffundō, fundō, effundō, cōnfundō, dēfundō, dissipō, indūcō, sternō
- c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium 1.1.3:
  Dum differtur vīta trānscurrit.
  While [one’s attention] is scattered, life rushes past.
  [Alternatively, in context:]
  While [our moral improvement] is delayed, life runs away.
(transitive, figuratively) to distract, disquiet or disturb someone; confound
Synonyms: disturbō, turbō, perturbō, sollicitō, agitō
(transitive, figuratively) to spread, publish, circulate, divulge; cry down, defame
(transitive, figuratively) to defer, put off, protract, delay, adjourn
Synonyms: moror, dētineō, cū̆nctor, retardō, tardō, dubitō, prōtrahō, trahō

Antonyms: ruō, currō, accurrō, trepidō, festīnō, prōvolō, properō, corripiō, affluō, mātūrō
- 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.13.12:
  Spēs quae differtur adflīgit animam: lignum vītae dēsīderium veniēns.
  Hope that is deferred afflicteth the soul: desire when it cometh, is a tree of life. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)
(intransitive) to be different, differ, vary
Synonyms: distō, dissideō, abhorreō
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.1:
  Hī omnēs linguā, īnstitūtīs, lēgibus inter sē differunt.
  These all differ from each other in language, customs, and laws.

Conjugation

Irregular, but resembling the third conjugation. The principal parts come from several different words originally.

More information indicative, singular ...

indicative	singular	plural
first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	differō	differs	differt	differimus	differtis	differunt
imperfect	differēbam	differēbās	differēbat	differēbāmus	differēbātis	differēbant
future	differam	differēs	differet	differēmus	differētis	different
perfect	distulī	distulistī	distulit	distulimus	distulistis	distulērunt, distulēre
pluperfect	distuleram	distulerās	distulerat	distulerāmus	distulerātis	distulerant
future perfect	distulerō	distuleris	distulerit	distulerimus	distuleritis	distulerint
passive	present	differor	differris, differre	differtur	differimur	differiminī	differuntur
imperfect	differēbar	differēbāris, differēbāre	differēbātur	differēbāmur	differēbāminī	differēbantur
future	differar	differēris, differēre	differētur	differēmur	differēminī	differentur
perfect	dīlātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect	dīlātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect	dīlātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive	singular	plural
first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	differam	differās	differat	differāmus	differātis	differant
imperfect	differrem	differrēs	differret	differrēmus	differrētis	differrent
perfect	distulerim	distulerīs	distulerit	distulerīmus	distulerītis	distulerint
pluperfect	distulissem	distulissēs	distulisset	distulissēmus	distulissētis	distulissent
passive	present	differar	differāris, differāre	differātur	differāmur	differāminī	differantur
imperfect	differrer	differrēris, differrēre	differrētur	differrēmur	differrēminī	differrentur
perfect	dīlātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	dīlātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative	singular	plural
first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	differ	—	—	differte	—
future	—	differtō	differtō	—	differtōte	differuntō
passive	present	—	differre	—	—	differiminī	—
future	—	differtor	differtor	—	—	differuntor
non-finite forms	infinitive	participle
active	passive	active	passive
present	differre	differrī	differēns	—
future	dīlātūrum esse	dīlātum īrī	dīlātūrus	differendus, differundus
perfect	distulisse	dīlātum esse	—	dīlātus
future perfect	—	dīlātum fore	—	—
perfect potential	dīlātūrum fuisse	—	—	—
verbal nouns	gerund	supine
genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
differendī	differendō	differendum	differendō	dīlātum	dīlātū

Conjugation of differō (third conjugation, suppletive)

Derived terms

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Descendants

Inherited:
- Old Occitan: deferir
Borrowed:
- → Catalan: diferir
- → English: differ, defer, dilate
- → French: différer
- → Galician: diferir
- → Italian: differire
- → Piedmontese: difer
- → Portuguese: diferir
- → Romanian: diferi
- → Spanish: diferir

References

“differo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“differo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
differo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the wind spread the conflagration: ventus ignem distulit (B. G. 5. 43)
- to put off till another time; to postpone: aliquid in aliud tempus, in posterum differre
- to put off from one day to another: diem ex die ducere, differre
- to differ qualitatively not quantitatively: genere, non numero or magnitudine differre
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “differre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 73

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