perfero

Latin

Etymology

From per- +‎ ferō (“bear, carry”). Cognate with Ancient Greek περῐφέρω (perĭphérō), Polish przebrać, Russian перебрать (perebratʹ).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

perferō (present infinitive perferre, perfect active pertulī, supine perlātum); third conjugation, suppletive

1. to bear, carry or convey through to a place or to the end; bring home

   Synonyms: ducō, deducō, producō, agō, traducō, vehō, portō

2. to convey news, announce, state
3. (figuratively) to bear, support or endure to the end
4. (figuratively) to bear, suffer, tolerate, put up with, submit to, endure

   Synonyms: tolerō, sustineō, sinō, perpetior, patiō, accipiō, recipiō, dūrō, subeō, admittō, sufferō, sustentō, ferō

5. (figuratively) to bring to an end, carry out, complete, finish, accomplish

   Synonyms: perficiō, cōnficiō, dēfungor, absolvō, conclūdō, condō, agō, expleō, patrō, cumulō, impleō, efficiō, peragō, exsequor, fungor, perpetrō, gerō, nāvō, persolvō, trānsigō, claudō, inclūdō, exhauriō

6. (figuratively) to carry out, conduct, maintain, manage
7. (Ecclesiastical Latin) to bear the penalty of

Conjugation

   Conjugation of perferō (third conjugation, suppletive)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	perferō		perfers		perfert		perferimus		perfertis		perferunt
	imperfect	perferēbam		perferēbās		perferēbat		perferēbāmus		perferēbātis		perferēbant
	future	perferam		perferēs		perferet		perferēmus		perferētis		perferent
	perfect	pertulī		pertulistī		pertulit		pertulimus		pertulistis		pertulērunt, pertulēre
	pluperfect	pertuleram		pertulerās		pertulerat		pertulerāmus		pertulerātis		pertulerant
	future perfect	pertulerō		pertuleris		pertulerit		pertulerimus		pertuleritis		pertulerint
passive	present	perferor		perferris, perferre		perfertur		perferimur		perferiminī		perferuntur
	imperfect	perferēbar		perferēbāris, perferēbāre		perferēbātur		perferēbāmur		perferēbāminī		perferēbantur
	future	perferar		perferēris, perferēre		perferētur		perferēmur		perferēminī		perferentur
	perfect	perlātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	perlātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	perlātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	perferam		perferās		perferat		perferāmus		perferātis		perferant
	imperfect	perferrem		perferrēs		perferret		perferrēmus		perferrētis		perferrent
	perfect	pertulerim		pertulerīs		pertulerit		pertulerīmus		pertulerītis		pertulerint
	pluperfect	pertulissem		pertulissēs		pertulisset		pertulissēmus		pertulissētis		pertulissent
passive	present	perferar		perferāris, perferāre		perferātur		perferāmur		perferāminī		perferantur
	imperfect	perferrer		perferrēris, perferrēre		perferrētur		perferrēmur		perferrēminī		perferrentur
	perfect	perlātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	perlātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		perfer		—		—		perferte		—
	future	—		perfertō		perfertō		—		perfertōte		perferuntō
passive	present	—		perferre		—		—		perferiminī		—
	future	—		perfertor		perfertor		—		—		perferuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		perferre			perferrī			perferēns			—
future		perlātūrum esse			perlātum īrī			perlātūrus			perferendus, perferundus
perfect		pertulisse			perlātum esse			—			perlātus
future perfect		—			perlātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		perlātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		perferendī		perferendō		perferendum		perferendō		perlātum		perlātū

Derived terms

• perferēns
• perferentia

Related terms

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

References

• “perfero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “perfero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “perfero”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to take a letter somewhere: litteras perferre aliquo
    
  • to carry a law (said of the magistrate): legem perferre (Liv. 33. 46)
    
  • a law is adopted: lex perfertur
    
  • to suffer punishment: poenam (alicuius rei) ferre, perferre