cōnferō, cōnferre, contulī, collātum

Definitions for cōnferre

Wheelock's Latin

Verb

1
to bring together, compare, confer, bestow
2
sē cōnferre, betake oneself, go
English derivatives:
conference collation

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Verb

1
To bring or take, carry, convey. (b) to cause to go or face (towards), direct.
2
(refl.) To betake oneself, go, resort; to go for refuge; to go over (to a side, party, etc.). (b) to have recourse, resort (to an action, policy, etc.).
3
(also fig.) To direct, aim (weapons, etc.,at); to address, direct (words), (b) to direct (hostile feelings against), cast (suspicion on).
4
To devote, apply, direct (one's attention, efforts, time, etc.). (b) (refl.) to apply oneself (to a course of action, etc.). (c) to apply (money, etc., to a given purpose).
5
To confer, bestow (benefits, etc.). (b) to bring (upon). cause to come (to). (c) to put (blame on); to allege (against), lay to one's charge.

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Sentences with cōnferre

Latin to English

Cum perīculum magnum esset, omnēs cōpiās et arma brevī tempore contulērant.Compare Since the danger was great, they brought all their troops and arms together in a short time.

Cum cōnsul haec verba dīxisset, senātus respondit pecūniam ad hanc rem collātam esse.Compare When the consul had spoken these words, the senate replied that money had been brought together for this purpose.

Totus vero iste, qui vulgo appellatur amor - nec hercule inventio quo nomine alio possit appellari - tantae levitatis est, ut nihil quod putem conferendum.Compare In fact the whole passion ordinarily termed love (and heaven help me if I can think of any other term to apply to it) is of such exceeding triviality that I see nothing I think comparable with it.

Confero, comporto frumentum dico.Compare They said that the corn was being collected and brought in.

Cum hic ego nunc pestis atque labes confero?Compare Am I now comparing myself with this plague and disgrace?

Conjugation table for cōnferre

Cactus2000

ACTIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
cōnferō cōnfers cōnfert cōnferimus cōnfertis cōnferunt	cōnferēbam cōnferēbās cōnferēbat cōnferēbāmus cōnferēbātis cōnferēbant
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
contulī contulistī contulit contulimus contulistis contulērunt / contulēre	contuleram contulerās contulerat contulerāmus contulerātis contulerant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
cōnferam cōnferēs cōnferet cōnferēmus cōnferētis cōnferent	contulerō contuleris contulerit contulerimus contuleritis contulerint
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
cōnferam cōnferās cōnferat cōnferāmus cōnferātis cōnferant	cōnferrem cōnferrēs cōnferret cōnferrēmus cōnferrētis cōnferrent
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
contulerim contuleris contulerit contulerimus contuleritis contulerint	contulissem contulissēs contulisset contulissēmus contulissētis contulissent
Infinitive present cōnferre Infinitive perfect contulisse Infinitive future collātūrum esse	Imperative present cōnfer cōnferte Imperative future cōnfertō cōnfertō cōnfertōte cōnferuntō

PASSIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
cōnferor cōnferris cōnfertur cōnferimur cōnferiminī cōnferuntur	cōnferēbar cōnferēbāris / cōnferēbār cōnferēbātur cōnferēbāmur cōnferēbāminī cōnferēbantur
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
collātus sum collātus es collātus est collātī sumus collātī estis collātī sunt	collātus eram collātus erās collātus erat collātī erāmus collātī erātis collātī erant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
cōnferar cōnferēris / cōnferēre cōnferētur cōnferēmur cōnferēminī cōnferentur	collātus erō collātus eris collātus erit collātī erimus collātī eritis collātī erunt
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
cōnferar cōnferāris / cōnferēre cōnferātur cōnferāmur cōnferāminī cōnferantur	cōnferrer cōnferrēris / cōnferrēre cōnferrētur cōnferrēmur cōnferrēminī cōnferrentur
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
collātus sim collātus sīs collātus sit collātī sīmus collātī sītis collātī sint	collātus essem collātus essēs collātus esset collātī essēmus collātī essētis collātī essent
Infinitive present cōnferrī Infinitive perfect collātum esse Infinitive future collātum īrī	Imperative present cōnferre cōnferiminī Imperative future cōnfertor cōnfertor - cōnferuntor

	PARTICIPLE
	Participle present active
Nom.	cōnferēns	cōnferentēs
Gen.	cōnferentis	cōnferentium
Dat.	cōnferentī	cōnferentibus
Acc.	cōnferentem	cōnferentēs
Abl.	cōnferente	cōnferentibus
	Participle future active
Nom.	collātūrus	collātūrī
Gen.	collātūrī	collātūrōrum
Dat.	collātūrō	collātūrīs
Acc.	collātūrum	collātūrōs
Abl.	collātūrō	collātūrīs
	Participle perfect passive
Nom.	collātus	collātī
Gen.	collātī	collātōrum
Dat.	collātō	collātīs
Acc.	collātum	collātōs
Abl.	collātō	collātīs
	Gerundive
Nom.	cōnferendus	cōnferendī
Gen.	cōnferendī	cōnferendōrum
Dat.	cōnferendō	cōnferendīs
Acc.	cōnferendum	cōnferendōs
Abl.	cōnferendō	cōnferendīs
	Gerund	Supine
Nom.	cōnferre	collātum
Gen.	cōnferendī	collātū
Dat.	cōnferendō
Acc.	cōnferendum
Abl.	cōnferendō

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 214.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 397.
Word frequencies
Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 123.

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "cōnferō, cōnferre, contulī, collātum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified August 14, 2023. Accessed November 23, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/confero-conferre-contuli-collatum.