ferō, ferre, tulī, lātum

Definitions for ferre

Wheelock's Latin

Verb

1
to bear, carry, bring, suffer, endure, tolerate, say, report
English derivatives:
fertile circumference confer defer differ infer offer prefer proffer refer suffer transfer

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Verb

1
To carry, convey, transport, take(persons or things). (b) (of ships, vehicles, etc.). (c) (of a road)
2
(of physical or abst. forces) To cause to go, carry, take. (b) (transf., of feelings, passion, etc.) to carry, lead (to a course of conduct, degree of behaviour, etc.). (c) to carry, lead (into a situation).
3
(refl.) To make one's way, go proceed. (b) pedem (pedes, uestigia) ~rre, to move the feet, advance, step; (also in dancing). (c) (w. cursus, iter, and sim. nouns) to go, proceed, etc.; aditum, reditum ~rre, to approach, retire.
4
(pass. of persons, etc.) To proceed (of one's own volition or under an external impulse), be borne, go.
5
(pass., of things) To be borne or carried along; (sts. in middle sense; also refl.). (b) (of rivers, wind, etc.). (c) (of sounds). (d) to extend along, lead.

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Sentences with ferre

Latin to English

Quis est quī tantum dolōrem ferre possit?Compare Who is there who would be able to bear such pain?

Dēnique hī centum cīvēs reī pūblicae auxilium ferant.Compare Finally, let these hundred citizens bear aid to the republic.

Sēnatōrēs, cum rēgnum Caesaris nōn iam ferre possent, coniūrāvērunt.Compare The senators made a conspiracy because they could no longer endure Caesar's rule.

Quidquid id est, timeō Danaōs er dōna ferentēs. (Vergil, Aeneid II.49)Compare Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks, even bearing gifts.

Tu quidem is onus modice ac sapienter fero certo scio.Compare I know for certain that you will bear that burden calmly and wisely.

Non fero Romanum nomen sudataque bella et titulos tanto quaesitos sanguine carpi. detrahit invictis legionibus et sua Romae praemia deminuit, qui, quidquid fortiter actum est, adscribit Veneri, palpam victoribus aufert. [Contra orationem Symmachi,II,551)Compare I will not permit the name of Rome, whose wars cost so much toil, and whose glory was purchased at such cost of blood, to be disparaged. He who credits Venus with Rome's great exploits belittles the unconquered legions, destroys Rome's honor, takes away the palm from the victors.

Conjugation table for ferre

Cactus2000

ACTIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
ferō fers fert ferimus fertis ferunt	ferēbam ferēbās ferēbat ferēbāmus ferēbātis ferēbant
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
tulī tulistī tulit tulimus tulistis tulērunt / tulēre	tuleram tulerās tulerat tulerāmus tulerātis tulerant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
feram ferēs feret ferēmus ferētis ferent	tulerō tuleris tulerit tulerimus tuleritis tulerint
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
feram ferās ferat ferāmus ferātis ferant	ferrem ferrēs ferret ferrēmus ferrētis ferrent
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
tulerim tuleris tulerit tulerimus tuleritis tulerint	tulissem tulissēs tulisset tulissēmus tulissētis tulissent
Infinitive present ferre Infinitive perfect tulisse Infinitive future lātūrum esse	Imperative present fer ferte Imperative future fertō fertō fertōte feruntō

PASSIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
feror ferris fertur ferimur feriminī feruntur	ferēbar ferēbāris / ferēbār ferēbātur ferēbāmur ferēbāminī ferēbantur
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
lātus sum lātus es lātus est lātī sumus lātī estis lātī sunt	lātus eram lātus erās lātus erat lātī erāmus lātī erātis lātī erant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
ferar ferēris / ferēre ferētur ferēmur ferēminī ferentur	lātus erō lātus eris lātus erit lātī erimus lātī eritis lātī erunt
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
ferar ferāris / ferēre ferātur ferāmur ferāminī ferantur	ferrer ferrēris / ferrēre ferrētur ferrēmur ferrēminī ferrentur
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
lātus sim lātus sīs lātus sit lātī sīmus lātī sītis lātī sint	lātus essem lātus essēs lātus esset lātī essēmus lātī essētis lātī essent
Infinitive present ferrī Infinitive perfect lātum esse Infinitive future lātum īrī	Imperative present ferre feriminī Imperative future fertor fertor - feruntor

	PARTICIPLE
	Participle present active
Nom.	ferēns	ferentēs
Gen.	ferentis	ferentium
Dat.	ferentī	ferentibus
Acc.	ferentem	ferentēs
Abl.	ferente	ferentibus
	Participle future active
Nom.	lātūrus	lātūrī
Gen.	lātūrī	lātūrōrum
Dat.	lātūrō	lātūrīs
Acc.	lātūrum	lātūrōs
Abl.	lātūrō	lātūrīs
	Participle perfect passive
Nom.	lātus	lātī
Gen.	lātī	lātōrum
Dat.	lātō	lātīs
Acc.	lātum	lātōs
Abl.	lātō	lātīs
	Gerundive
Nom.	ferendus	ferendī
Gen.	ferendī	ferendōrum
Dat.	ferendō	ferendīs
Acc.	ferendum	ferendōs
Abl.	ferendō	ferendīs
	Gerund	Supine
Nom.	ferre	lātum
Gen.	ferendī	lātū
Dat.	ferendō
Acc.	ferendum
Abl.	ferendō

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): 687.
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): 119.

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "ferō, ferre, tulī, lātum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified August 22, 2023. Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/fero-ferre-tuli-latum.