# confero
## Latin
### Etymology

From con- (“together”) +‎ ferō (“I bear”). Compare Polish zebrać (“to collect”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈkon.fe.roː/, [ˈkõːfɛroː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈkon.fe.ro/, [ˈkɔɱfero]

### Verb

cōnferō (present infinitive cōnferre, perfect active contulī, supine collātum); third conjugation, irregular
* to bring or collect together, gather; unite, join, connect
    Synonyms: compellō, convehō, stīpō, cōgō, congerō, cōnstruō, cōnserō, concitō, contribuō, committō, concieō, contrahō, reficiō
* to bring or place together or near, set in opposition, oppose, match; bring into hostile contact
* to bring together for comparison, compare, contrast
    Synonyms: aequō, contendō, comparō
* to consult, confer, consider, deliberate, talk over, discuss; exchange (words)
* to compress, abridge, condense, sum up
* to bear, carry, convey, direct, take, bring
    signa conferre cum aliquo ― to go for fight with someone
* to collect money, treasures, etc., for any object, bring offerings, contribute
** 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita II.9:ut divites conferrentTranslation by Spillanthat the riches should contribute
* to devote, apply to, employ, use, direct, bestow upon, confer, grant
* to pay in, contribute, be profitable, be of use
    Synonyms: prōficiō, prōsum, adiuvō
* to change, transform, turn, metamorphose
    Synonyms: mūtō, vertō, versō, commūtō
* to refer, ascribe, attribute, impute, throw blame, lay to the charge of
* to transfer, remove, defer, put off, postpone, refer

#### Related terms

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

#### Descendants

* → Catalan: conferir
* → Galician: conferir
* → Italian: conferire
* → Old French: conferer
** Middle French: conférer
*** French: conférer
*** → English: confer
*** → German: konferieren
* → Portuguese: conferir
* → Romanian: conferi
* → Spanish: conferir, colar
* → English: cf., cf, collate

### References

* “confero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “confero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* confero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. to go to a place: se conferre in aliquem locum to employ one's time in..: tempus conferre ad aliquid to contribute alms: stipem (pecuniam) conferre to employ in the furtherance of one's interests: aliquid in usum suum conferre to show kindness to..: benevolentiam alicui praestare, in aliquem conferre to heap benefits upon..: beneficia in aliquem conferre to gain some one's friendship; to become intimate with: ad alicuius amicitiam se conferre, se applicare to expend great labour on a thing: operam alicui rei tribuere, in aliquid conferre to give all one's attention to a thing: omnes cogitationes ad aliquid conferre to employ all one's energies on literary work: omne studium in litteris collocare, ad litteras conferre to become a pupil, disciple of some one: operam dare or simply se dare alicui, se tradere in disciplinam alicuius, se conferre, se applicare ad aliquem to devote oneself to philosophy: se conferre ad philosophiam, ad philosophiae or sapientiae studium (Fam. 4. 3. 4) to devote oneself to writing history: ad historiam (scribendam) se conferre or se applicare to devote oneself to the study of a natural science: se conferre ad naturae investigationem to devote oneself to poetry: se conferre ad poesis studium to devote oneself to oratory: ad dicendum se conferre to become a writer, embrace a literary career: ad scribendum or ad scribendi studium se conferre to put oneself under some one's protection: se conferre, se tradere, se permittere in alicuius fidem to be courteous, obliging to some one: in aliquem officia conferre to enter into conversation with some one: sermonem conferre, instituere, ordiri cum aliquo to put our heads together: capita conferre (Liv. 2. 45) to devote oneself to politics, a political career: accedere, se conferre ad rem publicam to devote one's every thought to the state's welfare: omnes curas et cogitationes in rem publicam conferre to devote oneself body and soul to the good of the state: totum et animo et corpore in salutem rei publicae se conferre to put the blame on another: culpam in aliquem conferre, transferre, conicere with close ranks; with ranks in disorder: confertis, solutis ordinibus to come to close quarters: signa conferre cum hoste to fight in open order: laxatis (opp. confertis) ordinibus pugnare to take to flight: se conicere, se conferre in fugam
* confero in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
* Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “conferre”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 242/2
* Dizionario Latino, Olivetti