# defero
## Latin
### Etymology

From dē- (“from, away from”) +‎ ferō (“bear, carry; suffer”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈdeː.fe.roː/, [ˈd̪eːfɛroː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈde.fe.ro/, [ˈd̪ɛːfero]

### Verb

dēferō (present infinitive dēferre, perfect active dētulī, supine dēlātum); third conjugation, irregular
* to bear, carry or bring down or away; convey; take, remove
* to bring to market, sell
    Synonyms: vēndō, addīcō
    Antonyms: comparō, emō, sūmō, coëmō
* to give to someone, grant, confer upon, allot, offer to someone, bestow
    Synonyms: dēmandō, tribuō, trādō, remittō, impertiō, largior, committō
* to transfer, deliver
    Synonyms: trādō, dēdō, concēdō, reddō, dō, trānsferō
* to bring or give an account of, deliver or bear news or information, report, announce, state
    Synonyms: nūntiō, adnūntiō, renūntiō, referō, ēdīcō, prōdō
** 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.298–299:[...] Eadem impia Fāma furentī dētulit armārī classem cursumque parārī.And at the same time, with [Dido already] distraught, accursed Rumor reported [that the Trojans] were equipping their fleet and preparing for a voyage. (See: fama.)
** 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.226:“[...] adloquere, et celerīs dēfer mea dicta per aurās.”[Jupiter to Mercury: Go to Aeneas,] “to speak [to him], and deliver my orders through the swift winds.”
* (law, with nomen) to report someone's name before the praetor, as plaintiff or informer; indict, impeach, denounce, accuse
* (nautical) to arrive or disembark

#### Derived terms

* dēferēns
* dēlātiō
* dēlātor
* dēlātūra

#### Related terms

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

#### Descendants

* → Catalan: deferir, delatar
* → English: defer, delate
* → French: déférer
* → Galician: deferir
* → Italian: deferire
* → Portuguese: deferir
* → Romanian: deferi
* → Spanish: deferir, delatar

### References

* “defero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “defero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* defero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. to fall down headlong: praecipitem ire; in praeceps deferri to award the prize to..: palmam deferre, dare alicui to entrust a matter to a person; to commission: negotium ad aliquem deferre to give the palm, the first place (for wisdom) to some one: primas (e.g. sapientiae) alicui deferre, tribuere, concedere to confer supreme power on a person: imperium, rerum summam deferre alicui to invest some one with royal power: alicui regnum deferre, tradere to invest a person with a position of dignity: honores alicui mandare, deferre to accuse, denounce a person: nomen alicuius deferre (apud praetorem) (Verr. 2. 38. 94) to appoint some one commander-in-chief: imperii summam deferre alicui or ad aliquem, tradere alicui to refer a matter to a council of war: rem ad consilium deferre to hold on one's course: cursum tenere (opp. commutare and deferri) to be driven out of one's course; to drift: deferri, deici aliquo the storm drives some one on an unknown coast: procella (tempestas) aliquem ex alto ad ignotas terras (oras) defert