Latin

Verb

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

1. I bear, carry or convey through to a place or to the end; bring home.
2. I convey news, announce, state.
3. (figuratively) I bear, support or endure to the end.
4. (figuratively) I bear, suffer, tolerate, put up with, submit to, endure.
5. (figuratively) I bring to an end, carry out, complete, finish, accomplish.
6. (figuratively) I carry out, conduct, maintain, manage.
7. (Ecclesiastical Latin) I bear the penalty of.

Inflection

Derived terms

• perferēns
• perferentia

Related terms

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “perfero”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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