Latin

Verb

prōferō ‎(present infinitive prōferre, perfect active prōtulī, supine prōlātum); third conjugation, irregular

1. I bring out, bring forth.
2. I appear, show myself.
3. I offer, proffer.
4. I stretch out, extend.
5. (military) I march on, advance.
6. (figuratively) I produce, induce growth.
7. I utter, pronounce.
8. I put off, defer, adjourn.
9. (painting) I bring out, represent distinctly.
10. (figuratively, with se) I raise or elevate myself from a lower station.
11. I make known, publicize.
12. I discover, invent, reveal.
13. I quote, cite, mention.
14. I impel.
15. I prolong.

Inflection

Related terms

Descendants

• English: profer, prolate, profert
• French: proférer
• Italian: proferire
• Spanish: proferir

References

• profero in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• profero in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “profero”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the earth brings forth fruit, crops: terra effert (more rarely fert, but not profert) fruges
    
  • to enlarge the boundaries of a kingdom: fines (imperii) propagare, extendere, (longius) proferre
    
  • to adjourn, delay: diem proferre (Att. 13. 14)
    
  • to become known, become a topic of common conversation (used of things): foras efferri, palam fieri, percrebrescere, divulgari, in medium proferri, exire, emanare
    
  • to cite a person or a thing as an example: aliquem (aliquid) exempli causa ponere, proferre, nominare, commemorare
    
  • to bring a subject forward into discussion: in medium proferre aliquid
    
  • to quote a passage of Plato: locum Platonis afferre, proferre (not citare)
    
  • to produce as a witness: aliquem testem dare, edere, proferre