Latin

Verb

auferō ‎(present infinitive auferre, perfect active abstulī, supine ablātum); third conjugation, irregular

1. I take away, carry off, remove, withdraw; separate, sever, divide.
2. I take or snatch away, take by force or violently, abduct, rob, steal, snatch, confiscate.
3. I bear, carry, waft or sweep away.
4. I carry away, mislead, deceive.
5. I banish, dispel.
6. I take off or away, destroy, kill, slay, consume.
7. I cease from, desist from, leave off.
8. I obtain, gain, get, receive, acquire.

Inflection

Synonyms

• (take away): adimō, āvertō, dīripiō, ēripiō, rapiō, tollō

Derived terms

• ablātiō
• ablātīvus
• ablātor
• ablātus

Related terms

Descendants

• English: ablation, ablative
• Portuguese: auferir
• Spanish: aferrar

References

• aufero in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aufero in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “aufero”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to carry some one away in one's arms: inter manus auferre aliquem
    
  • to win the prize: palmam ferre, auferre
    
  • to extract an answer from some one: responsum ab aliquo ferre, auferre
    
  • to deprive a person of hope: spem alicui adimere, tollere, auferre, eripere