ferō

A suppletive paradigm consisting of two different roots.

The present stem is from Proto-Italic *ferō (infinitive *ferzi), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti (“to bear, carry”), from the root *bʰer-. Cognates include Sanskrit भरति (bhárati), Persian بار‎ (bâr), Old Armenian բերեմ (berem), Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō), Old Englishberan (English bear).

The perfect stem, originally of tollō, is from Proto-Italic *tetolai, from Proto-Indo-European *tetólh₂e (“to be holding up”), from the root *telh₂-. The stem of lātus has the same root, reduced from Proto-Italic *tlātos, from Proto-Indo-European *tl̥h₂tós. It is cognate with English thole (“to endure”), German dulden (“to endure”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.roː/, [ˈfɛroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.ro/, [ˈfɛːro]

Verb

ferō (present infinitive ferre, perfect active tulī or tetulī, supine lātum); third conjugation, irregular

1. to bear, carry [ synonyms ▲][ quotations ▼]

   Synonyms: gerō, portō, vehō, efferō, trahō

   partum ferre ― to be with child, to be pregnant (lit., to carry an offspring/fetus/embryo/one's young)

2. to support, hold up
3. to suffer, tolerate, endure [ synonyms ▲]

   Synonyms: tolerō, sufferō, subeō, perferō, perpetior, recipiō, accipiō, sinō, patiō, sustentō, dūrō, sustineō

4. to report
5. to consider
6. to cast (a vote); to pass or ratify (a law)
7. to propose
8. to win
9. to create
10. to bring forth, put in motion, move forward, move ahead [ quotations ▼]
11. (intransitive) to lead
12. to narrate, recount, quote, cite [ synonyms ▲][ quotations ▼]

    Synonyms: referō, prōdō, pandō, trādō, dicitur