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fero.

to bear; to carry

4 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈfɛ.roː]Classical-Latin[ˈfɛː.ro]

  1. to bear; to carry

    conjugation-3 · suppletive
    partum ferre

  2. to support, hold up

    conjugation-3 · suppletive

  3. to suffer, tolerate, endure, bear

    conjugation-3 · suppletive

  4. to consider

    conjugation-3 · suppletive

  5. to cast (a vote); to pass or ratify (a law)

    conjugation-3 · suppletive

  6. to propose

    conjugation-3 · suppletive

  7. to win

    conjugation-3 · suppletive

  8. to create

    conjugation-3 · suppletive

  9. to bring forth, put in motion, move forward, move ahead

    conjugation-3 · suppletive

  10. to incite, to impel, to move

    conjugation-3 · suppletive

  11. to lead

    conjugation-3 · intransitive · suppletive

  12. to report, narrate, recount, relate, relay, quote, cite, speak of, say, tell, spread abroad

    conjugation-3 · suppletive
Where this word comes from

A suppletive paradigm consisting of two different roots. The present stem is from Proto-Italic *ferō, 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 English beran (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”). False cognate of Old English ferian (whence English ferry).

adj[ˈfɛ.roː]Classical-Latin[ˈfɛː.ro]

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of ferus

    ablative · dative · form-of · masculine · neuter · singular
Where this word comes from

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

noun[ˈfɛ.roː]Classical-Latin[ˈfɛː.ro]

  1. dative/ablative singular of ferus

    ablative · dative · form-of · singular
Where this word comes from

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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