Meaning of fero | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to bear; to carry
   conjugation-3, suppletive
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

Examples

“partum ferre”

to be with child, to be pregnant

“Terra autem erat inānis et vacua, et tenebrae erant super faciem abyssī: et spīritus Deī ferēbātur super aquās.”

And the earth was void and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God moved over the waters.

“Nōn tū tuom malum aequō animō ferās?!”

Why aren’t you bearing your own troubles with a calm mind?!, or, Shouldn’t you endure your own difficulties with equanimity?! (In context, “non” with the subjunctive “feras” implies a rhetorical question or statement expressing disbelief, indignation, or admonition.)

“Tālia iactābam et furiātā mente ferēbar […] .”

I was uttering such [words], and with impassioned purpose I was moving ahead […] .

“In nova fert animus mūtātās dīcere fōrmās corpora; […]”

My mind moves me to tell of forms changed into new bodies; […]

“Faustulo fuisse nomen ferunt”

It is narrated that his name was Faustulus

“Tālibus ōrābat, tālisque miserrima flētus”

With such [words Dido] was pleading, and her most unhappy sister [Anna] relays such tearful [appeals] again and again [to Aeneas].

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