Meaning of fero | Babel Free
[ˈfɛ.roː]Definitions
- to bear; to carry
- to support, hold up
- to suffer, tolerate, endure, bear
- to consider
- to cast (a vote); to pass or ratify (a law)
- to propose
- to win
- to create
- to bring forth, put in motion, move forward, move ahead
- to incite, to impel, to move
- to lead
- to report, narrate, recount, relate, relay, quote, cite, speak of, say, tell, spread abroad
Conjugation
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Equivalents
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].
CEFR level
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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