confero, conferre, contuli, collatus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · variant: 2nd · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
bring together, carry/convey; collect/gather, compare; unite, add; direct/aim;
Conjugations
Finite Forms
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | confero | conferimus |
| 2 | confers | confertis |
| 3 | confert | conferunt |
Infinitives
| Voice | Tense | Forms |
|---|---|---|
| active | present | conferre |
| active | perfect | contulisse |
| passive | present | conferri |
Imperatives
active
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | confer | conferte |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | conferto | confertote |
| 3 | conferto | conferunto |
passive
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | conferre | conferimini |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | confertor | — |
| 3 | confertor | conferuntor |
Participles
Perfect Passive Participle
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | collatus | collati |
| Gen. | collati | collatorum |
| Dat. | collato | — |
| Acc. | collatum | collatos |
| Voc. | collate | collati |
| Abl. | collato | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | collata | collatae |
| Gen. | collatae | collatarum |
| Dat. | collatae | — |
| Acc. | collatam | collatas |
| Voc. | collata | collatae |
| Abl. | collata | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | collatum | collata |
| Gen. | collati | collatorum |
| Dat. | collato | — |
| Acc. | collatum | collata |
| Voc. | collatum | collata |
| Abl. | collato | — |
Supines
accusative: collatum; ablative: collatu
Examples
- M
Liber III
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...facienda copia fuit, sicut ipse plurium in unum confero inventa, ubicumque ingenio non erit locus curae testimonium meruisse..." - M
IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...quid in patrem servatoris mei confero, non sum laudandus. Neque expectaveris hoc loco, pater, ut illa dicam: semper..." 
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...cantu suadet: et ipse tuli quos nunc tibi confero questus. Non tibi clara quidem, senior placidissime, gentis linea..."- G
Liber IX
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...dies suasit, in xystum me vel cryptoporticum confero, reliqua meditor et dicto. Vehiculum ascendo. Ibi quoque idem quod..." - G
Liber VI
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...mihi vindico, et tamquam parens alter puellae nostrae confero quinquaginta milia nummum plus collaturus, nisi a verecundia..." - G
Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...longum quendam et sine discrimine annum: his te confero, quos certum est, quoties consules fuerunt, non sibi praestitisse..."