deferens
Dictionary entries
- Entry →defero, deferre, detuli, delatus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
carry/bring/sink/fall down/off; convey/deliver/transfer; reduce/slope (down to);; flow/carry/run down (to sea); pay/remit; deposit/record/register; bear/produce;; bring/lodge information (about), report; indict, accuse, denounce; defer (to);; offer; bestow upon, confer/award/grant, entrust; submit, refer for decision;; honor; export (medieval usage);
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
ad Polybium
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...modo allevans nos subitis incrementis, modo maioribus damnis deferens adsidueque iactans, numquam stabili consistimus loco, pendemus et fluctuamur..."Liber XIII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...Calvisium, non vetera et saepius iam audita deferens, quod Britannici mortem lugeret aut Octaviae iniurias evulgaret, sed destinavisse..."