defero
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);
sg. pres. act. ind. 1st
Examples
Truculentus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...pecua ad hanc collo in crumina ego obligata defero. quid dedi! ut discinxi hominem. STRAB. Immo ego vero..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...quid vis, ego et tu sponsiunculam: exi, defero lamnam. Iam scies patrem tuum mercedes perdidisse, quamvis et rhetoricam..."
