deferri
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);
pres. pass. infin.
Examples
Atticus
Cornelius Nepos from LIBER DE LATINIS HISTORICIS
"...omnia munera ei, quae Athenis acceperat, proficiscens iussit deferri. Hic complures annos moratus, cum et rei familiari tantum..."Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...aiebant — Tiberius Caesar missum sibi cum in macellum deferri et venire iussisset, 'amici,' inquit 'omnia me fallunt nisi..."Liber V
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...haec loca, quae sunt summissiora ac tepidiora, deferri; sic impetum etesias sumere..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...corpus humanum circum actum levi vortice ad litus deferri. Substiti ergo tristis coepique umentibus oculis maris fidem inspicere..."XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...fallit opinio, iudices, si ullam causam ita evidentem deferri posse in forum putatis, cui nulla ne mendacii quidem..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...Catulle, paulum istos commoda: nam volo ad Serapim deferri.' 'mane' inquii puellae, 'istud quod modo dixeram me habere..."In Catilinam III
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...litteras a me prius aperiri quam ad senatum deferri placeret, ne, si nihil esset inventum, temere..."Truculentus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...modo ex hoc loco iubebo ad istam quinque deferri minas, praeterea obsonari dumtaxat mina. multo illi potius bene..."