deferris
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. pass. ind. 2nd
Examples
- C
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..." - L
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..." - L
Liber V
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...haec loca, quae sunt summissiora ac tepidiora, deferri; sic impetum etesias sumere..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...corpus humanum circum actum levi vortice ad litus deferri. Substiti ergo tristis coepique umentibus oculis maris fidem inspicere..." - M
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..." - G
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..." - M
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..." - T
Truculentus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...modo ex hoc loco iubebo ad istam quinque deferri minas, praeterea obsonari dumtaxat mina. multo illi potius bene..."