affero

Latin

Alternative forms

• adferō

Etymology

From ad + ferō (“bear, carry”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈaf.fe.roː/

Verb

present active afferō, present infinitive afferre, perfect active attulī, supine allātum. (irregular)

1. I carry forth; I bring forth; conduct.
2. I bring, bear or carry information, deliver, report, announce, inform, publish.
3. I bring something on someone; cause, effect, impart, give, occasion; bring to or upon.
4. I bring forwards, allege, assert, adduce.
5. I bring forth as a product, yield, bear, produce.
6. I contribute or offer something to, I am useful in.
7. (with manus) I lay hands on, attack, assail; rob, plunder; nullify.

Inflection

Irregular, but resembling the third conjugation. The principal parts come from several different words originally.

    Third Conjugation ferō-variation

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	afferō	affers	affert	afferimus	affertis	afferunt
	future	afferam	afferēs	afferet	afferēmus	afferētis	afferent
	imperfect	afferēbam	afferēbās	afferēbat	afferēbāmus	afferēbātis	afferēbant
	perfect	attulī	attulistī	attulit	attulimus	attulistis	attulērunt
	future perfect	attulerō	attuleris	attulerit	attulerimus	attuleritis	attulerint
	pluperfect	attuleram	attulerās	attulerat	attulerāmus	attulerātis	attulerant
passive	present	afferor	afferris	affertur	afferimur	afferiminī	afferuntur
	future	afferar	afferēris	afferētur	afferēmur	afferēminī	afferentur
	imperfect	afferēbar	afferēbāris	afferēbātur	afferēbāmur	afferēbāminī	afferēbantur
	perfect	Use allātus m, allāta f, allātum n followed by the present indicative of sum.
	future perfect	Use allātus m, allāta f, allātum n followed by the future indicative of sum.
	pluperfect	Use allātus m, allāta f, allātum n followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	afferam	afferās	afferat	afferāmus	afferātis	afferant
	imperfect	afferrem	afferrēs	afferret	afferrēmus	afferrētis	afferrent
	perfect	attulerim	attulerīs	attulerit	attulerīmus	attulerītis	attulerint
	pluperfect	attulissem	attulissēs	attulisset	attulissēmus	attulissētis	attulissent
passive	present	afferar	afferāris	afferātur	afferāmur	afferāminī	afferantur
	imperfect	afferrer	afferrēris	afferrētur	afferrēmur	afferrēminī	afferrentur
	perfect	Use allātus m, allāta f, allātum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
	pluperfect	Use allātus m, allāta f, allātum n followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum.
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	affer	affertō	affertō	afferre	affertor	affertor
	plural	afferte	affertōte	afferuntō	afferiminī	—	afferuntor
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		afferre	attulisse	allātūrus esse	afferrī	allātus esse	allātum iri
participles		afferēns (afferentis)	—	allātūrus -ra, -rum	—	allātus -a, -um	afferendus -nda, -ndum

Derived terms

• afferēns
• allātus

Related terms

auferō circumferō cōnferō dēferō differō

efferō ferō īnferō interferō intrōferō

offerō perferō postferō praeferō praeterferor

prōferō referō sufferō trānsferō

References

• affero in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879