aufero

Latin

Etymology

From ab (“from”) + ferō (“bear, carry”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈaʊ.fe.roː/

Verb

present active auferō, present infinitive auferre, perfect active abstulī, supine ablātum.

1. I take away, carry off, remove, withdraw; separate, sever, divide.
2. I take or snatch away, take by force or violently, abduct, rob, steal, snatch.
3. I bear, carry, waft or sweep away.
4. I carry away, mislead, deceive.
5. I banish, dispel.
6. I take off or away, destroy, kill, slay, consume.
7. I cease from, desist from, leave off.
8. I obtain, gain, get, receive, acquire.

Inflection

    Third Conjugation ferō-variation

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	auferō	aufers	aufert	auferimus	aufertis	auferunt
	future	auferam	auferēs	auferet	auferēmus	auferētis	auferent
	imperfect	auferēbam	auferēbās	auferēbat	auferēbāmus	auferēbātis	auferēbant
	perfect	abstulī	abstulistī	abstulit	abstulimus	abstulistis	abstulērunt
	future perfect	abstulerō	abstuleris	abstulerit	abstulerimus	abstuleritis	abstulerint
	pluperfect	abstuleram	abstulerās	abstulerat	abstulerāmus	abstulerātis	abstulerant
passive	present	auferor	auferris	aufertur	auferimur	auferiminī	auferuntur
	future	auferar	auferēris	auferētur	auferēmur	auferēminī	auferentur
	imperfect	auferēbar	auferēbāris	auferēbātur	auferēbāmur	auferēbāminī	auferēbantur
	perfect	Use ablātus m, ablāta f, ablātum n followed by the present indicative of sum.
	future perfect	Use ablātus m, ablāta f, ablātum n followed by the future indicative of sum.
	pluperfect	Use ablātus m, ablāta f, ablātum n followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	auferam	auferās	auferat	auferāmus	auferātis	auferant
	imperfect	auferrem	auferrēs	auferret	auferrēmus	auferrētis	auferrent
	perfect	abstulerim	abstulerīs	abstulerit	abstulerīmus	abstulerītis	abstulerint
	pluperfect	abstulissem	abstulissēs	abstulisset	abstulissēmus	abstulissētis	abstulissent
passive	present	auferar	auferāris	auferātur	auferāmur	auferāminī	auferantur
	imperfect	auferrer	auferrēris	auferrētur	auferrēmur	auferrēminī	auferrentur
	perfect	Use ablātus m, ablāta f, ablātum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
	pluperfect	Use ablātus m, ablāta f, ablātum 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	aufer	aufertō	aufertō	auferre	aufertor	aufertor
	plural	auferte	aufertōte	auferuntō	auferiminī	—	auferuntor
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		auferre	abstulisse	ablātūrus esse	auferrī	ablātus esse	ablātum iri
participles		auferēns (auferentis)	—	ablātūrus -ra, -rum	—	ablātus -a, -um	auferendus -nda, -ndum

Synonyms

• (take away): adimō, āvertō, dīripiō, ēripiō, rapiō, tollō

Derived terms

• ablātiō
• ablātīvus
• ablātor
• ablātus

Related terms

adferō / afferō circumferō cōnferō dēferō differō

efferō ferō īnferō interferō intrōferō

offerō perferō postferō praeferō praeterferor

prōferō referō sufferō trānsferō

Descendants

• English: ablate
• Portuguese: auferir

References

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