confero

Latin

Etymology

From con- (“together”) + ferō (“I bear”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈkoːn.fe.roː/

Verb

present active cōnferō, present infinitive cōnferre, perfect active contulī, supine collātum.

1. I bring or collect together, gather; unite, join.
2. I bring together, set in opposition, oppose, match.
3. I bring together in thought, compare, contrast.
4. I consult, confer, consider, deliberate, talk over.
5. I compress, abridge, condense, sum up.
6. I bear, carry, convey, direct, take, bring.
7. I devote, apply, employ, direct, bestow upon, confer, grant.
8. I change, transform, turn, metamorphose.
9. I refer, ascribe, attribute, impute, throw blame, lay to the charge of.
10. I transfer, defer, put off, postpone, refer.

Inflection

    Third Conjugation ferō-variation

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōnferō	cōnfers	cōnfert	cōnferimus	cōnfertis	cōnferunt
	future	cōnferam	cōnferēs	cōnferet	cōnferēmus	cōnferētis	cōnferent
	imperfect	cōnferēbam	cōnferēbās	cōnferēbat	cōnferēbāmus	cōnferēbātis	cōnferēbant
	perfect	contulī	contulistī	contulit	contulimus	contulistis	contulērunt
	future perfect	contulerō	contuleris	contulerit	contulerimus	contuleritis	contulerint
	pluperfect	contuleram	contulerās	contulerat	contulerāmus	contulerātis	contulerant
passive	present	cōnferor	cōnferris	cōnfertur	cōnferimur	cōnferiminī	cōnferuntur
	future	cōnferar	cōnferēris	cōnferētur	cōnferēmur	cōnferēminī	cōnferentur
	imperfect	cōnferēbar	cōnferēbāris	cōnferēbātur	cōnferēbāmur	cōnferēbāminī	cōnferēbantur
	perfect	Use collātus m, collāta f, collātum n followed by the present indicative of sum.
	future perfect	Use collātus m, collāta f, collātum n followed by the future indicative of sum.
	pluperfect	Use collātus m, collāta f, collātum n followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōnferam	cōnferās	cōnferat	cōnferāmus	cōnferātis	cōnferant
	imperfect	cōnferrem	cōnferrēs	cōnferret	cōnferrēmus	cōnferrētis	cōnferrent
	perfect	contulerim	contulerīs	contulerit	contulerīmus	contulerītis	contulerint
	pluperfect	contulissem	contulissēs	contulisset	contulissēmus	contulissētis	contulissent
passive	present	cōnferar	cōnferāris	cōnferātur	cōnferāmur	cōnferāminī	cōnferantur
	imperfect	cōnferrer	cōnferrēris	cōnferrētur	cōnferrēmur	cōnferrēminī	cōnferrentur
	perfect	Use collātus m, collāta f, collātum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
	pluperfect	Use collātus m, collāta f, collātum 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	cōnfer	cōnfertō	cōnfertō	cōnferre	cōnfertor	cōnfertor
	plural	cōnferte	cōnfertōte	cōnferuntō	cōnferiminī	—	cōnferuntor
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cōnferre	contulisse	collātūrus esse	cōnferrī	collātus esse	collātum iri
participles		cōnferēns (cōnferentis)	—	collātūrus -ra, -rum	—	collātus -a, -um	cōnferendus -nda, -ndum

Related terms

adferō / afferō auferō circumferō dēferō differō

efferō ferō īnferō interferō intrōferō

offerō perferō postferō praeferō praeterferor

prōferō referō sufferō trānsferō

Descendants

• Catalan: conferir
• English: confer, collate
• French: conférer

• Italian: conferire
• Portuguese: conferir
• Spanish: conferir

References

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