suffero

Latin

Alternative forms

• subferō

Etymology

From sub + ferō (“carry, bear”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈsuf.fe.roː/

Verb

present active sufferō, present infinitive sufferre, perfect active sustulī, supine sublātum. (irregular)

1. I bear or carry under; put or lay under.
2. I offer, proffer.
3. I hold up, bear, support, sustain.
4. I bear, endure, suffer, undergo.

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	sufferō	suffers	suffert	sufferimus	suffertis	sufferunt
	future	sufferam	sufferēs	sufferet	sufferēmus	sufferētis	sufferent
	imperfect	sufferēbam	sufferēbās	sufferēbat	sufferēbāmus	sufferēbātis	sufferēbant
	perfect	sustulī	sustulistī	sustulit	sustulimus	sustulistis	sustulērunt
	future perfect	sustulerō	sustuleris	sustulerit	sustulerimus	sustuleritis	sustulerint
	pluperfect	sustuleram	sustulerās	sustulerat	sustulerāmus	sustulerātis	sustulerant
passive	present	sufferor	sufferris	suffertur	sufferimur	sufferiminī	sufferuntur
	future	sufferar	sufferēris	sufferētur	sufferēmur	sufferēminī	sufferentur
	imperfect	sufferēbar	sufferēbāris	sufferēbātur	sufferēbāmur	sufferēbāminī	sufferēbantur
	perfect	Use sublātus m, sublāta f, sublātum n followed by the present indicative of sum.
	future perfect	Use sublātus m, sublāta f, sublātum n followed by the future indicative of sum.
	pluperfect	Use sublātus m, sublāta f, sublātum n followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	sufferam	sufferās	sufferat	sufferāmus	sufferātis	sufferant
	imperfect	sufferrem	sufferrēs	sufferret	sufferrēmus	sufferrētis	sufferrent
	perfect	sustulerim	sustulerīs	sustulerit	sustulerīmus	sustulerītis	sustulerint
	pluperfect	sustulissem	sustulissēs	sustulisset	sustulissēmus	sustulissētis	sustulissent
passive	present	sufferar	sufferāris	sufferātur	sufferāmur	sufferāminī	sufferantur
	imperfect	sufferrer	sufferrēris	sufferrētur	sufferrēmur	sufferrēminī	sufferrentur
	perfect	Use sublātus m, sublāta f, sublātum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
	pluperfect	Use sublātus m, sublāta f, sublātum 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	suffer	suffertō	suffertō	sufferre	suffertor	suffertor
	plural	sufferte	suffertōte	sufferuntō	sufferiminī	—	sufferuntor
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		sufferre	sustulisse	sublātūrus esse	sufferrī	sublātus esse	sublātum iri
participles		sufferēns (sufferentis)	—	sublātūrus -ra, -rum	—	sublātus -a, -um	sufferendus -nda, -ndum

Derived terms

• sufferēns
• sufferentia

Related terms

Related terms

adferō / afferō auferō circumferō cōnferō dēferō

differō efferō ferō īnferō interferō

intrōferō offerō perferō postferō praeferō

praeterferor prōferō referō trānsferō

Descendants

• Catalan: sofrir
• English: suffer
• French: souffrir
• Italian: soffrire

• Portuguese: sofrer
• Romanian: suferi
• Spanish: sufrir