aufero
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From ab- (“from, away, off”) + ferō (“to bear, carry, bring”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈau̯.fe.roː/, [ˈäu̯fɛroː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈau̯.fe.ro/, [ˈäːu̯fero]
Verb edit
auferō (present infinitive auferre, perfect active abstulī, supine ablātum); third conjugation, irregular
- (literally) to take away, take off, bear away, bear off, carry off, remove, withdraw
- (usually poetic) (of bodies) to bear or carry away, sweep away by wings, the winds, waves, or any other quick motion; waft away, sweep away
- (figurative) to carry away, mislead, deceive
- (especially):
- to take or snatch away; take by force, remove, take away violently, abduct, rob, steal, snatch, confiscate
- to lay aside (some action, manner of speaking, etc.); cease from, desist from, leave off
- (metonymically) (effect for cause) to carry off (as the fruit or result of one's labor, exertions, errors, etc.); obtain, gain, get, receive, acquire
- (figurative) to carry away (the knowledge of a thing); learn, understand
- to banish, dispel
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Descendants of aufero in other languages
References edit
- “aufero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “aufero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
- aufero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to carry some one away in one's arms: inter manus auferre aliquem
- to win the prize: palmam ferre, auferre
- to extract an answer from some one: responsum ab aliquo ferre, auferre
- to deprive a person of hope: spem alicui adimere, tollere, auferre, eripere
- to carry some one away in one's arms: inter manus auferre aliquem