offero

Latin

Alternative forms

• obferō

Etymology

ob- (“towards”) +‎ ferō (“bear, carry”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈof.fe.roː/, [ˈɔfːɛroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈof.fe.ro/, [ˈɔfːero]

Verb

offerō (present infinitive offerre, perfect active obtulī, supine oblātum); third conjugation, irregular

1. to bring before or bring to, present, offer, bestow, show, place before, exhibit, expose

   Synonyms: prōferō, sufferō, prōpōnō, afferō, porrigō, polliceor, obiciō, praebeō, expōnō, summittō, dōnō, condōnō, largior, moveō

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.589–592:

     “Cum mihi sē nōn ante oculīs tam clāra videndam
     obtulit et pūrā per noctem in lūce refulsit:
     alma parēns, cōnfessa deam, quālīsque vidērī
     caelicolīs et quanta solet [...].”

     “When [suddenly] she presented herself to me – far brighter than [I had] ever seen [her] before – worthy to be viewed, and with clarity, shining through the darkness in [all her] splendor: [my] gracious mother, revealed [as a] goddess, both in form and stature as she was wont to appear to the heaven-dwelling gods.”
     (Venus reveals her divine appearance to Aeneas.)

2. to cause, occasion, inflict

   Synonyms: indō, pariō, ēdō, importō, addūcō, īnferō, afferō, efficiō, iniciō

3. (Ecclesiastical Latin) to offer to God, consecrate, dedicate
4. (Ecclesiastical Latin) to offer up, sacrifice

Conjugation

   Conjugation of offerō (third conjugation, irregular, suppletive)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	offerō	offers	offert	offerimus	offertis	offerunt
	imperfect	offerēbam	offerēbās	offerēbat	offerēbāmus	offerēbātis	offerēbant
	future	offeram	offerēs	offeret	offerēmus	offerētis	offerent
	perfect	obtulī	obtulistī	obtulit	obtulimus	obtulistis	obtulērunt, obtulēre
	pluperfect	obtuleram	obtulerās	obtulerat	obtulerāmus	obtulerātis	obtulerant
	future perfect	obtulerō	obtuleris	obtulerit	obtulerimus	obtuleritis	obtulerint
passive	present	offeror	offerris, offerre	offertur	offerimur	offeriminī	offeruntur
	imperfect	offerēbar	offerēbāris, offerēbāre	offerēbātur	offerēbāmur	offerēbāminī	offerēbantur
	future	offerar	offerēris, offerēre	offerētur	offerēmur	offerēminī	offerentur
	perfect	oblātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	oblātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	oblātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	offeram	offerās	offerat	offerāmus	offerātis	offerant
	imperfect	offerrem	offerrēs	offerret	offerrēmus	offerrētis	offerrent
	perfect	obtulerim	obtulerīs	obtulerit	obtulerīmus	obtulerītis	obtulerint
	pluperfect	obtulissem	obtulissēs	obtulisset	obtulissēmus	obtulissētis	obtulissent
passive	present	offerar	offerāris, offerāre	offerātur	offerāmur	offerāminī	offerantur
	imperfect	offerrer	offerrēris, offerrēre	offerrētur	offerrēmur	offerrēminī	offerrentur
	perfect	oblātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	oblātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	offer	—	—	offerte	—
	future	—	offertō	offertō	—	offertōte	offeruntō
passive	present	—	offerre	—	—	offeriminī	—
	future	—	offertor	offertor	—	—	offeruntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		offerre	obtulisse	oblātūrum esse	offerrī	oblātum esse	oblātum īrī
participles		offerēns	—	oblātūrus	—	oblātus	offerendus, offerundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		offerendī	offerendō	offerendum	offerendō	oblātum	oblātū

Derived terms

• oblātīcius
• oblātiō
• oblātīvus
• oblātor
• oblātus
• offerēns
• offerentia
• *offerēscere
• *offerīre
• offertor
• offertōrium
• offerumenta

Related terms

• adferō, afferō
• auferō
• circumferō
• cōnferō
• dēferō
• differō
• efferō
• ferō
• īnferō
• interferō
• intrōferō
• perferō
• postferō
• praeferō
• praeterferor
• prōferō
• referō
• sufferō
• trānsferō

Descendants

• Sardinian: oferrere, oferri, oferriri
• → Proto-West Germanic: *offrōn (see there for further descendants)

References

• “offero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “offero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• offero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to sacrifice oneself for one's country: se morti offerre pro salute patriae
    
  • a favourable[1] opportunity presents itself: occasio datur, offertur
    
  • to expose oneself to peril: periculis se offerre
    
  • to risk one's life: salutem, vitam suam in discrimen offerre (not exponere)