adfor

See also: aðför

Latin

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

adfor (present infinitive adfārī or adfārier, perfect active adfātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. alternative form of affor
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.424:
      “Ī, soror, atque hostem supplex adfāre superbum: [...].”
      [Dido says to Anna:] “Go now, sister, as a supplicant, and speak to our proud foe.”

Conjugation

1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

References

  • adfor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers