differo

Latin

Etymology

From dis- (“apart”) +‎ ferō (“carry, bear”).

Pronunciation

Verb

differō (present infinitive differre, perfect active distulī, supine dīlātum); third conjugation, suppletive

  1. (transitive) to carry different ways, spread, scatter, disperse, separate
    Synonyms: diffundō, fundō, effundō, cōnfundō, dēfundō, dissipō, indūcō, sternō
    • c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium 1.1.3:
      Dum differtur vīta trānscurrit.
      While [one’s attention] is scattered, life rushes past.
      [Alternatively, in context:]
      While [our moral improvement] is delayed, life runs away.
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to distract, disquiet or disturb someone; confound
    Synonyms: disturbō, turbō, perturbō, sollicitō, agitō
  3. (transitive, figuratively) to spread, publish, circulate, divulge; cry down, defame
  4. (transitive, figuratively) to defer, put off, protract, delay, adjourn
    Synonyms: moror, dētineō, cū̆nctor, retardō, tardō, dubitō, prōtrahō, trahō
    Antonyms: ruō, currō, accurrō, trepidō, festīnō, prōvolō, properō, corripiō, affluō, mātūrō
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.13.12:
      Spēs quae differtur adflīgit animam: lignum vītae dēsīderium veniēns.
      Hope that is deferred afflicteth the soul: desire when it cometh, is a tree of life. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)
  5. (intransitive) to be different, differ, vary
    Synonyms: distō, dissideō, abhorreō

Conjugation

Irregular, but resembling the third conjugation. The principal parts come from several different words originally.

   Conjugation of differō (third conjugation, suppletive)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present differō differs differt differimus differtis differunt
imperfect differēbam differēbās differēbat differēbāmus differēbātis differēbant
future differam differēs differet differēmus differētis different
perfect distulī distulistī distulit distulimus distulistis distulērunt,
distulēre
pluperfect distuleram distulerās distulerat distulerāmus distulerātis distulerant
future perfect distulerō distuleris distulerit distulerimus distuleritis distulerint
passive present differor differris,
differre 		differtur differimur differiminī differuntur
imperfect differēbar differēbāris,
differēbāre 		differēbātur differēbāmur differēbāminī differēbantur
future differar differēris,
differēre 		differētur differēmur differēminī differentur
perfect dīlātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect dīlātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect dīlātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present differam differās differat differāmus differātis differant
imperfect differrem differrēs differret differrēmus differrētis differrent
perfect distulerim distulerīs distulerit distulerīmus distulerītis distulerint
pluperfect distulissem distulissēs distulisset distulissēmus distulissētis distulissent
passive present differar differāris,
differāre 		differātur differāmur differāminī differantur
imperfect differrer differrēris,
differrēre 		differrētur differrēmur differrēminī differrentur
perfect dīlātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect dīlātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — differ — — differte —
future — differtō differtō — differtōte differuntō
passive present — differre — — differiminī —
future — differtor differtor — — differuntor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present differre differrī differēns —
future dīlātūrum esse dīlātum īrī dīlātūrus differendus,
differundus
perfect distulisse dīlātum esse — dīlātus
future perfect — dīlātum fore — —
perfect potential dīlātūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
differendī differendō differendum differendō dīlātum dīlātū

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Inherited:
    • Old Occitan: deferir
  • Borrowed:

References

  • “differo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “differo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • differo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the wind spread the conflagration: ventus ignem distulit (B. G. 5. 43)
    • to put off till another time; to postpone: aliquid in aliud tempus, in posterum differre
    • to put off from one day to another: diem ex die ducere, differre
    • to differ qualitatively not quantitatively: genere, non numero or magnitudine differre
  • Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “differre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 3: D–F, page 73
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