fero

Borrowed from Latin ferrum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfero/

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• Rhymes: -ero
• Hyphenation: fe‧ro

fero (uncountable, accusative feron)

1. the chemical element iron

From Old Galician-Portuguese fero, from Latin ferus (“wild, uncultivated”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛɾo̝/

fero (feminine fera, masculine plural feros, feminine plural feras)

1. fierce, savage

   Synonym: bravo

2. acrid; harsh

   Synonyms: agre, bravo

3. wild, rustic, uncultivated

   Synonym: agreste

4. excellent; superlative

fero m (plural feros)

1. characteristic smell of wild animals

   Synonyms: bravío, bravún, ferún

2. characteristic taste and smell of game meat

   Synonyms: bravío, bravún, ferún

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “fero”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “fero”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fero”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fero”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fero”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

fērō

1. romanization of 𐍆𐌴𐍂𐍉

Borrowed from Esperanto fero, from Latin ferrum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfero/

fero (uncountable)

1. iron

From Latin ferum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛ.ro/
• Rhymes: -ɛro
• Hyphenation: fè‧ro

fero (feminine fera, masculine plural feri, feminine plural fere)

1. (archaic, poetic) alternative form of fiero

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfɛ.roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfɛː.ro]

A suppletive paradigm consisting of two different roots.

The present stem is from Proto-Italic *ferō (infinitive *ferzi), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti (“to bear, carry”), from the root *bʰer-. Cognates include Sanskrit भरति (bhárati), Persian بار (bâr), Old Armenian բերեմ (berem), Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō), Old English beran (English bear).

The perfect stem, originally of tollō, is from Proto-Italic *tetolai, from Proto-Indo-European *tetólh₂e (“to be holding up”), from the root *telh₂-. The stem of lātus has the same root, reduced from Proto-Italic *tlātos, from Proto-Indo-European *tl̥h₂tós. It is cognate with English thole (“to endure”), German dulden (“to endure”).

ferō (present infinitive ferre, perfect active tulī or tetulī, supine lātum); third conjugation, suppletive

1. to bear, carry

   Synonyms: gerō, portō, vehō, efferō, trahō

   partum ferre ― to be with child, to be pregnant (literally, “to carry an offspring/fetus/embryo/one's young”)

   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Genesis.1.2:

     Terra autem erat inānis et vacua, et tenebrae erant super faciem abyssī: et spīritus Deī ferēbātur super aquās.

     And the earth was void and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God moved over the waters.

2. to support, hold up
3. to suffer, tolerate, endure, bear

   Synonyms: tolerō, sufferō, subeō, perferō, perpetior, recipiō, accipiō, sinō, patiō, sustentō, dūrō, sustineō

   • 166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 921:

     Nōn tū tuom malum aequō animō ferās?!

     Why aren’t you bearing your own troubles with a calm mind?!, or, Shouldn’t you endure your own difficulties with equanimity?!
     (In context, “non” with the subjunctive “feras” implies a rhetorical question or statement expressing disbelief, indignation, or admonition.)

4. to consider
5. to cast (a vote); to pass or ratify (a law)
6. to propose
7. to win
8. to create
9. to bring forth, put in motion, move forward, move ahead
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.588:

     Tālia iactābam et furiātā mente ferēbar […] .

     I was uttering such [words], and with impassioned purpose I was moving ahead […] .

10. to incite, to impel, to move
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.1:

      In nova fert animus mūtātās dīcere fōrmās corpora; […]

      My mind moves me to tell of forms changed into new bodies; […]

11. (intransitive) to lead
12. to report, narrate, recount, relate, relay, quote, cite, speak of, say, tell, spread abroad

    Synonyms: referō, prōdō, pandō, trādō, expediō, dīcitur

    • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I.4:

      Faustulo fuisse nomen ferunt

      It is narrated that his name was Faustulus

    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.437–438:

      Tālibus ōrābat, tālisque miserrima flētus
      fertque refertque soror. [...].

      With such [words Dido] was pleading, and her most unhappy sister [Anna] relays such tearful [appeals] again and again [to Aeneas].

¹Old Latin.

• Franco-Provençal: fierre (merged with feriō)
• Sardinian: ferrere^[1]
• Old Ligurian: ferir^[2]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ferō

1. ablative singular of ferus

• “fero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the earth brings forth fruit, crops: terra effert (more rarely fert, but not profert) fruges
    
  • the rivers flows with a rapid current: flumen citatum fertur
    
  • a road leads somewhere: via fert, ducit aliquo
    
  • circumstances demand: tempus (ita) fert (not secum)
    
  • to cherish as the apple of one's eye: in oculis aliquem ferre
    
  • circumstances make this necessary; the exigencies of the case are these: res (ita) fert
    
  • to bring aid to; to rescue: auxilium, opem, salutem ferre alicui
    
  • my interests demanded it: meae rationes ita tulerunt
    
  • to know how to endure calamity: damnum ferre
    
  • to win the prize: palmam ferre, auferre
    
  • to extol, laud to the skies: laudibus aliquem (aliquid) in caelum ferre, efferre, tollere
    
  • to chafe under an indignity, repudiate it: ignominiam non ferre
    
  • according to my opinion: ut mea fert opinio
    
  • to pass as a man of great learning: magnam doctrinae speciem prae se ferre
    
  • they say; it is commonly said: tradunt, dicunt, ferunt
    
  • to exaggerate a thing: in maius ferre, in maius extollere aliquid
    
  • to extract an answer from some one: responsum ab aliquo ferre, auferre
    
  • a book which is attributed to some one: liber qui fertur alicuius
    
  • I am pained, vexed, sorry: aegre, graviter, moleste fero aliquid (or with Acc. c. Inf. or quod)
    
  • to endure a thing with (the greatest) sang-froid: aequo (aequissimo) animo ferre aliquid
    
  • to bear a thing with resignation, composure: humane, modice, moderate, sapienter, constanter ferre aliquid
    
  • to be discontented, vexed at a thing; to chafe: aegre, graviter, moleste, indigne ferre aliquid
    
  • to suffer wrong: iniuriam ferre, pati
    
  • to give the impression of...; have the outward aspect of..: speciem prae se ferre
    
  • so custom, fashion prescribes: ita fert consuetudo
    
  • to put a thing down to a man's account: alicui expensum ferre aliquid
    
  • to vote (in the popular assembly): suffragium ferre (vid. sect. VI. 4, note Not sententiam...)
    
  • to propose a law in the popular assembly: legem ferre or simply ferre ad populum, ut...
    
  • to obtain many (few) votes in a century or tribe: multa (pauca) puncta in centuria (tribu) aliqua ferre
    
  • to gain the vote of a century or tribe: centuriam, tribum ferre (Planc. 49)
    
  • to be elected unanimousl: omnes centurias ferre or omnium suffragiis, cunctis centuriis creari
    
  • to fail in one's candidature for the consulship: repulsam ferre consulatus (a populo) (Tusc. 5. 19. 54)
    
  • to give sentence (of the judge, cf. sect. VI. 4, note Not...): sententiam ferre, dicere (Off. 3. 16. 66)
    
  • to suffer punishment: poenam (alicuius rei) ferre, perferre
    
  • to go unpunished: impune fecisse, tulisse aliquid
    
  • men of military age: qui arma ferre possunt or iuventus
    
  • men exempt from service owing to age: qui per aetatem arma ferre non possunt or aetate ad bellum inutiles
    
  • to begin the march, break up the camp: signa ferre, tollere
    
  • to carry off booty: ferre atque agere praedam
    
  • to gain a victory, win a battle: victoriam ferre, referre
    
  • to propose terms of peace: pacis condiciones ferre (not proponere)
    
  • (ambiguous) to fly aloft; to be carried into the sky: sublimem or sublime (not in sublime or sublimiter) ferri, abire
    
  • (ambiguous) to be in every one's mouth: per omnium ora ferri
    
  • (ambiguous) to feel an attraction for study: trahi, ferri ad litteras
    
  • (ambiguous) to feel inspired: divino quodam instinctu concitari, ferri (Div. 1. 31. 66)
    
  • (ambiguous) to take a higher tone (especially of poets and orators): exsurgere altius or incitatius ferri
    
  • (ambiguous) to be carried away by one's passions: libidine ferri
    
  • (ambiguous) to be carried away by something: praecipitem ferri aliqua re (Verr. 5. 46. 121)
    
  • (ambiguous) to have no principles: caeco impetu ferri
    
  • (ambiguous) to throw oneself heart and soul into politics: studio ad rem publicam ferri
    
  • (ambiguous) to throw oneself on the enemy with drawn sword: strictis gladiis in hostem ferri
    
• Online Latin dictionary, Olivetti
• Dizionario Latino, Olivetti

• IPA^(key): [ˈfe.ɾo]

fero

1. (intransitive, of plants, etc.) to grow

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

From Latin ferrum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛ.ro/

fero m (plural feri)

1. iron

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 403: “battere il ferro” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Boerio, Giuseppe (1867) “fero”, in Dizionario del dialetto veneziano, 3rd edition, Venice: G. Cecchini, page 266