transfero

Latin

Etymology

    From trāns- (“beyond”) +‎ ferō (“I bear, carry”).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    trānsferō (present infinitive trānsferre, perfect active trānstulī, supine trānslātum); third conjugation, suppletive

    1. to bear, carry or bring across or over; transport, transfer, convey over
      Synonyms: trādō, dēdō, concēdō, dēferō, asportō, trānsportō, trānsvehō, auferō, efferō
      Cur non illam huc transferri iubes? ― Why don't you command her to be brought over hither?
    2. to copy, transcribe, transfer
      Synonym: exprimō
    3. to carry along in public, display in procession, bear in triumph
    4. to put off, defer, postpone, delay, transfer
    5. to translate into another language; interpret
      Synonyms: vertō, exprimō
    6. to transfer in meaning, use figuratively or tropically
    7. to apply, make use of
    8. to change, transform
      Synonyms: alterō, mūtō, commūtō, vertō, versō, cōnferō

    Conjugation

       Conjugation of trānsferō (third conjugation, suppletive)
    indicative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present trānsferō trānsfers trānsfert trānsferimus trānsfertis trānsferunt
    imperfect trānsferēbam trānsferēbās trānsferēbat trānsferēbāmus trānsferēbātis trānsferēbant
    future trānsferam trānsferēs trānsferet trānsferēmus trānsferētis trānsferent
    perfect trānstulī trānstulistī trānstulit trānstulimus trānstulistis trānstulērunt,
    trānstulēre
    pluperfect trānstuleram trānstulerās trānstulerat trānstulerāmus trānstulerātis trānstulerant
    future perfect trānstulerō trānstuleris trānstulerit trānstulerimus trānstuleritis trānstulerint
    passive present trānsferor trānsferris,
    trānsferre     		trānsfertur trānsferimur trānsferiminī trānsferuntur
    imperfect trānsferēbar trānsferēbāris,
    trānsferēbāre     		trānsferēbātur trānsferēbāmur trānsferēbāminī trānsferēbantur
    future trānsferar trānsferēris,
    trānsferēre     		trānsferētur trānsferēmur trānsferēminī trānsferentur
    perfect trānslātus + present active indicative of sum
    pluperfect trānslātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
    future perfect trānslātus + future active indicative of sum
    subjunctive singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present trānsferam trānsferās trānsferat trānsferāmus trānsferātis trānsferant
    imperfect trānsferrem trānsferrēs trānsferret trānsferrēmus trānsferrētis trānsferrent
    perfect trānstulerim trānstulerīs trānstulerit trānstulerīmus trānstulerītis trānstulerint
    pluperfect trānstulissem trānstulissēs trānstulisset trānstulissēmus trānstulissētis trānstulissent
    passive present trānsferar trānsferāris,
    trānsferāre     		trānsferātur trānsferāmur trānsferāminī trānsferantur
    imperfect trānsferrer trānsferrēris,
    trānsferrēre     		trānsferrētur trānsferrēmur trānsferrēminī trānsferrentur
    perfect trānslātus + present active subjunctive of sum
    pluperfect trānslātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
    imperative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present — trānsfer — — trānsferte —
    future — trānsfertō trānsfertō — trānsfertōte trānsferuntō
    passive present — trānsferre — — trānsferiminī —
    future — trānsfertor trānsfertor — — trānsferuntor
    non-finite forms infinitive participle
    active passive active passive
    present trānsferre trānsferrī trānsferēns —
    future trānslātūrum esse trānslātum īrī trānslātūrus trānsferendus,
    trānsferundus
    perfect trānstulisse trānslātum esse — trānslātus
    future perfect — trānslātum fore — —
    perfect potential trānslātūrum fuisse — — —
    verbal nouns gerund supine
    genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
    trānsferendī trānsferendō trānsferendum trānsferendō trānslātum trānslātū

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    References

    • “transfero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “transfero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • transfero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to use up, make full use of one's spare time: otio abūti or otium ad suum usum transferre
      • to transplant to Rome one of the branches of poesy: poesis genus ad Romanos transferre
      • to translate from Greek into Latin: aliquid e graeco in latinum (sermonem) convertere, vertere, transferre
      • to translate from Plato: ab or de (not ex) Platone vertere, convertere, transferre
      • to translate literally, word for word (not verbo tenus): ad verbum transferre, exprimere
      • to translate literally, word for word (not verbo tenus): totidem verbis transferre
      • to translate freely: his fere verbis, hoc fere modo convertere, transferre
      • to turn the conversation to another topic: sermonem alio transferre
      • to put the blame on another: culpam in aliquem conferre, transferre, conicere
      • the command is transferred, passes to some one: imperium transfertur ad aliquem (not transit)
      • to transfer the seat of war elsewhere: bellum transferre alio, in...
      • this can be said of..., applies to..: hoc transferri potest in aliquid
    • transfero in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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