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Latin
Etymology
From ad- + ferō (“bear, carry”).
Pronunciation
Verb
adferō (present infinitive adferre, perfect active adtulī, supine adlātum); third conjugation, irregular
- Alternative form of afferō (“to carry forth; to bring forth”)
52 BCE,
Cicero,
Pro Milone 1.1:
- Etsi vereor, iudices, ne turpe sit pro fortissimo viro dicere incipientem timere, minimeque deceat, cum T. Annius ipse magis de rei publicae salute quam de sua perturbetur, me ad eius causam parem animi magnitudinem adferre non posse, tamen haec novi iudici nova forma terret oculos, qui, quocumque inciderunt, consuetudinem fori et pristinum morem iudiciorum requirunt.
Conjugation
Further reading
- “adfero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Welsh
Pronunciation
Verb
adfero
- third-person singular present subjunctive of edfryd
Mutation