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Latin
Etymology
From ab- (“from, away, off”) + ferō (“to bear, carry, bring”).
Pronunciation
Verb
auferō (present infinitive auferre, perfect active abstulī, supine ablātum); third conjugation, irregular
- (literally) to take away, take off, bear away, bear off, carry off, remove, withdraw
- (usually poetic) (of bodies) to bear or carry away, sweep away by wings, the winds, waves, or any other quick motion; waft away, sweep away
- (figurative) to carry away, mislead, deceive
- (especially):
- to take or snatch away; take by force, remove, take away violently, abduct, rob, steal, snatch, confiscate
- Synonyms: rapiō, abdūcō, dīripiō, ēripiō, adimō, exhauriō, fraudō, corripiō, āvertō, tollō, āmoveō, praedor, eximō, legō, agō
- auferre aliquid ab aliquo ― to steal something from someone
- alicui caput auferre ― to behead someone
- (poetic) to take off or away, destroy, kill, slay, consume
- to separate, sever, divide (of places)
- to lay aside (some action, manner of speaking, etc.); cease from, desist from, leave off
- coeptos auferte labores ― lay aside the works that have been started
- (metonymically) (effect for cause) to carry off (as the fruit or result of one's labor, exertions, errors, etc.); obtain, gain, get, receive, acquire
- (figurative) to carry away (the knowledge of a thing); learn, understand
- to banish, dispel
- Synonyms: expellō, exsulō, āmoveō, exportō, ēiciō, ablēgō, eximō, fugō, pellō
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References
- “aufero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “aufero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
- aufero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to carry some one away in one's arms: inter manus auferre aliquem
- to win the prize: palmam ferre, auferre
- to extract an answer from some one: responsum ab aliquo ferre, auferre
- to deprive a person of hope: spem alicui adimere, tollere, auferre, eripere