circumfero
Latin
Etymology
From circum- (“circum-”) + ferō (“I bear, carry”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kirˈkum.fe.roː/, [kɪrˈkũːfɛroː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃirˈkum.fe.ro/, [t͡ʃirˈkumfero]
Verb
circumferō (present infinitive circumferre, perfect active circumtulī, supine circumlātum); third conjugation, irregular
- I carry, bear or move around or about; carry or move around in a circle.
- I publish abroad, proclaim, circulate, divulge, disseminate, report.
- (religion) I purify someone by carrying around him consecrated objects.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of circumferō (third conjugation, irregular, suppletive) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | circumferō | circumfers | circumfert | circumferimus | circumfertis | circumferunt |
| imperfect | circumferēbam | circumferēbās | circumferēbat | circumferēbāmus | circumferēbātis | circumferēbant | |
| future | circumferam | circumferēs | circumferet | circumferēmus | circumferētis | circumferent | |
| perfect | circumtulī | circumtulistī | circumtulit | circumtulimus | circumtulistis | circumtulērunt, circumtulēre | |
| pluperfect | circumtuleram | circumtulerās | circumtulerat | circumtulerāmus | circumtulerātis | circumtulerant | |
| future perfect | circumtulerō | circumtuleris | circumtulerit | circumtulerimus | circumtuleritis | circumtulerint | |
| passive | present | circumferor | circumferris, circumferre | circumfertur | circumferimur | circumferiminī | circumferuntur |
| imperfect | circumferēbar | circumferēbāris, circumferēbāre | circumferēbātur | circumferēbāmur | circumferēbāminī | circumferēbantur | |
| future | circumferar | circumferēris, circumferēre | circumferētur | circumferēmur | circumferēminī | circumferentur | |
| perfect | circumlātus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | circumlātus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | circumlātus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | circumferam | circumferās | circumferat | circumferāmus | circumferātis | circumferant |
| imperfect | circumferrem | circumferrēs | circumferret | circumferrēmus | circumferrētis | circumferrent | |
| perfect | circumtulerim | circumtulerīs | circumtulerit | circumtulerīmus | circumtulerītis | circumtulerint | |
| pluperfect | circumtulissem | circumtulissēs | circumtulisset | circumtulissēmus | circumtulissētis | circumtulissent | |
| passive | present | circumferar | circumferāris, circumferāre | circumferātur | circumferāmur | circumferāminī | circumferantur |
| imperfect | circumferrer | circumferrēris, circumferrēre | circumferrētur | circumferrēmur | circumferrēminī | circumferrentur | |
| perfect | circumlātus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | circumlātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | circumfer | — | — | circumferte | — |
| future | — | circumfertō | circumfertō | — | circumfertōte | circumferuntō | |
| passive | present | — | circumferre | — | — | circumferiminī | — |
| future | — | circumfertor | circumfertor | — | — | circumferuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | circumferre | circumtulisse | circumlātūrum esse | circumferrī | circumlātum esse | circumlātum īrī | |
| participles | circumferēns | — | circumlātūrus | — | circumlātus | circumferendus, circumferundus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| circumferendī | circumferendō | circumferendum | circumferendō | circumlātum | circumlātū | ||
Derived terms
- circumferēns
- circumferentia
- circumlāticius
- circumlātiō
- circumlātor
- circumlātus
Related terms
- adferō / afferō
- auferō
- cōnferō
- dēferō
- differō
- efferō
- ferō
- īnferō
- interferō
- intrōferō
- offerō
- perferō
- postferō
- praeferō
- praeterferor
- prōferō
- referō
- sufferō
- trānsferō
Descendants
- → English: circumfer
- → Spanish: circunferir
References
- “circumfero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “circumfero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- circumfero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to look in every direction: oculos circumferre
- to look in every direction: oculos circumferre