praefero
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *praiferō. Equivalent to prae- (“before”, in front”) + ferō (“I carry”, “I bear”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈprae̯.fe.roː/, [ˈpräe̯fɛroː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpre.fe.ro/, [ˈprɛːfero]
Verb
praeferō (present infinitive praeferre, perfect active praetulī, supine praelātum); third conjugation, irregular
- (transitive) I bear, hold or carry before or forth, place or set before
- (transitive) I offer, present
- (transitive) I prefer, like, give preference to
- (transitive) I take beforehand, anticipate
- (transitive) I show, display, exhibit, discover, expose, reveal, betray
- (passive) I surpass, cross over, go beyond, exceed
Conjugation
| Conjugation of praeferō (third conjugation, irregular, suppletive) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | praeferō | praefers | praefert | praeferimus | praefertis | praeferunt |
| imperfect | praeferēbam | praeferēbās | praeferēbat | praeferēbāmus | praeferēbātis | praeferēbant | |
| future | praeferam | praeferēs | praeferet | praeferēmus | praeferētis | praeferent | |
| perfect | praetulī | praetulistī | praetulit | praetulimus | praetulistis | praetulērunt, praetulēre | |
| pluperfect | praetuleram | praetulerās | praetulerat | praetulerāmus | praetulerātis | praetulerant | |
| future perfect | praetulerō | praetuleris | praetulerit | praetulerimus | praetuleritis | praetulerint | |
| passive | present | praeferor | praeferris, praeferre | praefertur | praeferimur | praeferiminī | praeferuntur |
| imperfect | praeferēbar | praeferēbāris, praeferēbāre | praeferēbātur | praeferēbāmur | praeferēbāminī | praeferēbantur | |
| future | praeferar | praeferēris, praeferēre | praeferētur | praeferēmur | praeferēminī | praeferentur | |
| perfect | praelātus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | praelātus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | praelātus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | praeferam | praeferās | praeferat | praeferāmus | praeferātis | praeferant |
| imperfect | praeferrem | praeferrēs | praeferret | praeferrēmus | praeferrētis | praeferrent | |
| perfect | praetulerim | praetulerīs | praetulerit | praetulerīmus | praetulerītis | praetulerint | |
| pluperfect | praetulissem | praetulissēs | praetulisset | praetulissēmus | praetulissētis | praetulissent | |
| passive | present | praeferar | praeferāris, praeferāre | praeferātur | praeferāmur | praeferāminī | praeferantur |
| imperfect | praeferrer | praeferrēris, praeferrēre | praeferrētur | praeferrēmur | praeferrēminī | praeferrentur | |
| perfect | praelātus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | praelātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | praefer | — | — | praeferte | — |
| future | — | praefertō | praefertō | — | praefertōte | praeferuntō | |
| passive | present | — | praeferre | — | — | praeferiminī | — |
| future | — | praefertor | praefertor | — | — | praeferuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | praeferre | praetulisse | praelātūrum esse | praeferrī | praelātum esse | praelātum īrī | |
| participles | praeferēns | — | praelātūrus | — | praelātus | praeferendus, praeferundus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| praeferendī | praeferendō | praeferendum | praeferendō | praelātum | praelātū | ||
Synonyms
- (carry forth): profero, produco, induco, perfero, affero, propono, expōnō, edo
- (prefer): antevertō, praeoptō, anteferō, praepōnō, mālō
- (cross): trānsgredior, praetereō, trānseō, superō, peragō, intrō, trānsmittō
Antonyms
- (carry forth): aufero, abduco, tollō, adimō, rapiō, ēripiō, dīripiō, arceo, sperno
Derived terms
- praefericulum
- praelātiō
- praelātor
- praelātus
Related terms
- adferō / afferō
- auferō
- circumferō
- cōnferō
- dēferō
- differō
- efferō
- ferō
- īnferō
- interferō
- intrōferō
- offerō
- perferō
- postferō
- praeterferor
- prōferō
- referō
- sufferō
- trānsferō
Descendants
- → Catalan: preferir
- → Dutch: prefereren
- → English: prefer, prelate
- → French: préférer
- → Galician: preferir
- → Italian: preferire
- → Portuguese: preferir
- → Romanian: prefera
- → Sicilian: prifiriri
- → Spanish: preferir
References
- “praefero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- praefero in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2023) Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- “praefero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praefero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to walk before with the fasces; to lower the fasces: fasces praeferre, summittere
- to walk before with the fasces; to lower the fasces: fasces praeferre, summittere
- praefero in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016