suffero

suffero

Latin

Alternative forms

• subferō

Etymology

From sub- +‎ ferō (“carry, bear”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsuf.fe.roː/, [ˈsʊf.fɛ.roː]

Verb

sufferō (present infinitive sufferre, perfect active sustulī, supine sublātum); third conjugation, irregular

1. I bear or carry under; put or lay under.
2. I offer, proffer.
3. I hold up, bear, support, sustain.
4. I bear, endure, suffer, undergo.

Inflection

Conjugation of suffero (third conjugation, irregular, suppletive)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	sufferō	suffers	suffert	sufferimus	suffertis	sufferunt
	imperfect	sufferēbam	sufferēbās	sufferēbat	sufferēbāmus	sufferēbātis	sufferēbant
	future	sufferam	sufferēs	sufferet	sufferēmus	sufferētis	sufferent
	perfect	sustulī	sustulistī	sustulit	sustulimus	sustulistis	sustulērunt, sustulēre
	pluperfect	sustuleram	sustulerās	sustulerat	sustulerāmus	sustulerātis	sustulerant
	future perfect	sustulerō	sustuleris	sustulerit	sustulerimus	sustuleritis	sustulerint
passive	present	sufferor	sufferris, sufferre	suffertur	sufferimur	sufferiminī	sufferuntur
	imperfect	sufferēbar	sufferēbāris, sufferēbāre	sufferēbātur	sufferēbāmur	sufferēbāminī	sufferēbantur
	future	sufferar	sufferēris, sufferēre	sufferētur	sufferēmur	sufferēminī	sufferentur
	perfect	sublātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	sublātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	sublātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	sufferam	sufferās	sufferat	sufferāmus	sufferātis	sufferant
	imperfect	sufferrem	sufferrēs	sufferret	sufferrēmus	sufferrētis	sufferrent
	perfect	sustulerim	sustulerīs	sustulerit	sustulerimus	sustuleritis	sustulerint
	pluperfect	sustulissem	sustulissēs	sustulisset	sustulissēmus	sustulissētis	sustulissent
passive	present	sufferar	sufferāris, sufferāre	sufferātur	sufferāmur	sufferāminī	sufferantur
	imperfect	sufferrer	sufferrēris, sufferrēre	sufferrētur	sufferrēmur	sufferrēminī	sufferrentur
	perfect	sublātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	sublātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	suffer	—	—	sufferte	—
	future	—	suffertō	suffertō	—	suffertōte	sufferuntō
passive	present	—	sufferre	—	—	sufferiminī	—
	future	—	suffertor	suffertor	—	—	sufferuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		sufferre	sustulisse	sublātūrus esse	sufferrī	sublātus esse	sublātum īrī
participles		sufferēns	—	sublātūrus	—	sublātus	sufferendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		sufferre	sufferendī	sufferendō	sufferendum	sublātum	sublātū

Derived terms

• sufferēns
• sufferentia

Related terms

Related terms

• adferō / afferō
• auferō
• circumferō
• cōnferō
• dēferō

• differō
• efferō
• ferō
• īnferō
• interferō

• intrōferō
• offerō
• perferō
• postferō
• praeferō

• praeterferor
• prōferō
• referō
• trānsferō

Descendants

• Albanian: shufroj
• Asturian: sufrir
• Catalan: sofrir
• English: suffer
• French: souffrir
• Friulian: sufrî
• Galician: sufrir

• Italian: soffrire
• Portuguese: sofrer
• Romanian: suferi, suferire
• Sardinian: sufrire, sufriri, sunfrire, sunfriri
• Sicilian: suffriri
• Spanish: sufrir

See also

• patior

References

• suffero in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• suffero in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• suffero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette