effero

effero

Latin

FWOTD – 11 September 2014

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

    From ex- (out of) + ferō (carry, bear).

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    Verb

    efferō (present infinitive efferre, perfect active extulī, supine ēlātum); third conjugation, suppletive

    1. to bring, bear, carry, take out, forth, away; transport
    2. to carry out (of the house) for burial, bear to the grave, bury
    3. to bring forth, bear, produce, yield
    4. to emit, discharge, release, send out, send or bring forth
    5. to lift up, elevate, raise, exalt; display; rescue
    6. (figuratively) to set forth, spread abroad, utter, publish, proclaim, pronounce, express, declare, divulge, make known
    7. (figuratively, usually passive voice) to carry away, transport, hurry or sweep away
    8. (figuratively) to raise, elevate, exalt, extol
    9. (figuratively, of speech or writing) to exaggerate, aggrandize, embellish, increase
    10. (figuratively, with se) to elevate oneself; rise, advance
    11. (figuratively, with se) to be puffed up, to be made haughty or proud
    12. (figuratively, rare) to carry out to the end, support, endure
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    • English: elate

    Etymology 2

      From efferus (wild, savage) + .

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      Verb

      efferō (present infinitive efferāre, perfect active efferāvī, supine efferātum); first conjugation

      1. (transitive) to make wild or savage, brutalize, barbarize
        Antonyms: mītigō, lēniō
      2. (transitive) to make fierce, infuriate, madden
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      Etymology 3

      Inflected form of efferus (very wild, fierce or savage).

      Adjective

      efferō

      1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of efferus

      References

      • effero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
      • effero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
      • effero”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
      • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
        • the earth brings forth fruit, crops: terra effert (more rarely fert, but not profert) fruges
        • to be interred (at the expense of the state, at one's own cost): funere efferri or simply efferri (publice; publico, suo sumptu)
        • Fortune exalts a man, makes him conspicuous: fortuna aliquem effert
        • to be puffed up by success; to be made arrogant by prosperity: rebus secundis efferri
        • to praise, extol, commend a person: (maximis, summis) laudibus efferre aliquem or aliquid
        • to extol, laud to the skies: laudibus aliquem (aliquid) in caelum ferre, efferre, tollere
        • to divulge, make public: efferre or edere aliquid in vulgus
        • to become known, become a topic of common conversation (used of things): foras efferri, palam fieri, percrebrescere, divulgari, in medium proferri, exire, emanare
        • to be beside oneself with joy: gaudio, laetitia efferri
        • to behave arrogantly: insolentius se efferre
        • to be carried away by one's anger: iracundia efferri
        • to never set foot out of doors: domo pedem non efferre
        • to cross the threshold: pedem limine efferre