verbthird conjugation, suppletive
anteferō
anteferō (present infinitive anteferre, perfect active antetulī, supine antelātum)
Classical[anˈtɛ.fɛ.roː]Ecclesiastical[anˈtɛː.fe.ro]
Meaning
- suppletiveto carry or bear before
- suppletiveto place before or in front of
Quae quibus anteferam?
“Where should I begin? What shall I [say] first?” (Dido considers aloud how to construct her dramatic speech; literally, what to place before what, as well as what to prefer to what. Translations — Mackail, 1885: “Where, where shall I begin?”; Mandelbaum, 1971: “What shall I cry out first, and what shall follow?”; Fitzgerald, 1981: “What shall I say first, with so much to say?”; Lombardo, 2005: “What shall I say first? What next?”; Ahl, 2007: “Which thought shall I express first?”; Ferry, 2017: “What shall I say? What is there for me to say?”; Bartsch, 2020: “Where should I start?”)29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.371 - suppletiveto anticipate
- suppletiveto prefer or give preference to
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | anteferō | anteferēbam | anteferam | antetulī | antetuleram | antetulerō |
| 2nd sg. | antefers | anteferēbās | anteferēs | antetulistī | antetulerās | antetuleris |
| 3rd sg. | antefert | anteferēbat | anteferet | antetulit | antetulerat | antetulerit |
| 1st pl. | anteferimus | anteferēbāmus | anteferēmus | antetulimus | antetulerāmus | antetulerimus |
| 2nd pl. | antefertis | anteferēbātis | anteferētis | antetulistis | antetulerātis | antetuleritis |
| 3rd pl. | anteferunt | anteferēbant | anteferent | antetulērunt antetulēre | antetulerant | antetulerint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | anteferam | anteferrem | antetulerim | antetulissem |
| 2nd sg. | anteferās | anteferrēs | antetulerīs | antetulissēs |
| 3rd sg. | anteferat | anteferret | antetulerit | antetulisset |
| 1st pl. | anteferāmus | anteferrēmus | antetulerīmus | antetulissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | anteferātis | anteferrētis | antetulerītis | antetulissētis |
| 3rd pl. | anteferant | anteferrent | antetulerint | antetulissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | anteferor | anteferēbar | anteferar |
| 2nd sg. | anteferris anteferre | anteferēbāris anteferēbāre | anteferēris anteferēre |
| 3rd sg. | antefertur | anteferēbātur | anteferētur |
| 1st pl. | anteferimur | anteferēbāmur | anteferēmur |
| 2nd pl. | anteferiminī | anteferēbāminī | anteferēminī |
| 3rd pl. | anteferuntur | anteferēbantur | anteferentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | anteferar | anteferrer |
| 2nd sg. | anteferāris anteferāre | anteferrēris anteferrēre |
| 3rd sg. | anteferātur | anteferrētur antefererētur |
| 1st pl. | anteferāmur | anteferrēmur |
| 2nd pl. | anteferāminī | anteferrēminī |
| 3rd pl. | anteferantur | anteferrentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | antefer | anteferre |
| pres. 2nd pl. | anteferte | anteferiminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | antefertō | antefertor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | antefertō | antefertor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | antefertōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | anteferuntō | anteferuntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | anteferre | anteferrī |
| perfect infinitive | antetulisse | antelātum esse |
| future infinitive | antelātūrum esse | antelātum īrī |
| present participle | anteferēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | antelātus antelāta, antelātā, antelātae, antelātam, antelātārum, antelātās, antelāte, antelātī, antelātīs, antelātō, antelātōrum, antelātōs |
| future participle | antelātūrus antelātūra, antelātūrā, antelātūrae, antelātūram, antelātūrārum, antelātūrās, antelātūre, antelātūrī, antelātūrīs, antelātūrō, antelātūrōrum, antelātūrōs, antelātūrum | anteferendus anteferundus |
gerundanteferendī, anteferendō, anteferendumsupineantelātum, antelātū
antĕ-fĕro, tŭli, lātum, ferre, v. a.
I. To bear or carry before:
ut legum latarum tituli anteferrentur, Tac. A. 1, 8.—More freq., II. Trop., to place before, to prefer, give the preference to, aliquem alicui:
longe omnibus unum Demosthenem, Cic. Or. 7; so id. Sull. 32; id. Att. 6, 8; id. Fam. 1, 9; 5, 20; 6, 6 al.: cum ipse ceteris esset omni honore antelatus, id. Prov. Cons. 11; Nep. Them. 1, 1.—* III. To anticipate: quod dies est allaturus, id consilio anteferre debemus, i. e. to consider beforehand, to reflect upon (in order to diminish the overpowering effect of it), Cic. Fam. 5, 16.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
ante-ferō tulī, lātum, ferre,
to bear in front, carry before: quod fasces anteferrentur, Cs. — Fig., of estimation, to place before, prefer: alqd commodis suis: pacem bello: te Grais, H.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
- Proto-Italic*anti
- Latinanteferō
Latin ante- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Latin anteferō From ante- (“before”) + ferō (“to carry”).