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verbthird conjugation, suppletive

cōnferō

cōnferō (present infinitive cōnferre, perfect active contulī, supine collātum)
Classical[ˈkõː.fɛ.roː]Ecclesiastical[ˈkɔɱ.fe.ro]
№ 645 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. suppletiveto bring or collect together, gather; unite, join, connect
  2. suppletiveto bring or place together or near, set in opposition, oppose, match; bring into hostile contact
  3. suppletiveto bring together for comparison, compare, contrast
  4. suppletiveto consult, confer, consider, deliberate, talk over, discuss; exchange (words)
  5. suppletiveto compress, abridge, condense, sum up
  6. suppletiveto bear, carry, convey, direct, take, bring
    signa cōnferre cum aliquōto go fight with someone
  7. suppletiveto collect money, treasures, etc., for any object, bring offerings, contribute
    ut divites conferrentTranslation by Spillan that the riches should contribute27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita II.9
  8. suppletiveto devote, apply to, employ, use, direct, bestow upon, confer, grant
    ...dubitatis, Quirites, quin hoc tantum boni quod vobis ab dis immortalibus oblatum et datum est in rem publicam conservandam atque amplificandam conferatis?...Citizens, why do you hesitate to employ such a great boon given to you by the gods for the preservation and augmentation of the Republic?69 BCE, Cicero, De Imperio Cn. Pompei 16.49
  9. suppletiveto pay in, contribute, be profitable, be of use
  10. suppletiveto change, transform, turn, metamorphose
  11. suppletiveto refer, ascribe, attribute, impute, throw blame, lay to the charge of
  12. suppletiveto transfer, remove, defer, put off, postpone, refer

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

in ūnum locum portō; etiam: inter sē comparō.
cōnferō -ferre -tulī — in Mille Verba, Mercātus
in ūnum locum tulērunt
bring together; (sē) betake oneself
cōnferō, cōnferre, contulī — in De Bello Gallico II, ch. 4

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Ferre · Portare · Bajulare · Gerere

1. Ferre means, like φέρειν, to carry any thing portable from one place to another; portare and bajulare, like βαστάζειν, to carry a load; portare (from πορίζειν), for one’s self, or for others; bajulare, as a porter. In Cæs. B. G. i. 16. Ædui frumentum . . . . conferri, comportari, adesse dicere; conferre refers to the delivery and the contribution from several subjects to the authorities of the place; comportare, the delivery of these contributions by the authorities of the place to Cæsar. 2. Ferre, portare, and bajulare, express only an exterior relation, that of the carrier to his load, whereas gerere (ἀγείρειν) gestare, like φόρειν, an interior relation, that of the possessor to his property. As, then, bellum ferre means only either inferre bellum or tolerare, so bellum gerere has a synonymous meaning with habere, and is applicable only to the whole people, or to their sovereign, who resolved upon the war, and is in a state of war; but not to the army fighting, nor to the commander who is commissioned to conduct the war. Bellum geret populus Romanus, administrat consul, capessit miles. (i. 150.)

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.cōnferōcōnferēbamcōnferamcontulīcontuleramcontulerō
2nd sg.cōnferscōnferēbāscōnferēscontulistīcontulerāscontuleris
3rd sg.cōnfertcōnferēbatcōnferetcontulitcontuleratcontulerit
1st pl.cōnferimuscōnferēbāmuscōnferēmuscontulimuscontulerāmuscontulerimus
2nd pl.cōnfertiscōnferēbātiscōnferētiscontulistiscontulerātiscontuleritis
3rd pl.cōnferuntcōnferēbantcōnferentcontulērunt
contulēre		contulerantcontulerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.cōnferamcōnferremcontulerimcontulissem
2nd sg.cōnferāscōnferrēscontulerīscontulissēs
3rd sg.cōnferatcōnferretcontuleritcontulisset
1st pl.cōnferāmuscōnferrēmuscontulerīmuscontulissēmus
2nd pl.cōnferātiscōnferrētiscontulerītiscontulissētis
3rd pl.cōnferantcōnferrentcontulerintcontulissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.cōnferorcōnferēbarcōnferar
2nd sg.cōnferris
cōnferre		cōnferēbāris
cōnferēbāre		cōnferēris
cōnferēre
3rd sg.cōnferturcōnferēbāturcōnferētur
1st pl.cōnferimurcōnferēbāmurcōnferēmur
2nd pl.cōnferiminīcōnferēbāminīcōnferēminī
3rd pl.cōnferunturcōnferēbanturcōnferentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.cōnferarcōnferrer
2nd sg.cōnferāris
cōnferāre		cōnferrēris
cōnferrēre
3rd sg.cōnferāturcōnferrētur
1st pl.cōnferāmurcōnferrēmur
2nd pl.cōnferāminīcōnferrēminī
3rd pl.cōnferanturcōnferrentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.cōnfercōnferre
pres. 2nd pl.cōnfertecōnferiminī
fut. 2nd sg.cōnfertōcōnfertor
fut. 3rd sg.cōnfertōcōnfertor
fut. 2nd pl.cōnfertōte—
fut. 3rd pl.cōnferuntōcōnferuntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivecōnferrecōnferrī
perfect infinitivecontulissecollātum esse
future infinitivecollātūrum essecollātum īrī
present participlecōnferēns—
perfect participle—collātus
collāta, collātā, collātae, collātam, collātārum, collātās, collāte, collātī, collātīs, collātō, collātōrum, collātōs
future participlecollātūrus
collātūra, collātūrā, collātūrae, collātūram, collātūrārum, collātūrās, collātūre, collātūrī, collātūrīs, collātūrō, collātūrōrum, collātūrōs, collātūrum		cōnferendus
cōnferundus
gerundcōnferendī, cōnferendō, cōnferendumsupinecollātum, collātū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

ad dicendum se conferre
to devote oneself to oratory.
signa conferre cum hoste
to come to close quarters.
collato pede (Liv. 6. 12)
hand to hand.
tempus conferre ad aliquid
to employ one's time in...
stipem (pecuniam) conferre
to contribute alms.
in aliquem officia conferre
to be courteous, obliging to some one.
se conferre in aliquem locum
to go to a place.
capita conferre (Liv. 2. 45)
to put our heads together.
23 more phrases
confertis, solutis ordinibus
with close ranks; with ranks in disorder.
se conferre ad poesis studium
to devote oneself to poetry.
aliquid in usum suum conferre
to employ in the furtherance of one's interests.
beneficia in aliquem conferre
to heap benefits upon...
collatis signis (viribus) pugnare
to fight hand-to-hand, at close quarters.
se conicere, se conferre in fugam
to take to flight.
accedere, se conferre ad rem publicam
to devote oneself to politics, a political career.
se conferre ad naturae investigationem
to devote oneself to the study of a natural science.
omnes cogitationes ad aliquid conferre
to give all one's attention to a thing.
tum pes cum pede collatus est (Liv. 28. 2)
a hand-to-hand engagement ensued.
ad alicuius amicitiam se conferre, se applicare
to gain some one's friendship; to become intimate with.
operam alicui rei tribuere, in aliquid conferre
to expend great labour on a thing.
sermonem conferre, instituere, ordiri cum aliquo
to enter into conversation with some one.
culpam in aliquem conferre, transferre, conicere
to put the blame on another.
ad scribendum or ad scribendi studium se conferre
to become a writer, embrace a literary career.
benevolentiam alicui praestare, in aliquem conferre
to show kindness to...
omnes curas et cogitationes in rem publicam conferre
to devote one's every thought to the state's welfare.
ad historiam (scribendam) se conferre or se applicare
to devote oneself to writing history.
se conferre, se tradere, se permittere in alicuius fidem
to put oneself under some one's protection.
omne studium in litteris collocare, ad litteras conferre
to employ all one's energies on literary work.
totum et animo et corpore in salutem rei publicae se conferre
to devote oneself body and soul to the good of the state.
se conferre ad philosophiam, ad philosophiae or sapientiae studium (Fam. 4. 3. 4)
to devote oneself to philosophy.

confĕro, contŭli, collātum (conl-), conferre, v. a.
I. To bring, bear, or carry together, to collect, gather (freq. and class.).
A. In gen.: ligna circa casam, Nep. Alcib. 10, 4: arma, Vell. 2, 114, 4: cibos ore suo (aves), Quint. 2, 6, 7: undique collatis membris, Hor. A. P. 3 al.: sarcinas in unum locum, Caes. B. G. 1, 24; cf. id. ib. 2, 25: collatis militaribus signis, id. ib. 7, 2: ut premerer sacrā Lauroque collatāque myrto, Hor. C. 3, 4, 19: quo (sc. in proximum horreum) omne rusticum instrumentum, Col. 1, 6, 7: illuc (sc. in castella) parentes et conjuges, Tac. A. 4, 46 fin.: dentes in corpore (canes), Ov. M. 3, 236: materiam omnem, antequam dicere ordiamur, Quint. 3, 9, 8: summas (scriptorum) in commentarium et capita, id. 10, 7, 32: plura opera in unam tabulam, id. 8, 5, 26: quae in proximos quinque libros conlata sunt, id. 8, prooem. 1: res Romanas Graeco peregrinoque sermone in historiam, Just. pr. 1; cf. Suet. Caes. 44; cf. I. B. 5. infra.; Quint. 4, 1, 23: rogus inimicis collatus manibus, Petr. 115 fin.—
B. In partic.
1. To collect money, treasures, etc., for any object, to bring offerings, contribute: dona mihi, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 20: contulit aes populus, Ov. F. 4, 351; so freq. on monuments: AERE CONLATO, Inscr. Orell. 3648; 74; Suet. Aug. 59: EX AERE CONLATO, Inscr. Orell. 3991: aurum argentumque in publicum, Liv. 28, 36, 3: munera ei, Nep. Ages. 7, 3: tributa quotannis ex censu, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 131: conferre eo minus tributi, Liv. 5, 20, 5: in commune, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 59, § 145; id. Quint. 3, 12: quadringena talenta quotannis Delum, Nep. Arist. 3, 1: (pecunia) ad ejus honores conlata, Cic. Fl. 25, 59: ad honorem tuum pecunias maximas contulisse, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 65, § 157: sextantes in capita, Liv. 2, 33, 11: pecunias, Suet. Caes. 19; id. Aug. 57; 30; Just. 3, 6: vinum alius, alius mel, Dig. 41, 1, 7; 47, 7, 3 pr.: sua bona in medium, ib. 37, 6, 1 pr.: magnam partem patrimonii alicui rei, ib. 50, 4, 5: cum et Socrati collatum sit ad victum, Quint. 12, 7, 9.—Absol.: nos dabimus, nos conferemus, nostro sumptu, non tuo, Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 39.—Hence,
b. Trop., like the Gr. συμφέρω (v. Lidd. and Scott in h. v. 5.), to be useful, profitable, to profit, serve, be of use to ( = prosum; cf. also conduco, II.; post-Aug., and only in the third person; most freq. in Quint.); constr. with ad, in, the dat., inf., or absol.
(a). With ad: naturane plus ad eloquentiam conferat an doctrina, Quint. 2, 19, 1; so id. 1, 8, 7; 2, 5, 1; 3, 6, 7 al.; Cels. 6, 6, 1; Col. 12, prooem. § 6; Suet. Tib. 4.—*
(b). With in: rursus in alia plus prior (exercitatio) confert, Quint. 10, 7, 26.—
(g). With dat.: Gracchorum eloquentiae multum contulisse matrem, Quint. 1, 1, 6; so id. prooem. § 6; 2, 9, 2; 3, 7, 12 al.; Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 54; 20, 23, 98, § 261; 29, 1, 6, § 13; Suet. Vesp. 6.—
(d). With subj. inf.: incipiente incremento confert alterna folia circum obruere, Plin. 19, 5, 26, § 83.—(ε) Absol.: multum veteres etiam Latini conferunt, imprimis copiam verborum, Quint. 1, 8, 8; 2, 5, 16; 4, 2, 123 al.; cf. Sillig ad Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 67.—
2. To bring into connection, to unite, join, connect: membris collatis, of an embrace, Lucr. 4, 1101; cf. ora, App. M. 5, p. 161, 17: fontes e quibus collatae aquae flumen emittunt, Curt. 7, 11, 3: capita, to lay heads together (in conferring, deliberating, etc.), Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 12, § 31; Liv. 2, 45, 7: pedem, to go or come with one, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 41; so, gradum ( = congredi), id. Men. 3, 3, 30; id. Ps. 2, 4, 17; Verg. A. 6, 488.—Of chemical union: dissimiles et dispares res in unam potestatem, Vitr. 2, 6, 4.—
b. Trop.: collatis viribus, Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 17; cf.: conferre vires in unum, Liv. 33, 19, 7: collata omnium vota in unius salutem, Plin. Pan. 23, 5: e singulis frustis collata oratio, Quint. 8, 5, 27; cf. id. 2, 9, 3: velut studia inter nos conferebamus, id. 4, prooem. § 1.— So esp. of conferences, consultations, etc., to consult together, confer, consider or talk over together: si quid res feret, coram inter nos conferemus, Cic. Att. 1, 20, 1: sollicitudines nostras inter nos, id. Fam. 6, 21, 2: rationes, id. Att 5, 21, 12: familiares sermones cum aliquo, to unite in familiar conversation with, id. Off. 2, 11, 39: cum hoc in viā sermonem contulit, id. Inv. 2, 4, 14; cf.: cum aliquo aut sermones aut consilia, id. Phil. 2, 15, 38: consilia ad adulescentes, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 64; cf.: consilia dispersim antea habita, Suet. Caes. 80: injurias, to deliberate together concerning, Tac. Agr. 15; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2.— Absol.: omnes sapientes decet conferre et fabulari, Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 8.—With a rel.clause: fusi contulerimus inter nos ... quid finis, Cic. Fin. 2, 2, 4: ibi conferentibus, quid animorum Hispanis esset, Liv. 27, 20, 4.—
3. To bring or join together in a hostile manner, to set together (most freq. in milit. lang.): (Galli) cum Fontejo ferrum ac manus contulerunt, Cic. Font. 5, 12 (1, 2): signa cum Alexandrinis, id. Pis. 21, 49; cf.: collatis signis depugnare, Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 44; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 23, 66: arma cum aliquo, Nep. Eum. 11, 5; 3, 6; cf.: arma inter se, Liv. 21, 1, 2: castra cum hoste, id. 26, 12, 14; cf.: castra castris, id. 23, 28, 9; 8, 23, 9; Cic. Div. 2, 55, 114; Caes. B. C. 3, 79: pedem cum pede, to fight foot to foot, Liv. 28, 2, 6; cf.: pede conlato, id. 6, 12, 10; 10, 29, 6; 26, 39, 12 al.: gradum cum aliquo, id. 7, 33, 11: pectora luctantia nexu pectoribus, Ov. M. 6, 242: stat conferre manum Aeneae, Verg. A. 12, 678: prima movet Cacus collatā proelia dextrā, Ov. F. 1, 569: collatis cursibus hastas conicere, Val. Fl. 6, 270: seque viro vir contulit, Verg. A. 10, 735.—Poet.: inter sese duri certamina belli, Verg. A. 10, 147: contra conferre manu certamina pugnae, Lucr. 4, 843: collato Marte, Ov. M. 12, 379.—Absol.: mecum confer, ait, fight with me, Ov. M. 10, 603.—
b. Transf. from milit. affairs to lawsuits: pedem, to encounter, come in contact with one, to attack: non possum magis pedem conferre, ut aiunt, aut propius accedere? Cic. Planc. 19, 48: pedem cum singulis, Quint. 5, 13, 11; cf. id. 8, 6, 51; cf.: qui illi concedi putem utilius esse quod postulat quam signa conferri, Cic. Att. 7, 5, 5.—Poet.: lites, to contend, quarrel, Hor. S. 1, 5, 54.—
4. To bring together for comparison, to compare; constr. with cum, inter se, ad, the dat., or acc. only.
(a). With cum: quem cum eo (sc. Democrito) conferre possumus non modo ingenii magnitudine sed etiam animi? Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 73; so Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 115: ut non conferam vitam neque existimationem tuam cum illius, id. ib. 2, 4, 20, § 45; id. Sull. 26, 72: cum maximis minima, id. Opt. Gen. Or. 6, 17; Quint. 5, 13, 12; 8, 4, 2 al.: nostras leges cum illorum Lycurgo et Dracone et Solone, Cic. de Or. 1, 44, 197; cf.: illa cum Graeciā, id. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; v. also δ. —
(b). With inter se (rare): vitam inter se utriusque conferte, Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20.— *
(g). With ad: bos ad bovem collatus, Varr. L. L. 9, § 28 Müll.—
(d). With dat.: tempora praesentia praeteritis, Lucr. 2, 1166: parva magnis, Cic. Or. 4, 14: alicui illud, id. Inv. 2, 50, 151: lanam tinctam Tyriae lacernae, Quint. 12, 10, 75: ingenia ingeniis, Sen. Contr. 5, 33: illam puellis, Prop. 1, 5, 7; 1, 4, 9: nil jucundo amico, Hor. S. 1, 5, 44: (Pausanias et Lysander) ne minimā quidem ex parte Lycurgi legibus et disciplinae conferendi sunt, Cic. Off. 1, 22, 76; cf. supra, α.—(ε) With acc. only: tesseram hospitalem, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 88: conferte Verrem: non ut hominem cum homine comparetis, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 54, § 121: exemplum, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 85; Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 14; Ov. M. 7, 696: nec cum quaereretur gener Tarquinio, quisquam Romanae juventutis ullā arte conferri potuit, Liv. 1, 39, 4; Suet. Caes. 47: census, Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 159.—Of documents: haec omnia summā curā et diligentiā recognita et conlata sunt, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 190.—
5. With the idea of shortening by bringing together (cf. colligo), to compress, abridge, condense, make or be brief: quam potero in verba conferam paucissima, Plaut. Men. prol. 6; cf.: in pauca, ut occupatus nunc sum, confer, quid velis, id. Ps. 1, 3, 44: rem in pauca, id. Poen. 5, 4, 68; and: in pauca verba, id. As. 1, 1, 75; id: Pers. 4, 4, 109: totam Academiam ... ex duobus libris contuli in quattuor, Cic. Att. 13, 13, 1: ut in pauca conferam, id. Caecin. 6, 17: sua verba in duos versus, Ov. F. 1, 162: ex immensā diffusāque legum copiā optima quaeque et necessaria in paucissimos libros, Suet. Caes. 44.— *
6. To join in bringing forward, to propose unitedly (as a law; cf. fero, II. B. 8. b.): cur enim non confertis, ne sit conubium divitibus et pauperibus, Liv. 4, 4, 9 Weissenb. ad loc.
II. (Con intens.) To bear, carry, convey, direct a thing somewhere (in haste, for protection, etc.); and conferre se, to betake or turn one's self anywhere, to go (very freq. and class.).
A. Prop.
1. In gen.
(a). With the designation of the goal: quo me miser conferam? Gracch. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 214: qui cum se suaque omnia in oppidum Bratuspantium contulissent, Caes. B. G. 2, 13: se suaque eo, id. ib. 3, 28: se suaque in naves, Nep. Them. 2, 7 al.: iter Brundisium versus, Cic. Att. 3, 4 med.; cf.: iter eo, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 4: suas rationes et copias in illam provinciam, id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 17: legiones in mediam aciem, Auct. B. Alex. 39; Auct. B. Afr. 60: quos eodem audita Cannensis clades contulerat, Liv. 23, 17, 8: parentes illuc, Tac. A. 4, 46: se Rhodum conferre, Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 213: se Laodiceam, Lent. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 14, 4: se Colonas, Nep. Paus. 3, 3: quo se fusa acies, Liv. 9, 16, 1 al.: se ad Tissaphernem, Nep. Alcib. 5, 2; so, se ad Pharnabazum, id. Con. 2, 1: se in fugam, Cic. Caecin. 8, 22: sese in pedes, Enn. ap. Non. p. 518, 20; Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 7 (cf.: conicere se in pedes, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 13).—Of things: pituita eo se umorve confert, Cels. 2, 12.—
(b). Absol.: pulcre haec confertur ratis, is borne away, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 6, 27.—
2. Esp., in Ov. M. (cf. abeo, II.): aliquem in aliquid, to change into, transform to something: aliquem in saxum, Ov. M. 4, 278: versos vultus (poet. circumlocution for se) in hanc, id. ib. 9, 348: corpus in albam volucrem, id. ib. 12, 145.—
B. Trop.
1. In gen., to bring, turn, direct something to; and conferre se, to turn, apply, devote one's self to, etc.: quo mortuo me ad pontificem Scaevolam contuli, Cic. Lael. 1, 1: (Crassus) cum initio aetatis ad amicitiam se meam contulisset, id. Brut. 81, 281; id. Fam. 11, 29, 2: qui se ad senatūs auctoritatem, ad libertatem vestram contulerunt, id. Phil. 4, 2, 5; id. Ac. 1, 9, 34: se ad studium scribendi, id. Arch. 3, 4: se ad studia litterarum, id. ib. 7, 16; cf. Suet. Gram. 24: meus pater eam seditionem in tranquillum conferet (the figure taken from the sea when in commotion), Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 16: verba ad rem, to bring words to actions, i. e. to pass from words to deeds, Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 4; id. Hec. 3, 1, 17: suspitionem in Capitonem, Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 100: ut spes votaque sua non prius ad deos quam ad principum aures conferret, Tac. A. 4, 39: lamentationes suas etiam in testamentum, id. ib. 15, 68.—More freq., in partic.,
2. With the access. idea of application or communication, to devote or apply something to a certain purpose, to employ, direct, confer, bestow upon, give, lend, grant, to transfer to (a favorite word with Cic.).
(a). With dat.: dona quid cessant mihi Conferre? Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 20: tibi munera, Prop. 2, 3, 25; Nep. Ages. 7, 3: victoribus praemia, Suet. Calig. 20: puellae quinquaginta milia nummūm, Plin. Ep. 6, 32, 2: fructum alio, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 60; Dig. 37, 6, 1, § 24.—
(b). With ad and acc.: hostiles exuvias ornatum ad urbis et posterum gloriam, Tac. A. 3, 72: Mithridates omne reliquum tempus non ad oblivionem veteris belli, sed ad comparationem novi contulit, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4, 9: omne studium atque omne ingenium ad populi Romani gloriam laudemque celebrandam, id. Arch. 9, 19; id. Fam. 10, 1, 3: omnem meam curam atque operam ad philosophiam, id. ib. 4, 3, 4: omnem tuum amorem omnemque tuam prudentiam ... confer ad eam curam, id. Att. 7, 1, 2: animum ad fodiendos puteos, Auct. B. Alex. 9: ad naturae suae non vitiosae genus consilium vivendi omne, Cic. Off. 1, 33, 120: orationem omnem ad misericordiam, id. Lig. 1, 1.—
(g). With in: omnes curas cogitationesque in rem publicam, Cic. Off. 2, 1, 2: diligentiam in valetudinem tuam, id. Fam. 16, 4, 4: praedas ac manubias suas non in monumenta deorum immortalium, neque in urbis ornamenta conferre, sed, etc., id. Agr. 2, 23, 60: in eos, quos speramus nobis profuturos, non dubitamus officia conferre, id. Off. 1, 15, 48; so, plurimum benignitatis in eum, id. ib. 1, 16, 50; id. Lael. 19, 70: curam restituendi Capitolii in L. Vestinum confert, i. e. assigns to, charges with, Tac. H. 4, 53: in unius salutem collata omnium vota, Plin. Pan. 23, 5.—
(d). With erga: commemoratio benevolentiae ejus, quam erga me a pueritiā contulisses, Cic. Fam. 10, 5, 1.—
3. With aliquid ad or in aliquem or aliquid, to refer or ascribe something to a person or thing as its possessor, author (in a good, and freq. in a bad sense), to attribute, impute, assign, ascribe to one, to lay to the charge of: species istas hominum in deos, Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 77: res ad imperium deorum, Lucr. 6, 54: permulta in Plancium, quae ab eo numquam dicta sunt, conferuntur ... Stomachor vero, cum aliorum non me digna in me conferuntur, Cic. Planc. 14, 35; id. Fam. 5, 5, 2: mortis illius invidiam in L. Flaccum, id. Fl. 17, 41: suum timorem in rei frumentariae simulationem angustiasque itinerum, Caes. B. G. 1, 40: sua vitia et suam culpam in senectutem, Cic. Sen. 5, 14: hanc ego de re publicā disputationem in Africani personam et Phili contuli, id. Att. 4, 16, 2.—So esp.: culpam in aliquem, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 156; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 97; Cic. Att. 9, 2, a, 1: causam in aliquem, id. ib. 12, 31, 1; Liv. 5, 11, 6; cf.: causam in tempus, Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 228.—
4. To transfer to a fixed point of time, fix, assign, refer, appoint, put off, defer, postpone (cf. differo): Carthaginis expugnationem in hunc annum, Liv. 27, 7, 5: in posterum diem iter suum contulit, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 3: omnia in mensem Martium, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 24: aliquid in ambulationis tempus, id. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 1: eam pecuniam in rei publicae magnum aliquod tempus, id. Off. 3, 24, 93: quod in longiorem diem conlaturus fuisset, Caes. B. G. 1, 40 fin.: alicujus consulatum in annum aliquem, Plin. Pan. 61.—Rarely of place: idoneum locum in agris nactus ... ibi adventum expectare Pompei eoque omnem belli rationem conferre constituit, Caes. B. C. 3, 81 fin.—
5. To bring on, cause, occasion, induce: pestem alicui, Col. 1, 5, 4: candorem mollitiamque, Plin. 35, 15, 50, § 175.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincōnferō

Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Latin cōnferō From con- (“together”) + ferō (“to bear”). Compare typologically root cognates Polish zebrać (“to collect”), Russian собра́ть (sobrátʹ), собра́ться (sobrátʹsja).

Descendants
  • Catalanconferir
  • Italianconferire
  • Frenchconférerfrom Old French conferer
  • Englishconferfrom Old French conferer
  • Germankonferierenfrom Old French conferer
  • Portugueseconferir
  • Romanianconferi
  • Spanishconferir
  • Spanishcolar
  • Englishcf.

In English words that came into English from cōnferō

  • conferencecōnferentia
  • confercōnferō
  • collationcollatiō

Quick answers

What does cōnferō mean in Latin?
cōnferō, a verb, means “to bring or collect together, gather; unite, join, connect; to bring or place together or near, set in opposition, oppose, match”.
What are the principal parts of cōnferō?
cōnferō, cōnferre, contulī, collātum (third conjugation, suppletive).
How do you pronounce cōnferō?
In classical Latin, [ˈkõː.fɛ.roː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈkɔɱ.fe.ro].
Where does cōnferō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? → Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm → Proto-Italic *kom → Proto-Italic *kom- → Latin cōnferō.
Which English words come from cōnferō?
English words that go back to Latin cōnferō include conference, confer and collation.