LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation, suppletive

postferō

postferō (present infinitive postferre, perfect active posttulī, supine postlātum)
Classical[ˈpɔs(t).fɛ.roː]Ecclesiastical[ˈpɔst.fe.ro]

Meaning

  1. suppletiveto place after.

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.postferōpostferēbampostferamposttulīposttuleramposttulerō
2nd sg.postferspostferēbāspostferēsposttulistīposttulerāsposttuleris
3rd sg.postfertpostferēbatpostferetposttulitposttuleratposttulerit
1st pl.postferimuspostferēbāmuspostferēmusposttulimusposttulerāmusposttulerimus
2nd pl.postfertispostferēbātispostferētisposttulistisposttulerātisposttuleritis
3rd pl.postferuntpostferēbantpostferentposttulērunt
posttulēre
posttulerantposttulerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.postferampostferremposttulerimposttulissem
2nd sg.postferāspostferrēsposttulerīsposttulissēs
3rd sg.postferatpostferretposttuleritposttulisset
1st pl.postferāmuspostferrēmusposttulerīmusposttulissēmus
2nd pl.postferātispostferrētisposttulerītisposttulissētis
3rd pl.postferantpostferrentposttulerintposttulissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.postferorpostferēbarpostferar
2nd sg.postferris
postferre
postferēbāris
postferēbāre
postferēris
postferēre
3rd sg.postferturpostferēbāturpostferētur
1st pl.postferimurpostferēbāmurpostferēmur
2nd pl.postferiminīpostferēbāminīpostferēminī
3rd pl.postferunturpostferēbanturpostferentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.postferarpostferrer
2nd sg.postferāris
postferāre
postferrēris
postferrēre
3rd sg.postferāturpostferrētur
1st pl.postferāmurpostferrēmur
2nd pl.postferāminīpostferrēminī
3rd pl.postferanturpostferrentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.postferpostferre
pres. 2nd pl.postfertepostferiminī
fut. 2nd sg.postfertōpostfertor
fut. 3rd sg.postfertōpostfertor
fut. 2nd pl.postfertōte—
fut. 3rd pl.postferuntōpostferuntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivepostferrepostferrī
perfect infinitiveposttulissepostlātum esse
future infinitivepostlātūrum essepostlātum īrī
present participlepostferēns—
perfect participle—postlātus
future participlepostlātūruspostferendus
postferundus
gerundpostferendī, postferendō, postferendumsupinepostlātum, postlātū

post-fĕro, ferre, v. a.,
I. to put after, to esteem less (not before the Aug. period): qui libertati plebis suas opes postferrent, sacrificed, Liv. 3, 64, 3: Vatinius nulli non postferendus (opp.: Brutus cuilibet praeferendus), Vell. 2, 69, 3: postferte fidem regnis, Sil. 2, 701: non postferuntur et Charites, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 32; 4, 4, 5, § 9: animi et corporis robore nulli juvenum postferendus, Curt. 7, 4, 17.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Old Latinposte
  5. Latinpostferō

Latin post- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Latin postferō From post- + ferō.

Quick answers

What does postferō mean in Latin?
postferō, a verb, means “to place after.”.
What are the principal parts of postferō?
postferō, postferre, posttulī, postlātum (third conjugation, suppletive).
How do you pronounce postferō?
In classical Latin, [ˈpɔs(t).fɛ.roː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈpɔst.fe.ro].
Where does postferō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *pós → Proto-Indo-European *pósti → Proto-Italic *posti → Old Latin poste → Latin postferō.