praefero

Latin

Etymology

From prae- (“before”, in front”) +‎ ferō (“I carry”, “I bear”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈprae̯.fe.roː/, [ˈprae̯.fɛ.roː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈprɛ.fe.ro/, [ˈprɛː.fe.ro]

Verb

praeferō (present infinitive praeferre, perfect active praetulī, supine praelātum); third conjugation, irregular

  1. I bear, hold or carry before or forth
  2. I carry before, place or set before, offer, present
  3. I place someone or something before another
  4. I prefer, like
  5. I take beforehand, anticipate
  6. I show, display, exhibit, discover, expose, reveal, betray

Inflection
   Conjugation of praefero (third conjugation, irregular, suppletive)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present praeferō praefers praefert praeferimus praefertis praeferunt
imperfect praeferēbam praeferēbās praeferēbat praeferēbāmus praeferēbātis praeferēbant
future praeferam praeferēs praeferet praeferēmus praeferētis praeferent
perfect praetulī praetulistī praetulit praetulimus praetulistis praetulērunt, praetulēre
pluperfect praetuleram praetulerās praetulerat praetulerāmus praetulerātis praetulerant
future perfect praetulerō praetuleris praetulerit praetulerimus praetuleritis praetulerint
passive present praeferor praeferris, praeferre praefertur praeferimur praeferiminī praeferuntur
imperfect praeferēbar praeferēbāris, praeferēbāre praeferēbātur praeferēbāmur praeferēbāminī praeferēbantur
future praeferar praeferēris, praeferēre praeferētur praeferēmur praeferēminī praeferentur
perfect praelātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect praelātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect praelātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present praeferam praeferās praeferat praeferāmus praeferātis praeferant
imperfect praeferrem praeferrēs praeferret praeferrēmus praeferrētis praeferrent
perfect praetulerim praetulerīs praetulerit praetulerimus praetuleritis praetulerint
pluperfect praetulissem praetulissēs praetulisset praetulissēmus praetulissētis praetulissent
passive present praeferar praeferāris, praeferāre praeferātur praeferāmur praeferāminī praeferantur
imperfect praeferrer praeferrēris, praeferrēre praeferrētur praeferrēmur praeferrēminī praeferrentur
perfect praelātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect praelātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — praefer — — praeferte —
future — praefertō praefertō — praefertōte praeferuntō
passive present — praeferre — — praeferiminī —
future — praefertor praefertor — — praeferuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives praeferre praetulisse praelātūrus esse praeferrī praelātus esse praelātum īrī
participles praeferēns — praelātūrus — praelātus praeferendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
praeferre praeferendī praeferendō praeferendum praelātum praelātū

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • praefero in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • praefero in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • praefero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to walk before with the fasces; to lower the fasces: fasces praeferre, summittere
  • praefero in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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