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suffero

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See also:tollo, which has the same perfect and supine forms.

Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From sub- +‎ ferō (carry, bear).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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sufferō (present infinitive sufferre, perfect active sustulī, supine sublātum); third conjugation, irregular

  1. to put or lay under
    Synonyms: suggerō, summittō, subiciō, suppōnō
  2. to bear or carry under
  3. to offer, proffer
    Synonyms: offerō, expōnō, praebeō, obiciō, afferō, prōpōnō, prōferō, porrigō, polliceor, dōnō, condōnō, largior, moveō
  4. to hold up, bear, support, sustain
    Synonyms: teneō, subsistō, sustentō, sustineō
  5. to bear, endure, suffer, undergo
    Synonyms: tolerō, sino, patior, accipio, recipio, subeo, perpetior, admitto, sustineo, dūrō, perfero, ferō
    • 69 BCE, Cicero, Pro Caecina 30.98:
      Aut suā voluntāte aut lēgis multā profectī sunt; quam multam sī sufferre voluissent, manēre in cīvitāte potuissent.
      They have gone either of their own accord, or in consequence of some penalty inflicted by the law; though if they had been willing to submit to the penalty, they might have remained in the city.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Old Catalan: soferre
  • Old Franco-Provençal: sofer
  • Old French: soferre
  • Old Occitan: soferre

Reflexes of an assumed variant *sufferere:

Reflexes of an assumed variant *sufferīre:

References

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Further reading

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  • suffero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • suffero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • suffero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.