antefero

Latin

Etymology

From ante- (“before”) +‎ fero (“I carry”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /anˈte.fe.roː/, [än̪ˈt̪ɛfɛroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /anˈte.fe.ro/, [än̪ˈt̪ɛːfero]

Verb

anteferō (present infinitive anteferre, perfect active antetulī, supine antelātum); third conjugation, suppletive

1. to carry or bear before
2. to place before or in front of
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.371:

     “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?”)

3. to anticipate
4. to prefer or give preference to

   Synonyms: antevertō, praeoptō, praeferō, praepōnō, mālō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of anteferō (third conjugation, suppletive)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	anteferō		antefers		antefert		anteferimus		antefertis		anteferunt
	imperfect	anteferēbam		anteferēbās		anteferēbat		anteferēbāmus		anteferēbātis		anteferēbant
	future	anteferam		anteferēs		anteferet		anteferēmus		anteferētis		anteferent
	perfect	antetulī		antetulistī		antetulit		antetulimus		antetulistis		antetulērunt, antetulēre
	pluperfect	antetuleram		antetulerās		antetulerat		antetulerāmus		antetulerātis		antetulerant
	future perfect	antetulerō		antetuleris		antetulerit		antetulerimus		antetuleritis		antetulerint
passive	present	anteferor		anteferris, anteferre		antefertur		anteferimur		anteferiminī		anteferuntur
	imperfect	anteferēbar		anteferēbāris, anteferēbāre		anteferēbātur		anteferēbāmur		anteferēbāminī		anteferēbantur
	future	anteferar		anteferēris, anteferēre		anteferētur		anteferēmur		anteferēminī		anteferentur
	perfect	antelātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	antelātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	antelātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	anteferam		anteferās		anteferat		anteferāmus		anteferātis		anteferant
	imperfect	anteferrem		anteferrēs		anteferret		anteferrēmus		anteferrētis		anteferrent
	perfect	antetulerim		antetulerīs		antetulerit		antetulerīmus		antetulerītis		antetulerint
	pluperfect	antetulissem		antetulissēs		antetulisset		antetulissēmus		antetulissētis		antetulissent
passive	present	anteferar		anteferāris, anteferāre		anteferātur		anteferāmur		anteferāminī		anteferantur
	imperfect	anteferrer		anteferrēris, anteferrēre		anteferrētur		anteferrēmur		anteferrēminī		anteferrentur
	perfect	antelātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	antelātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		antefer		—		—		anteferte		—
	future	—		antefertō		antefertō		—		antefertōte		anteferuntō
passive	present	—		anteferre		—		—		anteferiminī		—
	future	—		antefertor		antefertor		—		—		anteferuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		anteferre			anteferrī			anteferēns			—
future		antelātūrum esse			antelātum īrī			antelātūrus			anteferendus, anteferundus
perfect		antetulisse			antelātum esse			—			antelātus
future perfect		—			antelātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		antelātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		anteferendī		anteferendō		anteferendum		anteferendō		antelātum		antelātū

References

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