fero

See also: Fero

Esperanto

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fero

Wikipedia ^eo

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ferrum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈfero]
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ero
Hyphenation: fe‧ro

Noun

fero (uncountable, accusative feron)

the chemical element iron

Derived terms

ferometeorito (“iron meteorite”)
ferŝtono (“iron ore”)
fervojo (“railroad, railway”)
hufofero (“horseshoe”)

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese fero, from Latin ferus (“wild, uncultivated”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɛɾo̝/

Adjective

fero (feminine fera, masculine plural feros, feminine plural feras)

fierce, savage
Synonym: bravo
acrid; harsh
Synonyms: agre, bravo
wild, rustic, uncultivated
Synonym: agreste
excellent; superlative

Derived terms

Noun

fero m (plural feros)

characteristic smell of wild animals
Synonyms: bravío, bravún, ferún
characteristic taste and smell of game meat
Synonyms: bravío, bravún, ferún

References

Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “fero”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “fero”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fero”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fero”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fero”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Gothic

Romanization

fērō

Romanization of 𐍆𐌴𐍂𐍉

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto fero, from Latin ferrum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfero/

Noun

fero (uncountable)

iron

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ferum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɛ.ro/
Rhymes: -ɛro
Hyphenation: fè‧ro

Adjective

fero (feminine fera, masculine plural feri, feminine plural fere)

(archaic, poetic) Alternative form of fiero

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.roː/, [ˈfɛroː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.ro/, [ˈfɛːro]

Etymology 1

A suppletive paradigm consisting of two different roots.

The present stem is from Proto-Italic *ferō (infinitive *ferzi), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti (“to bear, carry”), from the root *bʰer-. Cognates include Sanskrit भरति (bhárati), Persian (bâr), Old Armenian բերեմ (berem), Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō), Old English beran (English bear).

The perfect stem, originally of tollō, is from Proto-Italic *tetolai, from Proto-Indo-European *tetólh₂e (“to be holding up”), from the root *telh₂-. The stem of lātus has the same root, reduced from Proto-Italic *tlātos, from Proto-Indo-European *tl̥h₂tós. It is cognate with English thole (“to endure”), German dulden (“to endure”).

Verb

ferō (present infinitive ferre, perfect active tulī or tetulī, supine lātum); third conjugation, suppletive

to bear, carry
Synonyms: gerō, portō, vehō, efferō, trahō

partum ferre ― to be with child, to be pregnant (literally, “to carry an offspring/fetus/embryo/one's young”)
- 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Genesis.1.2:
  Terra autem erat inānis et vacua, et tenebrae erant super faciem abyssī: et spīritus Deī ferēbātur super aquās.
  And the earth was void and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God moved over the waters.
to support, hold up
to suffer, tolerate, endure
Synonyms: tolerō, sufferō, subeō, perferō, perpetior, recipiō, accipiō, sinō, patiō, sustentō, dūrō, sustineō
to consider
to cast (a vote); to pass or ratify (a law)
to propose
to win
to create
to bring forth, put in motion, move forward, move ahead
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.588:
  Tālia iactābam et furiātā mente ferēbar […] .
  I was uttering such [words], and with impassioned purpose I was moving ahead […] .
to incite, to impel, to move
- 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.1:
  In nova fert animus mūtātās dīcere fōrmās corpora; […]
  My mind moves me to tell of forms changed into new bodies; […]
(intransitive) to lead
to report, narrate, recount, relate, relay, quote, cite, speak of, say, tell, spread abroad
Synonyms: referō, prōdō, pandō, trādō, dīcitur
- 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I.4:
  Faustulo fuisse nomen ferunt
  It is narrated that his name was Faustulus
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.437–438:
  Tālibus ōrābat, tālisque miserrima flētus
  fertque refertque soror. [...].
  With such [words Dido] was pleading, and her most unhappy sister [Anna] relays such tearful [appeals] again and again [to Aeneas].

Conjugation

Conjugation of ferō (third conjugation, suppletive)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	ferō	fers		fert	ferimus	fertis		ferunt
	imperfect	ferēbam	ferēbās		ferēbat	ferēbāmus	ferēbātis		ferēbant
	future	feram	ferēs		feret	ferēmus	ferētis		ferent
	perfect	tulī, tetulī¹	tulistī, tetulistī¹		tulit, tetulit¹	tulimus, tetulimus¹	tulistis, tetulistis¹		tulērunt, tulēre, tetulērunt, tetulēre¹
	pluperfect	tuleram, tetuleram¹	tulerās, tetulerās¹		tulerat, tetulerat¹	tulerāmus, tetulerāmus¹	tulerātis, tetulerātis¹		tulerant, tetulerant¹
	future perfect	tulerō, tetulerō¹	tuleris, tetuleris¹		tulerit, tetulerit¹	tulerimus, tetulerimus¹	tuleritis, tetuleritis¹		tulerint, tetulerint¹
passive	present	feror	ferris, ferre		fertur	ferimur	feriminī		feruntur
	imperfect	ferēbar	ferēbāris, ferēbāre		ferēbātur	ferēbāmur	ferēbāminī		ferēbantur
	future	ferar	ferēris, ferēre		ferētur	ferēmur	ferēminī		ferentur
	perfect	lātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	lātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	lātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	feram	ferās		ferat	ferāmus	ferātis		ferant
	imperfect	ferrem	ferrēs		ferret	ferrēmus	ferrētis		ferrent
	perfect	tulerim, tetulerim¹	tulerīs, tetulerīs¹		tulerit, tetulerit¹	tulerīmus, tetulerīmus¹	tulerītis, tetulerītis¹		tulerint, tetulerint¹
	pluperfect	tulissem, tetulissem¹	tulissēs, tetulissēs¹		tulisset, tetulisset¹	tulissēmus, tetulissēmus¹	tulissētis, tetulissētis¹		tulissent, tetulissent¹
passive	present	ferar	ferāris, ferāre		ferātur	ferāmur	ferāminī		ferantur
	imperfect	ferrer	ferrēris, ferrēre		ferrētur	ferrēmur	ferrēminī		ferrentur
	perfect	lātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	lātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	fer		—	—	ferte		—
active	future	—	fertō		fertō	—	fertōte		feruntō
passive	present	—	ferre		—	—	feriminī		—
passive	future	—	fertor		fertor	—	—		feruntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		ferre		ferrī		ferēns		—
future		lātūrum esse		lātum īrī		lātūrus		ferendus, ferundus
perfect		tulisse, tetulisse¹		lātum esse		—		lātus
future perfect		—		lātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		lātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		ferendī	ferendō		ferendum	ferendō	lātum		lātū

¹Old Latin.

Derived terms

Descendants

Franco-Provençal: fierre (merged with feriō)
Sardinian: ferrere^[1]
Old Ligurian: ferir^[2]

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ferō

ablative singular of ferus

References

^ * Dworkin, Steven N. 2016. Lexical stability and shared lexicon. In Ledgeway, Adam & Maiden, Martin (eds.), The Oxford guide to the Romance languages, 577–587. Oxford University Press.
^ http://tlio.ovi.cnr.it/TLIO/index.php?vox=038448.htm

“fero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“fero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
fero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the earth brings forth fruit, crops: terra effert (more rarely fert, but not profert) fruges
- the rivers flows with a rapid current: flumen citatum fertur
- a road leads somewhere: via fert, ducit aliquo
- circumstances demand: tempus (ita) fert (not secum)
- to cherish as the apple of one's eye: in oculis aliquem ferre
- circumstances make this necessary; the exigencies of the case are these: res (ita) fert
- to bring aid to; to rescue: auxilium, opem, salutem ferre alicui
- my interests demanded it: meae rationes ita tulerunt
- to know how to endure calamity: damnum ferre
- to win the prize: palmam ferre, auferre
- to extol, laud to the skies: laudibus aliquem (aliquid) in caelum ferre, efferre, tollere
- to chafe under an indignity, repudiate it: ignominiam non ferre
- according to my opinion: ut mea fert opinio
- to pass as a man of great learning: magnam doctrinae speciem prae se ferre
- they say; it is commonly said: tradunt, dicunt, ferunt
- to exaggerate a thing: in maius ferre, in maius extollere aliquid
- to extract an answer from some one: responsum ab aliquo ferre, auferre
- a book which is attributed to some one: liber qui fertur alicuius
- I am pained, vexed, sorry: aegre, graviter, moleste fero aliquid (or with Acc. c. Inf. or quod)
- to endure a thing with (the greatest) sang-froid: aequo (aequissimo) animo ferre aliquid
- to bear a thing with resignation, composure: humane, modice, moderate, sapienter, constanter ferre aliquid
- to be discontented, vexed at a thing; to chafe: aegre, graviter, moleste, indigne ferre aliquid
- to suffer wrong: iniuriam ferre, pati
- to give the impression of...; have the outward aspect of..: speciem prae se ferre
- so custom, fashion prescribes: ita fert consuetudo
- to put a thing down to a man's account: alicui expensum ferre aliquid
- to vote (in the popular assembly): suffragium ferre (vid. sect. VI. 4, note Not sententiam...)
- to propose a law in the popular assembly: legem ferre or simply ferre ad populum, ut...
- to obtain many (few) votes in a century or tribe: multa (pauca) puncta in centuria (tribu) aliqua ferre
- to gain the vote of a century or tribe: centuriam, tribum ferre (Planc. 49)
- to be elected unanimousl: omnes centurias ferre or omnium suffragiis, cunctis centuriis creari
- to fail in one's candidature for the consulship: repulsam ferre consulatus (a populo) (Tusc. 5. 19. 54)
- to give sentence (of the judge, cf. sect. VI. 4, note Not...): sententiam ferre, dicere (Off. 3. 16. 66)
- to suffer punishment: poenam (alicuius rei) ferre, perferre
- to go unpunished: impune fecisse, tulisse aliquid
- men of military age: qui arma ferre possunt or iuventus
- men exempt from service owing to age: qui per aetatem arma ferre non possunt or aetate ad bellum inutiles
- to begin the march, break up the camp: signa ferre, tollere
- to carry off booty: ferre atque agere praedam
- to gain a victory, win a battle: victoriam ferre, referre
- to propose terms of peace: pacis condiciones ferre (not proponere)
- (ambiguous) to fly aloft; to be carried into the sky: sublimem or sublime (not in sublime or sublimiter) ferri, abire
- (ambiguous) to be in every one's mouth: per omnium ora ferri
- (ambiguous) to feel an attraction for study: trahi, ferri ad litteras
- (ambiguous) to feel inspired: divino quodam instinctu concitari, ferri (Div. 1. 31. 66)
- (ambiguous) to take a higher tone (especially of poets and orators): exsurgere altius or incitatius ferri
- (ambiguous) to be carried away by one's passions: libidine ferri
- (ambiguous) to be carried away by something: praecipitem ferri aliqua re (Verr. 5. 46. 121)
- (ambiguous) to have no principles: caeco impetu ferri
- (ambiguous) to throw oneself heart and soul into politics: studio ad rem publicam ferri
- (ambiguous) to throw oneself on the enemy with drawn sword: strictis gladiis in hostem ferri
Online Latin dictionary, Olivetti
Dizionario Latino, Olivetti

Ternate

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈfe.ɾo]

Verb

fero

(intransitive, of plants, etc.) to grow

Conjugation

Conjugation of *fero*
		singular	plural
		singular	inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tofero	fofero	mifero
2nd person		nofero	nifero
3rd person	masculine	ofero	ifero yofero (archaic)
	feminine	mofero
	neuter	ifero

References

Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Venetan

Etymology

From Latin ferrum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɛ.ro/

Noun

fero m (plural feri)

iron

References

AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 403: “battere il ferro” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
Boerio, Giuseppe (1867) “fero”, in Dizionario del dialetto veneziano, 3rd edition, Venice: G. Cecchini, page 266

[1] * Dworkin, Steven N. 2016. Lexical stability and shared lexicon. In Ledgeway, Adam & Maiden, Martin (eds.), The Oxford guide to the Romance languages, 577–587. Oxford University Press.

[2] ttp://tlio.ovi.cnr.it/TLIO/index.php?vox=038448.htm

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