transfero

Latin

Etymology

From trāns- (“beyond”) +‎ ferō (“I bear, carry”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtrans.fe.roː/, [ˈt̪rä̃ːfːɛroː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtrans.fe.ro/, [ˈt̪ränsfero]

Verb

trānsferō (present infinitive trānsferre, perfect active trānstulī, supine trānslātum); third conjugation, irregular

to bear, carry or bring across or over; transport, transfer, convey over
Synonyms: trādō, dēdō, concēdō, dēferō, asportō, trānsportō, trānsvehō, auferō, efferō

Cur non illam huc transferri iubes? ― Why don't you command her to be brought over hither?
to copy, transcribe, transfer
to carry along in public, display in procession, bear in triumph
to put off, defer, postpone, delay, transfer
to translate into another language; interpret
Synonym: vertō
to transfer in meaning, use figuratively or tropically
to apply, make use of
to change, transform

Conjugation

Conjugation of trānsferō (third conjugation, irregular, suppletive)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	trānsferō	trānsfers	trānsfert	trānsferimus	trānsfertis	trānsferunt
	imperfect	trānsferēbam	trānsferēbās	trānsferēbat	trānsferēbāmus	trānsferēbātis	trānsferēbant
	future	trānsferam	trānsferēs	trānsferet	trānsferēmus	trānsferētis	trānsferent
	perfect	trānstulī	trānstulistī	trānstulit	trānstulimus	trānstulistis	trānstulērunt, trānstulēre
	pluperfect	trānstuleram	trānstulerās	trānstulerat	trānstulerāmus	trānstulerātis	trānstulerant
	future perfect	trānstulerō	trānstuleris	trānstulerit	trānstulerimus	trānstuleritis	trānstulerint
passive	present	trānsferor	trānsferris, trānsferre	trānsfertur	trānsferimur	trānsferiminī	trānsferuntur
	imperfect	trānsferēbar	trānsferēbāris, trānsferēbāre	trānsferēbātur	trānsferēbāmur	trānsferēbāminī	trānsferēbantur
	future	trānsferar	trānsferēris, trānsferēre	trānsferētur	trānsferēmur	trānsferēminī	trānsferentur
	perfect	trānslātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	trānslātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	trānslātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	trānsferam	trānsferās	trānsferat	trānsferāmus	trānsferātis	trānsferant
	imperfect	trānsferrem	trānsferrēs	trānsferret	trānsferrēmus	trānsferrētis	trānsferrent
	perfect	trānstulerim	trānstulerīs	trānstulerit	trānstulerīmus	trānstulerītis	trānstulerint
	pluperfect	trānstulissem	trānstulissēs	trānstulisset	trānstulissēmus	trānstulissētis	trānstulissent
passive	present	trānsferar	trānsferāris, trānsferāre	trānsferātur	trānsferāmur	trānsferāminī	trānsferantur
	imperfect	trānsferrer	trānsferrēris, trānsferrēre	trānsferrētur	trānsferrēmur	trānsferrēminī	trānsferrentur
	perfect	trānslātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	trānslātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	trānsfer	—	—	trānsferte	—
active	future	—	trānsfertō	trānsfertō	—	trānsfertōte	trānsferuntō
passive	present	—	trānsferre	—	—	trānsferiminī	—
passive	future	—	trānsfertor	trānsfertor	—	—	trānsferuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		trānsferre	trānstulisse	trānslātūrum esse	trānsferrī	trānslātum esse	trānslātum īrī
participles		trānsferēns	—	trānslātūrus	—	trānslātus	trānsferendus, trānsferundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		trānsferendī	trānsferendō	trānsferendum	trānsferendō	trānslātum	trānslātū

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

→ Albanian: transferoj
→ Catalan: transferir
→ English: transfer
→ French: transférer
→ Galician: transferir
→ German: übertragen (calque)
→ Italian: trasferire
→ Ladino: trasferir
→ Norman: transféther
→ Portuguese: transferir
→ Romanian: transfera
→ Spanish: transferir

References

“transfero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“transfero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
transfero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to use up, make full use of one's spare time: otio abūti or otium ad suum usum transferre
- to transplant to Rome one of the branches of poesy: poesis genus ad Romanos transferre
- to translate from Greek into Latin: aliquid e graeco in latinum (sermonem) convertere, vertere, transferre
- to translate from Plato: ab or de (not ex) Platone vertere, convertere, transferre
- to translate literally, word for word (not verbo tenus): ad verbum transferre, exprimere
- to translate literally, word for word (not verbo tenus): totidem verbis transferre
- to translate freely: his fere verbis, hoc fere modo convertere, transferre
- to turn the conversation to another topic: sermonem alio transferre
- to put the blame on another: culpam in aliquem conferre, transferre, conicere
- the command is transferred, passes to some one: imperium transfertur ad aliquem (not transit)
- to transfer the seat of war elsewhere: bellum transferre alio, in...
- this can be said of..., applies to..: hoc transferri potest in aliquid
transfero in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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