suffero

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

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From sub- +‎ ferō (“carry, bear”).

Pronunciation

Verb

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
   Conjugation of sufferō (third conjugation, irregular, suppletive)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present sufferō suffers suffert sufferimus suffertis sufferunt
imperfect sufferēbam sufferēbās sufferēbat sufferēbāmus sufferēbātis sufferēbant
future sufferam sufferēs sufferet sufferēmus sufferētis sufferent
perfect sustulī sustulistī sustulit sustulimus sustulistis sustulērunt,
sustulēre
pluperfect sustuleram sustulerās sustulerat sustulerāmus sustulerātis sustulerant
future perfect sustulerō sustuleris sustulerit sustulerimus sustuleritis sustulerint
passive present sufferor sufferris,
sufferre		 suffertur sufferimur sufferiminī sufferuntur
imperfect sufferēbar sufferēbāris,
sufferēbāre		 sufferēbātur sufferēbāmur sufferēbāminī sufferēbantur
future sufferar sufferēris,
sufferēre		 sufferētur sufferēmur sufferēminī sufferentur
perfect sublātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect sublātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect sublātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present sufferam sufferās sufferat sufferāmus sufferātis sufferant
imperfect sufferrem sufferrēs sufferret sufferrēmus sufferrētis sufferrent
perfect sustulerim sustulerīs sustulerit sustulerīmus sustulerītis sustulerint
pluperfect sustulissem sustulissēs sustulisset sustulissēmus sustulissētis sustulissent
passive present sufferar sufferāris,
sufferāre		 sufferātur sufferāmur sufferāminī sufferantur
imperfect sufferrer sufferrēris,
sufferrēre		 sufferrētur sufferrēmur sufferrēminī sufferrentur
perfect sublātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect sublātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — suffer — — sufferte —
future — suffertō suffertō — suffertōte sufferuntō
passive present — sufferre — — sufferiminī —
future — suffertor suffertor — — sufferuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives sufferre sustulisse sublātūrum esse sufferrī sublātum esse sublātum īrī
participles sufferēns — sublātūrus — sublātus sufferendus,
sufferundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
sufferendī sufferendō sufferendum sufferendō sublātum sublātū

Derived terms
Related terms

Descendants
  • 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

Further reading
  • “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.
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