circumfero
Latin
Etymology
From circum- (“circum-”) + ferō (“I bear, carry”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɪrˈkũː.fɛ.roː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t͡ʃirˈkum.fe.ro]
Verb
circumferō (present infinitive circumferre, perfect active circumtulī, supine circumlātum); third conjugation, suppletive
- to carry, bear or move around or about; carry or move around in a circle
- to publish abroad, proclaim, circulate, divulge, disseminate, report
- (religion) to purify someone by carrying around him consecrated objects
Conjugation
Conjugation of circumferō (third conjugation, suppletive)
Derived terms
- circumferēns
- circumferentia
- circumlāticius
- circumlātiō
- circumlātor
- circumlātus
Related terms
Descendants
- → English: circumfer
- → Spanish: circunferir
References
- “circumfero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “circumfero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- circumfero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to look in every direction: oculos circumferre
- to look in every direction: oculos circumferre