transfero

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtrãːf.fɛ.roː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt̪rans.fe.ro]

Verb

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

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
Synonym: exprimō
to carry along in public, display in procession, bear in triumph
to put off, defer, postpone, delay, transfer
to translate into another language; interpret
Synonyms: vertō, exprimō
to transfer in meaning, use figuratively or tropically
to apply, make use of
to change, transform
Synonyms: alterō, mūtō, commūtō, vertō, versō, cōnferō

Conjugation

Conjugation of trānsferō (third conjugation, 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		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		trānsferre		trānsferrī		trānsferēns		—
future		trānslātūrum esse		trānslātum īrī		trānslātūrus		trānsferendus, trānsferundus
perfect		trānstulisse		trānslātum esse		—		trānslātus
future perfect		—		trānslātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		trānslātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
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
→ Dutch: overdragen (calque) (likely)
→ 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^[1], 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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016