fero

Borrowed from Latin ferrum.

• IPA^(key): [ˈfero]

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• Rhymes: -ero
• Hyphenation: fe‧ro

fero (uncountable, accusative feron)

1. the chemical element iron

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛɾo̝/

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

1. fierce, savage

   Synonym: bravo

2. acrid; harsh

   Synonyms: agre, bravo

3. wild, rustic, uncultivated

   Synonym: agreste

4. excellent; superlative

fero m (plural feros)

1. characteristic smell of wild animals

   Synonyms: bravío, bravún, ferún

2. characteristic taste and smell of game meat

   Synonyms: bravío, bravún, ferún

• 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: ILG
• 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

fērō

1. Romanization of 𐍆𐌴𐍂𐍉

Borrowed from Esperanto fero, from Latin ferrum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfero/

fero (uncountable)

1. iron

From Latin ferum.

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

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

1. (archaic, poetic) Alternative form of fiero

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

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 بار (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”).

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

1. 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.

2. to support, hold up
3. to suffer, tolerate, endure

   Synonyms: tolerō, sufferō, subeō, perferō, perpetior, recipiō, accipiō, sinō, patiō, sustentō, dūrō, sustineō

4. to consider
5. to cast (a vote); to pass or ratify (a law)
6. to propose
7. to win
8. to create
9. 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 […] .

10. 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; […]

11. (intransitive) to lead
12. 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 of ferō (third conjugation, irregular, suppletive)
indicative		singular			plural
		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
		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
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	fer	—	—	ferte	—
	future	—	fertō	fertō	—	fertōte	feruntō
passive	present	—	ferre	—	—	feriminī	—
	future	—	fertor	fertor	—	—	feruntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		ferre	tulisse, tetulisse1	lātūrum esse	ferrī	lātum esse1	lātum īrī
participles		ferēns	—1	lātūrus	—	lātus1	ferendus, ferundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		ferendī	ferendō	ferendum	ferendō	lātum	lātū

¹Archaic.

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ferō

1. ablative singular of ferus

• “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

• IPA^(key): [ˈfe.ɾo]

fero

1. (intransitive, of plants, etc.) to grow

Conjugation of fero
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	tofero	fofero	mifero
2nd	nofero	nifero
3rd	Masculine	ofero	ifero, yofero†
Feminine	mofero
Neuter	ifero
† - archaic

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

From Latin ferrum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛ.ro/

fero m (plural feri)

1. iron

• 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