circumfero

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kirˈkum.fe.roː/, [kɪrˈkũːfɛroː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃirˈkum.fe.ro/, [t͡ʃirˈkumfero]

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)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	circumferō	circumfers		circumfert	circumferimus	circumfertis		circumferunt
	imperfect	circumferēbam	circumferēbās		circumferēbat	circumferēbāmus	circumferēbātis		circumferēbant
	future	circumferam	circumferēs		circumferet	circumferēmus	circumferētis		circumferent
	perfect	circumtulī	circumtulistī		circumtulit	circumtulimus	circumtulistis		circumtulērunt, circumtulēre
	pluperfect	circumtuleram	circumtulerās		circumtulerat	circumtulerāmus	circumtulerātis		circumtulerant
	future perfect	circumtulerō	circumtuleris		circumtulerit	circumtulerimus	circumtuleritis		circumtulerint
passive	present	circumferor	circumferris, circumferre		circumfertur	circumferimur	circumferiminī		circumferuntur
	imperfect	circumferēbar	circumferēbāris, circumferēbāre		circumferēbātur	circumferēbāmur	circumferēbāminī		circumferēbantur
	future	circumferar	circumferēris, circumferēre		circumferētur	circumferēmur	circumferēminī		circumferentur
	perfect	circumlātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	circumlātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	circumlātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	circumferam	circumferās		circumferat	circumferāmus	circumferātis		circumferant
	imperfect	circumferrem	circumferrēs		circumferret	circumferrēmus	circumferrētis		circumferrent
	perfect	circumtulerim	circumtulerīs		circumtulerit	circumtulerīmus	circumtulerītis		circumtulerint
	pluperfect	circumtulissem	circumtulissēs		circumtulisset	circumtulissēmus	circumtulissētis		circumtulissent
passive	present	circumferar	circumferāris, circumferāre		circumferātur	circumferāmur	circumferāminī		circumferantur
	imperfect	circumferrer	circumferrēris, circumferrēre		circumferrētur	circumferrēmur	circumferrēminī		circumferrentur
	perfect	circumlātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	circumlātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	circumfer		—	—	circumferte		—
active	future	—	circumfertō		circumfertō	—	circumfertōte		circumferuntō
passive	present	—	circumferre		—	—	circumferiminī		—
passive	future	—	circumfertor		circumfertor	—	—		circumferuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		circumferre		circumferrī		circumferēns		—
future		circumlātūrum esse		circumlātum īrī		circumlātūrus		circumferendus, circumferundus
perfect		circumtulisse		circumlātum esse		—		circumlātus
future perfect		—		circumlātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		circumlātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		circumferendī	circumferendō		circumferendum	circumferendō	circumlātum		circumlātū

Derived terms

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