antefero

Latin

Etymology

From ante- (“before”) +‎ fero (“I carry”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /anˈte.fe.ro/, [än̪ˈt̪ɛfɛrɔ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /anˈte.fe.ro/, [än̪ˈt̪ɛːfero]

Verb

anteferō (present infinitive anteferre, perfect active antetulī, supine antelātum); third conjugation, irregular

1. to carry before
2. to place before or in front of
3. to anticipate
4. to prefer or give preference to

   Synonyms: antevertō, praeoptō, praeferō, praepōnō, mālō

Conjugation

Conjugation of anteferō (third conjugation, irregular, suppletive)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	anteferō	antefers	antefert	anteferimus	antefertis	anteferunt
	imperfect	anteferēbam	anteferēbās	anteferēbat	anteferēbāmus	anteferēbātis	anteferēbant
	future	anteferam	anteferēs	anteferet	anteferēmus	anteferētis	anteferent
	perfect	antetulī	antetulistī	antetulit	antetulimus	antetulistis	antetulērunt, antetulēre
	pluperfect	antetuleram	antetulerās	antetulerat	antetulerāmus	antetulerātis	antetulerant
	future perfect	antetulerō	antetuleris	antetulerit	antetulerimus	antetuleritis	antetulerint
passive	present	anteferor	anteferris, anteferre	antefertur	anteferimur	anteferiminī	anteferuntur
	imperfect	anteferēbar	anteferēbāris, anteferēbāre	anteferēbātur	anteferēbāmur	anteferēbāminī	anteferēbantur
	future	anteferar	anteferēris, anteferēre	anteferētur	anteferēmur	anteferēminī	anteferentur
	perfect	antelātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	antelātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	antelātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	anteferam	anteferās	anteferat	anteferāmus	anteferātis	anteferant
	imperfect	anteferrem	anteferrēs	anteferret	anteferrēmus	anteferrētis	anteferrent
	perfect	antetulerim	antetulerīs	antetulerit	antetulerīmus	antetulerītis	antetulerint
	pluperfect	antetulissem	antetulissēs	antetulisset	antetulissēmus	antetulissētis	antetulissent
passive	present	anteferar	anteferāris, anteferāre	anteferātur	anteferāmur	anteferāminī	anteferantur
	imperfect	anteferrer	anteferrēris, anteferrēre	anteferrētur	anteferrēmur	anteferrēminī	anteferrentur
	perfect	antelātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	antelātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	antefer	—	—	anteferte	—
	future	—	antefertō	antefertō	—	antefertōte	anteferuntō
passive	present	—	anteferre	—	—	anteferiminī	—
	future	—	antefertor	antefertor	—	—	anteferuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		anteferre	antetulisse	antelātūrum esse	anteferrī	antelātum esse	antelātum īrī
participles		anteferēns	—	antelātūrus	—	antelātus	anteferendus, anteferundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		anteferendī	anteferendō	anteferendum	anteferendō	antelātum	antelātū

References

• “antefero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “antefero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• antefero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.