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Etymology 1

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From ex- (out of) +‎ ferō (carry, bear).

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efferō (present infinitive efferre, perfect active extulī, supine ēlātum); third conjugation, irregular

  1. to bring, bear, carry, take out, forth, away; transport
  2. to carry out (of the house) for burial, bear to the grave, bury
  3. to bring forth, bear, produce, yield
  4. to emit, discharge, release, send out, send or bring forth
  5. to lift up, elevate, raise, exalt; display; rescue
  6. (figuratively) to set forth, spread abroad, utter, publish, proclaim, pronounce, express, declare, divulge, make known
  7. (figuratively, usually passive voice) to carry away, transport, hurry or sweep away
  8. (figuratively) to raise, elevate, exalt, extol
  9. (figuratively, of speech or writing) to exaggerate, aggrandize, embellish, increase
  10. (figuratively, with se) to elevate oneself; rise, advance
  11. (figuratively, with se) to be puffed up, to be made haughty or proud
  12. (figuratively, rare) to carry out to the end, support, endure
Conjugation
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   Conjugation of efferō (third conjugation, irregular, suppletive)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present efferō effers effert efferimus effertis efferunt
imperfect efferēbam efferēbās efferēbat efferēbāmus efferēbātis efferēbant
future efferam efferēs efferet efferēmus efferētis efferent
perfect extulī extulistī extulit extulimus extulistis extulērunt,
extulēre
pluperfect extuleram extulerās extulerat extulerāmus extulerātis extulerant
future perfect extulerō extuleris extulerit extulerimus extuleritis extulerint
passive present efferor efferris,
efferre
effertur efferimur efferiminī efferuntur
imperfect efferēbar efferēbāris,
efferēbāre
efferēbātur efferēbāmur efferēbāminī efferēbantur
future efferar efferēris,
efferēre
efferētur efferēmur efferēminī efferentur
perfect ēlātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect ēlātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect ēlātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present efferam efferās efferat efferāmus efferātis efferant
imperfect efferrem efferrēs efferret efferrēmus efferrētis efferrent
perfect extulerim extulerīs extulerit extulerīmus extulerītis extulerint
pluperfect extulissem extulissēs extulisset extulissēmus extulissētis extulissent
passive present efferar efferāris,
efferāre
efferātur efferāmur efferāminī efferantur
imperfect efferrer efferrēris,
efferrēre
efferrētur efferrēmur efferrēminī efferrentur
perfect ēlātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect ēlātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present effer efferte
future effertō effertō effertōte efferuntō
passive present efferre efferiminī
future effertor effertor efferuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives efferre extulisse ēlātūrum esse efferrī ēlātum esse ēlātum īrī
participles efferēns ēlātūrus ēlātus efferendus,
efferundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
efferendī efferendō efferendum efferendō ēlātum ēlātū
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  • English: elate

Etymology 2

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From efferus (wild, savage) +‎ .

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efferō (present infinitive efferāre, perfect active efferāvī, supine efferātum); first conjugation

  1. (transitive) to make wild or savage, brutalize, barbarize
    Antonyms: mītigō, lēniō
  2. (transitive) to make fierce, infuriate, madden
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   Conjugation of efferō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present efferō efferās efferat efferāmus efferātis efferant
imperfect efferābam efferābās efferābat efferābāmus efferābātis efferābant
future efferābō efferābis efferābit efferābimus efferābitis efferābunt
perfect efferāvī efferāvistī efferāvit efferāvimus efferāvistis efferāvērunt,
efferāvēre
pluperfect efferāveram efferāverās efferāverat efferāverāmus efferāverātis efferāverant
future perfect efferāverō efferāveris efferāverit efferāverimus efferāveritis efferāverint
passive present efferor efferāris,
efferāre
efferātur efferāmur efferāminī efferantur
imperfect efferābar efferābāris,
efferābāre
efferābātur efferābāmur efferābāminī efferābantur
future efferābor efferāberis,
efferābere
efferābitur efferābimur efferābiminī efferābuntur
perfect efferātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect efferātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect efferātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present efferem efferēs efferet efferēmus efferētis efferent
imperfect efferārem efferārēs efferāret efferārēmus efferārētis efferārent
perfect efferāverim efferāverīs efferāverit efferāverīmus efferāverītis efferāverint
pluperfect efferāvissem efferāvissēs efferāvisset efferāvissēmus efferāvissētis efferāvissent
passive present efferer efferēris,
efferēre
efferētur efferēmur efferēminī efferentur
imperfect efferārer efferārēris,
efferārēre
efferārētur efferārēmur efferārēminī efferārentur
perfect efferātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect efferātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present efferā efferāte
future efferātō efferātō efferātōte efferantō
passive present efferāre efferāminī
future efferātor efferātor efferantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives efferāre efferāvisse efferātūrum esse efferārī efferātum esse efferātum īrī
participles efferāns efferātūrus efferātus efferandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
efferandī efferandō efferandum efferandō efferātum efferātū
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Etymology 3

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Inflected form of efferus (very wild, fierce or savage).

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efferō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of efferus

References

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  • effero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • effero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • effero 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
    • to be interred (at the expense of the state, at one's own cost): funere efferri or simply efferri (publice; publico, suo sumptu)
    • Fortune exalts a man, makes him conspicuous: fortuna aliquem effert
    • to be puffed up by success; to be made arrogant by prosperity: rebus secundis efferri
    • to praise, extol, commend a person: (maximis, summis) laudibus efferre aliquem or aliquid
    • to extol, laud to the skies: laudibus aliquem (aliquid) in caelum ferre, efferre, tollere
    • to divulge, make public: efferre or edere aliquid in vulgus
    • to become known, become a topic of common conversation (used of things): foras efferri, palam fieri, percrebrescere, divulgari, in medium proferri, exire, emanare
    • to be beside oneself with joy: gaudio, laetitia efferri
    • to behave arrogantly: insolentius se efferre
    • to be carried away by one's anger: iracundia efferri
    • to never set foot out of doors: domo pedem non efferre
    • to cross the threshold: pedem limine efferre