dē-fĕro, tŭli, lātum, ferre
* V. a., to bear or bring away a thing from a place; to bear, carry, bring down.
* Lit.
* In gen.
* Trop.
* In partic.
* Naut. t. t., to drive away, drive down, drive a ship, or those on board a ship, to any place: onerariae duae paullo infra delatae sunt,Caes. B. G. 4, 36 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 30: una (navis) delata Oricum,id. ib. 3, 14, 2: (Labienus) longius delatus aestu, etc.,id. B. G. 5, 8, 2: quem cum ex alto ignotas ad terras tempestas et in desertum litus detulisset,Cic. Rep. 1, 17 fin.; cf. id. Ac. 2, 3, 8.
* Rarely in gen., to bring, convey to any place (as a ship, its passengers): e portu navis huc nos dormientes detulit,Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 69.
* Mercant. t. t., to bring to market, to sell (post-Aug.): nexos maniplos,Col. 10, 315: pallium. Petr. 12, 2: videamus hoc, quod concupiscimus, quanti deferatur,Sen. Ep. 42.
* In gen., to bring: redde harmoniaī Nomen, ab organicis alto delatum Heliconi,brought,Lucr. 3, 133; 5, 65: (Alexander) eadem fortunae pignora in discrimen detulisset,Liv. 9, 18 fin.; cf.: fabulas in certamen,Quint. 10, 1, 66: hac re ad consilium delata, having been taken into consideration, Caes. B. G. 3, 23 fin.; so, rem ad consilium,id. ib. 5, 28, 2: qui ad agendum nihil cogitati detulerit,Quint. 4, 5, 2: (poëta) si foret hoc nostrum delatus in aevum, Detereret sibi multa,Hor. S. 1, 10, 68.
* With particular accessory notions.
* To bring, give to one, grant, confer upon, allot, to offer to any one, transfer, deliver (for syn. v. do—very freq.).
* Aliquid ad aliquem: ad hunc totius belli summam omnium voluntate deferri,Caes. B. G. 2, 4, 7: imperium ad aliquem,id. ib. 6, 2; 7, 4, 6; Cic. Leg. 3, 2; id. Lig. 1, 3: omnem rem ad Pompeium,id. Fam. 1, 1; cf.: omnia ad unum,id. de Imp. Pomp. 23, 67: causam ad Galbam,id. Brut. 22, 86: primas ad aliquem,id. N. D. 1, 6, 15 et saep.
* To bring or give an account of, to report, announce, signify, state (for syn. v. declaro init.— very freq.): qui nostra consilia ad adversarios deferat,Cic. Clu. 52; so, aliquid ad aliquem,id. Mil. 9 fin.; id. Cat. 3, 3, 7; Caes. B. G. 2, 17, 4; 5, 25, 4 et saep.: ut (haec) per eos ad Caesarem deferrentur,id. ib. 7, 17 fin.; so with per, id. B. C. 3, 30, 6; 3, 63, 5 al.: qui ad Caesarem detulerint delaturive sint, me poenitere consilii mei,Cic. Att. 11, 7, 5; so with acc. and inf., Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 62; Verg. A. 4, 299 al.
* With acc. alone, or absol.: jusjurandum,to tender an oath,Quint. 5, 6, 6; cf. ib. § 3 and § 4; si quid petet, ultro defer,Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 23 et saep.
* To ascribe, Amm. 14, 6, 8.
* Pub. law t. t.
* Aliquid ad aerarium, and more freq. simply aliquid, to give in at the Aerarium: horum nomina ad aerarium detulisset,Cic. Phil. 5, 5 fin.: quamquam rationes deferre properarim (for which referre is repeatedly used just before),Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 3.—Hence of persons, to recommend them for future consideration and reward, for their services to the state: in beneficiis ad aerarium delatus est,Cic. Arch. 5 fin.; id. Fam. 5, 20, 7; id. Balb. 28; id. Att. 5, 7: senatus consultum factum ad aerarium deferre,the public archives,Liv. 39, 4, 8; Tac. A. 3, 51; 13, 28; Suet. Aug. 94, 3.
* Deferre in censum, to report any thing for assessment, to return one's property to the censors: mille quingentum aeris in censum,Gell. 16, 10, 10; for which, deferre censum,Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 159; Tac. A. 6, 41.—Pass. in mid. force: deferri in censum,to report one's self for assessment,Eutr. 1, 7.

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