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(verb) : in-fĕro, intŭli, illātum, inferre
* To carry, bring, put, or throw into or to a place (class.); constr. with in and acc., ad, or the dat.
* Lit.
* With in and acc.: in equum, to bring or set upon a horse, Caes. B. G. 6, 29: coronam in curiam,Liv. 44, 14, 3: Scipio lecticula in aciem inlatus,id. 24, 42, 5: in portum quinqueremes,id. 28, 17, 5; cf. id. 26, 21, 6; 10, 2, 13: arma in Italiam,Nep. Ham. 4, 2: bello in provinciam illato,Cic. Fam. 15, 2, 1; id. Sest. 27, 58; Liv. 9, 25, 2.
* Trop.
* To throw upon, apply to any thing; esp. of fire, to set fire to: tectis et templis ignes inferre conati sunt,to set fire to,Cic. Cat. 3, 9, 22; cf.: aliquid in ignem,Caes. B. G. 6, 18.
* In partic.
* To bring to a place for burial, to bury, inter: ne quis sepulcra deleat, neve alienum inferat,Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 64: reliquias ejus majorum tumulis inferri jussit,Just. 11, 15.
* To furnish, pay (a tribute or tax): tributum alicui,Col. 1, 1, 11: vicesimam,Plin. Pan. 39, 6: septingenta milia aerario inferenda,id. Ep. 2, 11, 20.
* To give in, enter (an account): sumptum civibus,Cic. Fl. 19, 45: rationes falsas,id. ib. 9, 20: rationibus,to bring into account,Col. 1, 7, 7: aliquid in rationes,Dig. 34, 3, 12.
* Milit.: signa (arma) in hostem, or hosti, to bear the standards against the enemy, to attack, make an attack upon: conversa signa in hostes inferre,to wheel about and attack,Caes. B. G. 2, 26; Liv. 6, 29, 2; 9, 27, 12; saep. with dat.: trepidantibus inferunt signa Romani,id. 3, 18, 8; 8, 30, 7; Curt. 8, 14, 15: signa patriae urbi,Cic. Fl. 2, 5; Liv. 28, 3, 13; so, inferre arma,Nep. Dat. 6, 5: pedem,to advance, attack,Liv. 10, 33, 4; so, gradum: gradum acrius intulere Romani,id. 35, 1, 9: bellum alicui,to make war upon, to wage war against,Cic. Pis. 34: bellum Italiae,id. Att. 9, 1, 3: bellum contra patriam,id. Phil. 2, 22, 53: arma,to begin a war, commence hostilities,Liv. 1, 30, 8.
* Se, to betake one's self to, repair to, go into, enter, esp. with the accessory notion of haste and rapidity.— With dat.: visa vi quadam sua inferunt sese hominibus noscitanda, present, offer themselves, Gell. 19, 1, 15: lucus erat, quo se Numa sine arbitris inferebat,Liv. 1, 21, 3: se foribus,Verg. A. 11, 36: se flammae,Vell. 2, 74.—With a play upon I. β, supra: me inferre Veneri vovi jam jentaculum (cf. the context),Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 72.—With in and acc.: se in periculum capitis atque in vitae discrimen, to rush upon, expose one's self to, Cic. Balb. 10, 25: cum se in mediam contionem intulisset,Liv. 5, 43, 8; 4, 33, 7; 7, 17, 5; 24, 16, 1 al. — Absol.: viden' ignavum, ut se inferat!how he struts! how proudly he walks!Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 54: ut magnifice infert sese,id. Ps. 4, 1, 7: atque etiam se ipse inferebat,presented himself, came unbidden,Cic. Caecin. 5; Liv. 2, 30, 13; 22, 5, 5; Tac. H. 4, 66; id. Agr. 37; Curt. 4, 12, 14 al.
* In gen., to bring forward, introduce; to produce, make, excite, occasion, cause, inflict: in re severa delicatum aliquem inferre sermonem,Cic. Off. 1, 40, 144: mentionem,to make mention, to mention,Liv. 4, 1, 2: spem alicui,Caes. B. G. 2, 25: quam maximum terrorem hostibus,id. ib. 7, 8: alicui injuriam,id. ib. 54; Val. Max. 8, 1, 6; cf.: injuriis in socios nostros inferendis,Cic. Sest. 27, 58: calamitatem,Caes. B. G. 1, 12: turpitudines,Cic. Phil. 14, 3, 9: crimen proditionis alicui,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 41, § 106: periculum civibus,id. Sest. 1, 2: probrum castis, labem integris, infamiam bonis,id. Cael. 18, 42: moram et impedimentum alicui rei,id. Inv. 1, 9, 12: mortem alicui per scelus,id. Mil. 7, 17: pestilentiam agris,Liv. 5, 14, 3: vim vitae suae, to lay violent hands upon one's self, Vell. 2, 45: vim et manus alicui,Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 21: vim alicui,Tac. A. 15, 5; Suet. Claud. 16; 37: vulnera hostibus,to give wounds to, to wound,Caes. B. C. 2, 6: delectari criminibus inferendis,Cic. Lael. 18, 65: litem capitis in aliquem,id. Clu. 41, 116: alicui crimen proditionis,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 41, § 106: judicium, to judge (post-class.), Dig. 5, 2, 4: prima peregrinos obscena pecunia mores intulit,Juv. 6, 299.
* In partic., to conclude, infer, draw an inference, Cic. Inv. 1, 47, 87; Quint. 5, 11, 27.
* To carry, bring, put, or throw into or to a place (class.); constr. with in and acc., ad, or the dat.
* Lit.
* With in and acc.: in equum, to bring or set upon a horse, Caes. B. G. 6, 29: coronam in curiam,Liv. 44, 14, 3: Scipio lecticula in aciem inlatus,id. 24, 42, 5: in portum quinqueremes,id. 28, 17, 5; cf. id. 26, 21, 6; 10, 2, 13: arma in Italiam,Nep. Ham. 4, 2: bello in provinciam illato,Cic. Fam. 15, 2, 1; id. Sest. 27, 58; Liv. 9, 25, 2.
* Trop.
* To throw upon, apply to any thing; esp. of fire, to set fire to: tectis et templis ignes inferre conati sunt,to set fire to,Cic. Cat. 3, 9, 22; cf.: aliquid in ignem,Caes. B. G. 6, 18.
* In partic.
* To bring to a place for burial, to bury, inter: ne quis sepulcra deleat, neve alienum inferat,Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 64: reliquias ejus majorum tumulis inferri jussit,Just. 11, 15.
* To furnish, pay (a tribute or tax): tributum alicui,Col. 1, 1, 11: vicesimam,Plin. Pan. 39, 6: septingenta milia aerario inferenda,id. Ep. 2, 11, 20.
* To give in, enter (an account): sumptum civibus,Cic. Fl. 19, 45: rationes falsas,id. ib. 9, 20: rationibus,to bring into account,Col. 1, 7, 7: aliquid in rationes,Dig. 34, 3, 12.
* Milit.: signa (arma) in hostem, or hosti, to bear the standards against the enemy, to attack, make an attack upon: conversa signa in hostes inferre,to wheel about and attack,Caes. B. G. 2, 26; Liv. 6, 29, 2; 9, 27, 12; saep. with dat.: trepidantibus inferunt signa Romani,id. 3, 18, 8; 8, 30, 7; Curt. 8, 14, 15: signa patriae urbi,Cic. Fl. 2, 5; Liv. 28, 3, 13; so, inferre arma,Nep. Dat. 6, 5: pedem,to advance, attack,Liv. 10, 33, 4; so, gradum: gradum acrius intulere Romani,id. 35, 1, 9: bellum alicui,to make war upon, to wage war against,Cic. Pis. 34: bellum Italiae,id. Att. 9, 1, 3: bellum contra patriam,id. Phil. 2, 22, 53: arma,to begin a war, commence hostilities,Liv. 1, 30, 8.
* Se, to betake one's self to, repair to, go into, enter, esp. with the accessory notion of haste and rapidity.— With dat.: visa vi quadam sua inferunt sese hominibus noscitanda, present, offer themselves, Gell. 19, 1, 15: lucus erat, quo se Numa sine arbitris inferebat,Liv. 1, 21, 3: se foribus,Verg. A. 11, 36: se flammae,Vell. 2, 74.—With a play upon I. β, supra: me inferre Veneri vovi jam jentaculum (cf. the context),Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 72.—With in and acc.: se in periculum capitis atque in vitae discrimen, to rush upon, expose one's self to, Cic. Balb. 10, 25: cum se in mediam contionem intulisset,Liv. 5, 43, 8; 4, 33, 7; 7, 17, 5; 24, 16, 1 al. — Absol.: viden' ignavum, ut se inferat!how he struts! how proudly he walks!Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 54: ut magnifice infert sese,id. Ps. 4, 1, 7: atque etiam se ipse inferebat,presented himself, came unbidden,Cic. Caecin. 5; Liv. 2, 30, 13; 22, 5, 5; Tac. H. 4, 66; id. Agr. 37; Curt. 4, 12, 14 al.
* In gen., to bring forward, introduce; to produce, make, excite, occasion, cause, inflict: in re severa delicatum aliquem inferre sermonem,Cic. Off. 1, 40, 144: mentionem,to make mention, to mention,Liv. 4, 1, 2: spem alicui,Caes. B. G. 2, 25: quam maximum terrorem hostibus,id. ib. 7, 8: alicui injuriam,id. ib. 54; Val. Max. 8, 1, 6; cf.: injuriis in socios nostros inferendis,Cic. Sest. 27, 58: calamitatem,Caes. B. G. 1, 12: turpitudines,Cic. Phil. 14, 3, 9: crimen proditionis alicui,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 41, § 106: periculum civibus,id. Sest. 1, 2: probrum castis, labem integris, infamiam bonis,id. Cael. 18, 42: moram et impedimentum alicui rei,id. Inv. 1, 9, 12: mortem alicui per scelus,id. Mil. 7, 17: pestilentiam agris,Liv. 5, 14, 3: vim vitae suae, to lay violent hands upon one's self, Vell. 2, 45: vim et manus alicui,Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 21: vim alicui,Tac. A. 15, 5; Suet. Claud. 16; 37: vulnera hostibus,to give wounds to, to wound,Caes. B. C. 2, 6: delectari criminibus inferendis,Cic. Lael. 18, 65: litem capitis in aliquem,id. Clu. 41, 116: alicui crimen proditionis,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 41, § 106: judicium, to judge (post-class.), Dig. 5, 2, 4: prima peregrinos obscena pecunia mores intulit,Juv. 6, 299.
* In partic., to conclude, infer, draw an inference, Cic. Inv. 1, 47, 87; Quint. 5, 11, 27.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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