(v. a.P. a.) : per-fĕro, tŭli, lātum, ferre, v. a.
* To bear or carry through to a certain place or end.
* Lit. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): lapis nec pertulit ictum,did not bring the blow home, did not reach the mark,Verg. A. 12, 907: hasta perlata sub papillam,id. ib. 11, 803: per arma pertulit ictum,Sil. 5, 326: partum,to go the full time,Plin. 7, 13, 11, § 58.—Pass., Plin. 7, 11, 9, § 49; cf.: ventrem perferre,Col. 6, 24, 2; 6, 27, 7: Aeneas tulit patrem per ignes, et pertulit,Sen. Ben. 3, 37, 1.
* Transf.
* Trop.
* In partic., to convey news, to announce, state, etc. (class.): et litteris multorum et sermone omnium perfertur ad me, incredibilem tuam virtutem et fortitudinem esse,I am informed,Cic. Fam. 14, 1, 1; Nep. Lys. 4, 1: nuntius perfert incensas naves,Verg. A. 5, 665; Cic. Att. 4, 1; Liv. 3, 23.
* Transf., to bear the penalty of (eccl. Lat.): qui peccata nostra ipse pertulit in corpore,Vulg. 1 Pet. 2, 24.—Hence, perfĕrens, entis, P. a., bearing, brooking, patient; with gen., analog. to patiens: injuriarum,Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 184.
* To bear, support, or endure to the end: decem annorum poenam,Nep. Arist. 1 fin.: onus,Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 41: intrepidos ad fata novissima vultus,kept, maintained,Ov. M. 13, 478: leve est miserias ferre, perferre est grave,Sen. Thyest. 307.
* To bring to an end, to carry through, carry out; to complete, accomplish: laborem,Stat. Th. 12, 406: id quod suscepi, quoad potero, perferam,Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 10: jussa omnia,Prop. 1, 18, 26: suum imperium,i. e. to do what one bids others do,Sil. 1, 250: est utique jus vetandi, cum lex feratur, quamdiu non perfertur, Cic. Cornel. Fragm. ap. Ascon.: legem pertulit, ut, etc.,carried it through, got it passed,Liv. 33, 46; cf. id. 2, 56: actionem,Dig. 48, 16, 11: causam,ib. 5, 2, 6: rogationem,Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2; Liv. 36, 1.
* To carry out, conduct, manage (post-Aug.): patronum perferendae pro se legationis eligere,Suet. Claud. 6.
* In gen., to bear, suffer, put up with, brook, submit to, endure (class.; cf.: patior, sino, tolero): perfer, si me amas,Cic. Att. 5, 21, 7: perfero et perpetior omnes,id. de Or. 2, 19, 77: pati, perferre, non succumbere,id. Tusc. 2, 7, 17: frigore, et fame, et siti, ac vigiliis perferendis,id. Cat. 2, 5, 9: luxuriem, crudelitatem, avaritiam, superbiam,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 8: pauperiem,Verg. A. 6, 437: perfer et obdura,Ov. Am. 3, 11, 7; Cat. 8, 11: omnes indignitates contumeliasque,Caes. B. G. 2, 14: laborem,Verg. G. 2, 343: monstra,id. A. 3, 584.
* (Like pati.) To permit, suffer; with an object-clause: excindi urbes suas seque cremari pertulerunt,Tac. H. 4, 58: Achilles Cessare in Teucros pertulit arma sua,Prop. 2, 8, 30 (8, b, 14).

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