To beare: to carrie: to suffer: to sustaine or abe: to take: to bring foorth: to escape: to say: to shew: to tel, report: to receiue, or take: to haue: to giue. Ferre ad aliqueargentum. Plaut. To vring money to. Ferre ab altero argontum. Plaut. To receiue money of one. Quod posses feres. Plaut. Thou shalt haue or receiue that thou wilt demaunde. Intro ferre. Cic. In aliquem locum lectica ferri. Cic. To be carried. Lectica per oppidum ferri. Cic. hercle nunc ferat Sex talenta magna argenti pro istis prætaria. Nunquam acciperem. Plaut. Let him bring mine m sixe talents, &c. Ferre. Producere. Plin. To bring forth. Elephantes fert Africa. Pli. Affrike breedeth Elephants. Non feret quin vapulet. Plautus. Hee shall n beaten. Ferre, pro dicere. Tacit. ExC. Cæsare se genit He saide Cæsar was his father. Ferre. Cic. To suffer: to sustaine, or abide. Ego te complures aduersum ingenium menses Terent. I haue suffred thee. Ludificatio ista iam ferri non potest. Ferre acceptum. Iurisc. To write that he hh receiued. Vide ACCEPTVS. Ferre acerbè. Cic. Acerbè ferebam, filus saius, &c. I was angrie, or tooke grieuonsly, &c. Aciem ferre. Tacit. Aditum. Catul. Quæ fert adolescentia. Terent. Those thinges that youth is giuen to, or delighted in. Adueisas res ferre. Cic. To sustaine or abide aduersitie. Ægrè fere. Terent. To be grieued, or take grieuously. Dum ætas tulit, amaui. Teren. While it stoode with his age: while his age required it. Si modo fert animus, gradere & scitabere ab ipso. Ouid. If it please you: if you be disposed. Fert animus causas tantatum exponere rerum. Lucan. I am disposed, or my minde desireth. Ni vnum hoc desit, animus qui modestè isthæc ferat. Terent. Qualem animum iudex in consilium feret. Quintil. With what affection the iudge wil come. Ferre animo æquo. Ter. To be content: to take patiently. Ferre animo forti mortem alicuius. Cælius ad Ciceronem. Iniquo animo ferre. Cic. Not to be content: to bee grieued, or angrie with. Ferre annos & vetustarem fiue perferre, dicuotur vina propriè tamen ad alia transferuntur. Quint. To endure long: to beare his age well: to continue wel. Apertè ferre aliquid. Cic. Not to dissemble a thing: plainely to signifie howehe doth take it. Ferre aptè & quietè quencunq: casÛ fortuna inuexerit. Cice. Arma contra patriã ferre. Ci. To make warre, or be in armes againste his countrey In astra ferre. Cic. To magnifie with praising. Ad astra aliquem ferre. Virg. Idem. Atrociter ferre. Cic. To be greatly displeased: to take verie greeuously: to be in a greate rage for it. Quum semel auras tulerunt. Vir. When they haue once accustomed to the aire. Auxilium alicui serre. Terent. To helpe. Auxilium ferre contra vim. Cic. Bella ferre. Hor. To sustaine the tranailes of warre. Bellè aliquid ferre. Cic. To take a thing pleasantly. Ferre ad vel in cœlum. Cic. To magnifie: to praise greately: to extoll highly: to praise aboue the moone. Ferie calumniam. Cælius ad Ciceronem. Deos quæso vt hodie camum & furcam feras. Plaut. I pray god thou maist this day be hanged. Eundem omnes ferant casum. Cæs. Centuriam ferre. Cicero. To haue the voices of one warde or hundred in an election. Haud clm tulit iram aduersus Prætorem. Li. Hee did not hide or dissemble, he did plainely shew his displeasure towarde. Classis fertur cita gurgite. Virg. The shippe flitteth apase. Clementer. Cic. To suffer gently. Commentarij ferunt. Tacit. It is written in the booke. Si ita commodum vestrum fert. Cic. If it stand with your commoditie and profite. Cononem ferre, quod & Offerre dicitur, & Ponere. Terent. Tnake an offer. Hanc conditionem misero ferunt, vt optet vtrum malit, ceruices Roscio dare an, &c. Cic. Quo in loco conditionem tuli, si vellet, &c. Cicer. I made this offer. Constanter & sedatè ferre. Cicero. To take the matter quietly, and not to be troubled with it. Grauioribus veum tua consuetudo ferebat. Cicer. With more grieuodes than your custome was. Contumelias ferre. Plaut. To susfer. Crimina in aliquem ferre. Tacitus. To speake ill of one: to laye things to his charge. Damna tulêre suo peccato. Ouid. Desyderium coniunctissimi viri atque amantissimi ferre nullo modo possem. Cic. I could not in any wise abide the lacke of my most nigh and louing friend. Deorsum ferri suo pondere. Cic. To fall downe. Dolorem ferre alicui. Virg. To worke griefe and sorrow to. Exequias ferre. Ouid. To make ones funerall. Exitum eundem. Cæs. To abide one ende. Ferre expensum. Cic. To write that hee hath laide out. Extra causam ferre. Quint. To bring out of his matter. Vt ferunt fabulæ. Cic. As fables reporte: as tales goe. Vt villicum hanc perdoceamus vt ferat fallaciam. Plautus. That we may instruct this husbandman howe to worke this crafty deuise. Famam ferre Plaut. To spreade a rumor. Ita famâ ferebant. Liu. So the common report went. Quod est ferundum feras. Terent. Suffer that is your parte to suffer. Fidem ferre alicui rei. Virg. To make to be beleeued. Finem ferre laborum. Virg. -fero ad te alia flagitia ingentia Boni illius adolescentis. Terentius. I come to tell you other shamefull and naughtie, &c. Fortiter ferre. Cic. To sustaine constantly and valiauntly. Ita fortuna tulit. Cic. So fortune serned. Fraudem ferte. Liu. To beguile: to deceine: to worke harme. Frigoraqúe & famem tulistis. Catull. You haue sustained hunger and colde. Fructum ferre dicuntur arbores. Pli. To bring foorth: to beare. Additur vt Pallas, singularis industriæ fructum meritissimò ferar. Plin. iun. That Pallas shoulde moste worthily haue, or receiue the fruite and benefite of, &c. Quum qúe ea contentio mihi magnum etiam foris fructÛ tulisset. Cic. Had brought me great commoditie. Fructum ex aliquo ferre. Pollio ad Ciceronem. To haue, take, or receiue commoditie by one. Quos tandem fructus huiusce necessitudinis in istius imperio tulit Cicero. What fruite or commoditie had he by this his friendship, &c. Ferre gloriam belli perpetrati. Liuius. To haue the glorie or praise of ending a warre. Ferri ad gloriam. Cic. To indenour to attaine. Gradum ferre, & conferre, & conferre pedem, poeticè: pro irc & aliquò progredi. Plau. To go. Gratiam & gloriam haud immeritam annonæ leuatæ tulit. Liui. He had the worthie thanke and proise of bringing down the price of victual. Grauiter ferre. Terent. To take grieuously. Hoc ab isto prædone ereptum esse, grauiter & acerbè homines ferebant. Ci. Men were greately displetased. Grauiter molesteqúe ferre aliquid. Sulpitius Ciceroni. Gressus fetre aliquo. Ouid. To go towarde. Humaniter ferre aliquid. Ci. To take a thing gently: not to be gricued. Ferre ignominiam animo. Cæsar. Ignominiam & infamiam sine dolore ferre. Ci. To suffer. Imaginem alicuius ferre. Plau. To represent or resemble one. Immoderatè res aduersas & secundas ferre. Cicero. To take aduersitie exceeding grieuously, and prosperitie passing insolently. Immodicè ferre aliquem casum, Vide IMMODICVS. Impetum ferre. Cæs. To sustaine or abide the brunt or shocke. Impunè ferre Cæs. To escape vnpunished. In aliquo quidpiam ferre Quint. To suffer a thing in one. Incommoda ferre. Cic. To worke displeasure. Indifferenter ferre. Sueton. Iudignè ferre. Plin. To be displeased. Infortunium ferre. Terent. To haue a shrewde turne. Ingratè aliquid ferre. Tacit. To take vnkindlie. Iniuriam ferre. Cic. To susteine. Ne illud haud multum, si viuo, ferent. Terent. They shall not scape quit for this, if I line. Iracundèferre. Plin. To take the matter angerlie: to be displeased. Iudicem tibi fero. Li. I will make suche a man (naming the person) to be indge betweene thee and mee: o let one be indge betweene thee and me. Iugum ferre. Horat. Cum laborem belli ferre non posset, &c. Cæs. When he could not abide. Laborem pro cunctis ferre. Cic. To take paine. Lætè atque insolenter ferre. Cic. To be exceeding glad and insolent for a thing. Lætitiam ferre. Cic. To be glad. Laudem. Cæs. To haue praise. Laudem mihi mea facta ferent. Virg. To bring praise. Laudibus ferre. Plin. iun. To praise. Legem ferre, Idem quod Ferre ad populum legem. Cic. Lenissimè ferre aliquid. Cic. Not to be greened with it. Lentè ferre. Cic. Leuiter ferre. Cic. Ferre libertatem. Quint. Faciet quæ feret libido. Salust. He will doe whatsoeuer his lufie and fantasie lead him to. Libros sub nomine alicuius ferri. Quint. Lucem ferre. Plin. iun. To abide the light. Mandata alicuius ferre. Virg. Fer contr manum. Plaut. Giue me thy hand. Manum ferre. Virg. To cope in fighting. Fer me. Terent. Beare with me. Ferres me, si ego idem dicerem? Cic. Wouldest thou suffer mee, or beare with me. &c. Mediocriter ferre quidpiam. Ci. Miserias ferre. Terent. To suffer miserie patiently. Mitius ista feres. Ouid. Thou shalt take these things more paciently. Moderatè ferre dolorem. Ci. To be sorrie with moderation and wisdome. Modicè ferre. Ci. To take patiently or with moderation. Modicè ferre dolorem. Cic. Modicè ferre iniurias fortunæ. Cic. Molestè ferre. Cic. To take greenously. Molestias ferre. Terent. To suffer or sustaine patiently. Molliter ferre. Cic. To take patiently: not to be much grieued with. Monstrum ferre. Tacit. Munus ferre. Horat. To haue or receiue. Prout cuiusque eorum qui negotijs præerant, aut natura, aut studium ferebat. Cæsat. As their naturall inclination or affection serued them. Natura fert vt extrema, &c. Cicero. It is naturall or agreeing with nature. Vereor ne grauiotibus vtar verbis, quam natura mea fert. Cice. Then standeth with my nature, or then my nature is. Nomen alicuius ferre. Cic. To beare ones name. Nomen ferre insani. Hor. To be called or named, &c. In notitiam alicuius ferre. Pli. iun. To declare or make knowne to one. Ferre obscurè aliquid. Cice. To dissemble a thing: to make as though it were not. Neque id occultè fert. Terent. He doth not hide or cloake it: he doth not keepe it secreete. Sic oculos, sie ille manus, sic ora ferebat. Virg. Hee did caste hys eves, he mooned his handes, he fashioned his conntenaunce in the same sorte. Aliquem in oculis ferre. Cic. To loue deerely: so to loue, that he cannot abide out of his sight. Oderat tum, quum ille tabulis nouis aduersabatur: iam fert in oculis. Cic.

A sine, it is often taken for strength and durablenesse of the voyce in vtterance. Conatus laterum. Quint. Dolor laterum Horat. A stitch: a pluresie. Inclinatio laterum fortis ac virilis. Quint. Inflexio laterum. Cic. Ardua latera. Virg. Niueum. Virg. Forte latus. Horat. Patiens laboris latus. Quint. Innalidum latus. Ouid. Rigidum. Stat. Longum latus. Senec. Tenerum latus. Tibul. Ensis accinctus lateri, Vide ACCINGO. Accommodare ensem lateri, Vide ACCOMMODO. Adhærere lateri, Vide ADHAEREO. Adiungere aliquem lateri filij. Quint. To appoint one alway to be with his sonne to gouerne him. Astare in latus obliquum. Ouid. To stande with his side toward him. Cinxit latus ense. Ouid. He hauged his sword by his side. Latus conserere lateri, Vide CONSERO. Extentum cursu missa latus eruit hasta. Ouid. Exoluere latere pugionem. Tacit. To loose & take his dagger from his side. Exonerare latus ense. Senet. Hærit lateri lethalis arundo. Virg. The deadly arrow sticketh in his side. Munire latus nauis. Ouid. Latus ense peregit. Ouid. He thrust his sworde through his side. Resoluit latus ense. Ouid. He thrust him into the side with his sword. Ima soluuntur latera. Virg. Submittere latus. Ouid. To lay downe his side: to lie downe. Latus. Cicer. Pro vitibus & spiritu. Plin. Verebamur ne not dies, ne vox, ne latera deficerent. Homines latere. Curtius. Men verie familiar and alway about the Prince. Campi latus. Ouid. The side of the field. Latus mundi. Horat. Latera insulæ. Cic. Æqua latera. Quint.

I. Lit.

A. In gen.: ferri proprie dicimus, quae quis suo corpore bajulat, portari ea, quae quis in jumento secum ducit, agi ea, quae animalia sunt, Dig. 50, 16, 235: oneris quidvis feret, Ter. Ph. 3, 3, 29: quin te in fundo conspicer fodere aut arare aut aliquid ferre, id. Heaut. 1, 1, 17: numerus eorum, qui arma ferre possent, Caes. B. G. 1, 29, 1: arma et vallum, Hor. Epod. 9, 13: sacra Junonis, id. S. 1, 3, 11: cadaver nudis humeris (heres), id. ib. 2, 5, 86: argentum ad aliquem, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 142; cf.: symbolum filio, id. Bacch. 2, 3, 30: olera et pisciculos minutos ferre obolo in cenam seni, Ter. And. 2, 2, 32; cf.: vina et unguenta et flores, Hor. C. 2, 3, 14: discerpta ferentes Memora gruis, id. S. 2, 8, 86; cf.: talos, nucesque sinu laxo, id. ib. 2, 3, 172: in Capitolium faces, Cic. Lael. 11, 37: iste opertā lecticā latus per oppidum est ut mortuus, id. Phil. 2, 41, 106: lecticā in Capitolium latus est, Suet. Claud. 2: circa judices latus (puer), Quint. 6, 1, 47: prae se ferens (in essedo) Darium puerum, Suet. Calig. 19.—Poet. with inf.: natum ad Stygios iterum fero mergere fontes, Stat. Ach. 1, 134.—Prov.: ferre aliquem in oculis, or simply oculis, i. e. to hold dear, love exceedingly, Cic. Phil. 6, 4, 11; id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, 9; Q. Cic. Fam. 16, 27, 2.—

B. In partic.

1. With the idea of motion predominating, to set in motion, esp. to move onward quickly or rapidly, to bear, lead, conduct, or drive away; with se or mid. (so esp. freq.), to move or go swiftly, to haste, speed, betake one's self; and of things, to flow, mount, run down.

(a). Act.: ubi in rapidas amnis dispeximus undas: Stantis equi corpus transvorsum ferre videtur Vis, et in advorsum flumen contrudere raptim: Et, quocumque oculos trajecimus, omnia ferri Et fluere assimili nobis ratione videntur, Lucr. 4, 422 sq.: ubi cernimus alta Exhalare vapore altaria, ferreque fumum, to send up, id. 3, 432; cf.: vis ut vomat ignes, Ad caelumque ferat flammaï fulgura rursum, id. 1, 725; and: caelo supinas si tuleris manus, raisest, Hor. C. 3, 23, 1: te rursus in bellum resorbens Unda fretis tulit aestuosis, id. ib. 2, 7, 16; cf.: ire, pedes quocumque ferent, id. Epod. 16, 21; and: me per Aegaeos tumultus Aura feret, id. C. 3, 29, 64: signa ferre, to put the standards in motion, to break up, Caes. B. G. 1, 39 fin.; 1, 40, 12; Liv. 10, 5, 1 al.: pol, si id scissem, numquam huc tetulissem pedem, have stirred foot, have come, Ter. And. 4, 5, 13: pedem, Verg. A. 2, 756; Val. Fl. 7, 112: gressum, to walk, Lucr. 4, 681; cf.: agiles gressus, Sil. 3, 180: vagos gradus, Ov. M. 7, 185: vestigia, Sil. 9, 101: vagos cursus, id. 9, 243.—Absol.: quo ventus ferebat, bore, drove, Caes. B. G. 3, 15, 3: interim, si feret flatus, danda sunt vela, Quint. 10, 3, 7: itinera duo, quae extra murum ad portum ferebant, led, Caes. B. C. 1, 27, 4: pergit ad speluncam, si forte eo vestigia ferrent, Liv. 1, 7, 6.—Prov.: in silvam ligna ferre, to carry coals to Newcastle, Hor. S. 1, 10, 34.—

(b). With se or mid., to move or go swiftly, to hasten, rush: cum ipsa paene insula mihi sese obviam ferre vellet, to meet, Cic. Planc. 40, 96; cf.: non dubitaverim me gravissimis tempestatibus obvium ferre, id. Rep. 1, 4: hinc ferro accingor rursus ... meque extra tecta ferebam, Verg. A. 2, 672; 11, 779: grassatorum plurimi palam se ferebant, Suet. Aug. 32.—Of things as subjects: ubi forte ita se tetulerunt semina aquarum, i. e. have collected themselves, Lucr. 6, 672.—Mid.: ad eum omni celeritate et studio incitatus ferebatur, proceeded, Caes. B. C. 3, 78, 2: alii aliam in partem perterriti ferebantur, betook themselves, fled, id. B. G. 2, 24, 3: (fera) supra venabula fertur, rushes, springs, Verg. A. 9, 553: huc juvenis nota fertur regione viarum, proceeds, id. ib. 11, 530: densos fertur moribundus in hostes, rushes, id. ib. 2, 511: quocumque feremur, danda vela sunt, Cic. Or. 23, 75; cf.: non alto semper feremur, Quint. 12, 10, 37: ego, utrum Nave ferar magna an parva, ferar unus et idem, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 200: non tenui ferar Penna biformis per liquidum aethera Vates, fly, id. C. 2, 20, 1.—Of inanimate subjects: (corpuscula rerum) ubi tam volucri levitate ferantur, move, Lucr. 4, 195; cf.: quae cum mobiliter summa levitate feruntur, id. 4, 745; cf.: tellus neque movetur et infima est, et in eam feruntur omnia nutu suo pondera, Cic. Rep. 6, 17 fin.: Rhenus longo spatio per fines Nantuatium, etc.... citatus fertur, flows, Caes. B. G. 4, 10, 3; cf. Hirt. B. G. 8, 40, 3: ut (flamma) ad caelum usque ferretur, ascended, arose, Suet. Aug. 94.— Rarely ferre = se ferre: quem procul conspiciens ad se ferentem pertimescit, Nep. Dat. 4 fin.—

2. To carry off, take away by force, as a robber, etc.: to plunder, spoil, ravage: alii rapiunt incensa feruntque Pergama, Verg. A. 2, 374: postquam te (i. e. exstinctum Daphnin) fata tulerunt, snatched away, id. E. 5, 34. So esp. in the phrase ferre et agere, of taking booty, plundering, where ferre applies to portable things, and agere to men and cattle; v. ago.—

3. To bear, produce, yield: plurima tum tellus etiam majora ferebat, etc., Lucr. 5, 942 sq.; cf.: quae autem terra fruges ferre, et, ut mater, cibos suppeditare possit, Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 67: quem (florem) ferunt terrae solutae, Hor. C. 1, 4, 10: quibus jugera fruges et Cererem ferunt, id. ib. 3, 24, 13: angulus iste feret piper et thus, id. Ep. 1, 14, 23: (olea) fructum ramis pluribus feret, Quint. 8, 3, 10.—Absol.: ferundo arbor peribit, Cato, R. R. 6, 2.—

4. Of a woman or sheanimal, to bear offspring, be pregnant: ignorans nurum ventrem ferre, Liv. 1, 34, 3; of animals: equa ventrem fert duodecim menses, vacca decem, ovis et capra quinque, sus quatuor, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 19; cf.: cervi octonis mensibus ferunt partus, Plin. 8, 32, 50, 112: nec te conceptam saeva leaena tulit, Tib. 3, 4, 90.—Poet.: quem tulerat mater claro Phoenissa Laconi, i. e. had borne, Sil. 7, 666.—

5. To offer as an oblation: liba et Mopsopio dulcia melle feram, Tib. 1, 7, 54; so, liba, id. 1, 10, 23: lancesque et liba Baccho, Verg. G. 2, 394: tura superis, altaribus, Ov. M. 11, 577.—

6. To get, receive, acquire, obtain, as gain, a reward, a possession, etc.: quod posces, feres, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 106; cf.: quodvis donum et praemium a me optato; id optatum feres, Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 27: fructus ex sese (i. e. re publica) magna acerbitate permixtos tulissem, Cic. Planc. 38, 92: partem praedae, id. Rosc. Am. 37, 107: ille crucem pretium sceleris tulit, hic diadema, Juv. 13, 105: coram rege sua de paupertate tacentes Plus poscente ferent, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 44.

II. Trop.

A. In gen., to bear, carry, bring: satis haec tellus morbi caelumque mali fert, bears, contains, Lucr. 6, 663; veterrima quaeque, ut ea vina, quae vetustatem ferunt, esse debent suavissima, which carry age, are old, Cic. Lael. 19, 67: scripta vetustatem si modo nostra ferent, will have, will attain to, Ov. Tr. 5, 9, 8: nomen alicujus, to bear, have, Cic. Off. 3, 18, 74; cf.: insani sapiens nomen ferat, aequus iniqui, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 15: nomen, Suet. Aug. 101; id. Calig. 47: cognomen, id. Aug. 43; id. Galb. 3; cf.: ille finis Appio alienae personae ferendae fuit, of bearing an assumed character, Liv. 3, 36, 1: Archimimus personam ejus ferens, personating, Suet. Vesp. 19; cf. also: (Garyophyllon) fert et in spinis piperis similitudinem, Plin. 12, 7, 15, 30: fer mi auxilium, bring assistance, aid, help, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 29 (Trag. v. 50 ed. Vahl.); cf.: alicui opem auxiliumque ferre, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 3, 9: auxilium alicui, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 5; Ter. And. 1, 1, 115; Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 19; Caes. B. G. 1, 13, 5; 4, 12, 5; Hor. Epod. 1, 21 et saep.: opem, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 31, 66 (Trag. v. 86 ed. Vahl.): opem alicui, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 3, 23; Ter. And. 3, 1, 15; id. Ad. 3, 4, 41; Cic. Rab. Perd. 1, 3 (with succurrere saluti); id. Fin. 2, 35, 118 (with salutem); id. Fam. 5, 4, 2: subsidium alicui, Caes. B. G. 2, 26, 2: condicionem, to proffer, id. ib. 4, 11, 3; cf. Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 30: Coriolanus ab sede sua cum ferret matri obviae complexum, offered, Liv. 2, 40, 5: si qua fidem tanto est operi latura vetustas, will bring, procure, Verg. A. 10, 792: ea vox audita laborum Prima tulit finem, id. ib. 7, 118: suspicionem falsam, to entertain suspicion, Enn. ap. Non. 511, 5 (Trag. v. 348 ed. Vahl.).—

B. In partic.

1. (Acc. to I. B. 1.) To move, to bring, lead, conduct, drive, raise: quem tulit ad scenam ventoso gloria curru, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 177; so, animi quaedam ingenita natura ... recta nos ad ea, quae conveniunt causae, ferant, Quint. 5, 10, 123; cf. absol.: nisi illud, quod eo, quo intendas, ferat deducatque, cognoris, Cic. de Or. 1, 30, 135: exstincti ad caelum gloria fertur, Lucr. 6, 8; cf.: laudibus aliquem in caelum ferre, to extol, praise, Cic. Fam. 10, 26, 2; cf. id. Rep. 1, 43; Quint. 10, 1, 99; Suet. Otho, 12; id. Vesp. 6: eam pugnam miris laudibus, Liv. 7, 10, 14; cf.: saepe rem dicendo subiciet oculis: saepe supra feret quam fieri possit, wilt exalt, magnify, Cic. Or. 40, 139: ferte sermonibus et multiplicate fama bella, Liv. 4, 5, 6: ferre in majus vero incertas res fama solet, id. 21, 32, 7: crudelitate et scelere ferri, to be impelled, carried away, Cic. Clu. 70, 199: praeceps amentia ferebare, id. Verr. 2, 5, 46, 121; cf.: ferri avaritiā, id. Quint. 11, 38: orator suo jam impetu fertur, Quint. 12 praef. 3: eloquentia, quae cursu magno sonituque ferretur, Cic. Or. 28, 97; cf.: (eloquentia) feratur non semitis sed campis, Quint. 5, 14, 31: oratio, quae ferri debet ac fluere, id. 9, 4, 112; cf.: quae (historia) currere debet ac ferri, id. 9, 4, 18; so often: animus fert (aliquem aliquo), the mind moves one to any thing: quo cujusque animus fert, eo discedunt, Sall. J. 54, 4; cf.: milites procurrentes consistentesque, quo loco ipsorum tulisset animus, Liv. 25, 21, 5; and: qua quemque animus fert, effugite superbiam regiam, id. 40, 4, 14: si maxime animus ferat, Sall. C. 58, 6; cf. Ov. M. 1, 775.—With an object-clause, the mind moves one to do any thing, Ov. M. 1, 1; Luc. 1, 67; Suet. Otho, 6; cf. also: mens tulit nos ferro exscindere Thebas, Stat. Th. 4, 753.—

2. (Acc. to I. B. 2.) To carry off, take away: omnia fert aetas, animum quoque, Verg. E. 9, 51: postquam te fata tulerunt, id. ib. 5, 34: invida Domitium fata tulere sibi, Anthol. Lat. 4, 123, 8; like efferre, to carry forth to burial, Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 89.—

3. (Acc. to I. B. 3.) To bear, bring forth, produce: haec aetas prima Athenis oratorem prope perfectum tulit, Cic. Brut. 12, 45: aetas parentum, pejor avis, tulit Nos nequiores, Hor. C. 3, 6, 46: Curium tulit et Camillum Saeva paupertas, id. ib. 1, 12, 42.—

4. (Acc. to I. B. 6.) To bear away, to get, obtain, receive: Cotta et Sulpicius omnium judicio facile primas tulerunt, Cic. Brut. 49, 183: palmam, to carry off, win, id. Att. 4, 15, 6: victoriam ex inermi, to gain, Liv. 39, 51, 10; 2, 50, 2; 8, 8, 18: gratiam et gloriam annonae levatae, id. 4, 12, 8: maximam laudem inter suos, Caes. B. G. 6, 21, 4: centuriam, tribus, i. e. to get their votes, Cic. Planc. 20, 49; 22, 53; id. Phil. 2, 2, 4: suffragia, Suet. Caes. 13 (diff. from 8. a.): responsum ab aliquo, to receive, Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 19; Caes. B. G. 6, 4 fin.: repulsam a populo, Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 54: repulsam, id. de Or. 2, 69 fin.; id. Phil. 11, 8, 19; id. Att. 5, 19 al.: calumniam, i. e. to be convicted of a false accusation, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 1: ita ut filius partem dimidiam hereditatis ferat, Gai. Inst. 3, 8: singulas portiones, id. ib. 3, 16; 61.—

5. To bear, support any thing unpleasant; or pregn., to suffer, tolerate, endure.

a. To bear in any manner.

(a). With acc.: servi injurias nimias aegre ferunt, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17: (onus senectutis) modice ac sapienter sicut omnia ferre, Cic. de Sen. 1, 2: aegre ferre repulsam consulatus, id. Tusc. 4, 17, 40: hoc moderatiore animo ferre, id. Fam. 6, 1, 6: aliquid toleranter, id. ib. 4, 6, 2: clementer, id. Att. 6, 1, 3: quod eo magis ferre animo aequo videmur, quia, etc., id. Verr. 2, 5, 48, 126: ut tu fortunam, sic nos te, Celse, feremus, Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 17.—

(b). With an object-clause: ut si quis aegre ferat, se pauperem esse, take it ill, Cic. Tusc. 4, 27, 59: hoc ereptum esse, graviter et acerbe ferre, id. Verr. 2, 1, 58, 152: quomodo ferant veterani, exercitum Brutum habere, id. Phil. 10, 7, 15.—

(g). With de: de Lentulo scilicet sic fero, ut debeo, Cic. Att. 4, 6, 1: quomodo Caesar ferret de auctoritate perscripta, id. ib. 5, 2, 3: numquid moleste fers de illo, qui? etc., id. ib. 6, 8, 3.—

(d). Absol.: sin aliter acciderit, humaniter feremus, Cic. Att. 1, 2, 1: si mihi imposuisset aliquid, animo iniquo tulissem, id. ib. 15, 26, 4.—

b. Pregn., to bear or put up with, to suffer, tolerate, endure, sustain, resist.

(a). With acc.: quis hanc contumeliam, quis hoc imperium, quis hanc servitutem ferre potest? Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17: qui potentissimorum hominum contumaciam numquam tulerim, ferrem hujus asseclae? Cic. Att. 6, 3, 6: cujus desiderium civitas ferre diutius non potest, id. Phil. 10, 10, 21: cogitandi non ferebat laborem, id. Brut. 77, 268: unum impetum nostrorum, Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 3: vultum atque aciem oculorum, id. ib. 1, 39, 1: cohortatio gravior quam aures Sulpicii ferre didicissent, to hear unmoved, Cic. Phil. 9, 4, 9: vultum, Hor. S. 1, 6, 121: multa tulit fecitque puer, sudavit et alsit, id. A. P. 413: spectatoris fastidia, id. Ep. 2, 1, 215: fuisse (Epaminondam) patientem suorumque injurias ferentem civium, Nep. Epam. 7.—Of personal objects: quem ferret, si parentem non ferret suum? brook, Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 28: optimates quis ferat, qui, etc., Cic. Rep. 1, 33: vereor, ut jam nos ferat quisquam, Quint. 8, 3, 25: an laturi sint Romani talem regem, id. 7, 1, 24: quis enim ferat puerum aut adolescentulum, si, etc., id. 8, 5, 8.—

(b). With an object-clause: ferunt aures hominum, illa ... laudari, Cic. de Or. 2, 84, 344: non feret assiduas potiori te dare noctes, Hor. Epod. 15, 13; Ov. M. 2, 628: illa quidem in hoc opere praecipi quis ferat? Quint. 11, 3, 27; 11, 1, 69: servo nubere nympha tuli, Ov. H. 5, 12; cf.: alios vinci potuisse ferendum est, id. M. 12, 555. —

(g). With quod: quod rapta, feremus, dummodo reddat eam, Ov. M. 5, 520: illud non ferendum, quod, etc., Quint. 11, 3, 131. —

6. With the access, notion of publicity, to make public, to disclose, show, exhibit: eum ipsum dolorem hic tulit paulo apertius, Cic. Planc. 14, 34; cf.: laetitiam apertissime tulimus omnes, id. Att. 14, 13, 2: neque id obscure ferebat nec dissimulare ullo modo poterat, id. Clu. 19, 54: haud clam tulit iram adversus praetorem, Liv. 31, 47, 4; cf.: tacite ejus verecundiam non tulit senatus, quin, etc., id. 5, 28, 1.—

b. Prae se ferre, to show, manifest, to let be seen, to declare: cujus rei tantae facultatem consecutum esse me, non profiteor: secutum me esse, prae me fero, Cic. N. D. 1, 5, 12: noli, quaeso, prae te ferre, vos plane expertes esse doctrinae, id. ib. 2, 18, 47: non mediocres terrores ... prae se fert et ostentat, id. Att. 2, 23, 3: hanc virtutem prae se ferunt, Quint. 2, 13, 11: liberalium disciplinarum prae se scientiam tulit, id. 12, 11, 21: magnum animum (verba), id. 11, 1, 37.—Of inanim. and abstr. subjects: (comae) turbatae prae se ferre aliquid affectus videntur, Quint. 11, 3, 148: oratio prae se fert felicissimam facilitatem, id. 10, 1, 11.—

7. Of speech, to report, relate, make known, assert, celebrate: haec omnibus ferebat sermonibus, Caes. B. C. 2, 17, 2: alii alia sermonibus ferebant Romanos facturos, Liv. 33, 32, 3: ferte sermonibus et multiplicate fama bella, id. 4, 5, 6: patres ita fama ferebant, quod, etc., id. 23, 31, 13; cf. with acc.: hascine propter res maledicas famas ferunt, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 149: famam, id. Pers. 3, 1, 23: fama eadem tulit, Tac. A. 1, 5; cf. id. ib. 15, 60: nec aliud per illos dies populus credulitate, prudentes diversa fama, tulere, talk about, id. ib. 16, 2: inimici famam non ita, ut nata est, ferunt, Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 23: quod fers, cedo, tell, say, Ter. Ph. 5, 6, 17: nostra (laus) semper feretur et praedicabitur, etc., Cic. Arch. 9, 21.—With an object-clause: cum ipse ... acturum se id per populum aperte ferret, Liv. 28, 40, 2; id. ib. 1: saepe homines morbos magis esse timendos ferunt quam Tartara leti, Lucr. 3, 42: Prognen ita velle ferebat, Ov. M. 6, 470; 14, 527: ipsi territos se ferebant, Tac. H. 4, 78; id. A. 4, 58; 6, 26 (32); cf.: mihi fama tulit fessum te caede procubuisse, etc., Verg. A. 6, 503: commentarii ad senatum missi ferebant, Macronem praesedisse, etc., Tac. A. 6, 47 (53).—

b. Ferunt, fertur, feruntur, etc., they relate, tell, say; it is said, it appears, etc.—With inf.: quin etiam Xenocratem ferunt, cum quaereretur ex eo, etc... respondisse, etc., Cic. Rep. 1, 2: fuisse quendam ferunt Demaratum, etc., id. ib. 2, 19: quem ex Hyperboreis Delphos ferunt advenisse, id. N. D. 3, 23, 57; Hor. C. 3, 17, 2: homo omnium in dicendo, ut ferebant, accrrimus et copiosissimus, Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 45: Ceres fertur fruges ... mortalibus instituisse, Lucr. 5, 14: in Syria quoque fertur item locus esse, etc., id. 6, 755: is Amulium regem interemisse fertur, Cic. Rep. 2, 3: qui in contione dixisse fertur, id. ib. 2, 10 fin.: quam (urbem) Juno fertur terris omnibus unam coluisse, Verg. A. 1, 15: non sat idoneus Pugnae ferebaris, you were accounted, held, Hor. C. 2, 19, 27: si ornate locutus est, sicut fertur et mihi videtur, Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 49; cf.: cum quaestor ex Macedonia venissem Athenas florente Academia, ut temporibus illis ferebatur, id. ib. 45.—

c. To give out, to pass off a person or thing by any name or for any thing; and, in the pass., to pass for any thing, to pass current: hunc (Mercurium) omnium inventorem artium ferunt, Caes. B. G. 6, 17, 1: ut Servium conditorem posteri famā ferrent, Liv. 1, 42, 4: qui se Philippum regiaeque stirpis ferebat, cum esset ultimae, set himself up for, boast, Vell. 1, 11, 1: avum M. Antonium, avunculum Augustum ferens, boasting of, Tac. A. 2, 43; cf.: qui ingenuum se et Lachetem mutato nomine coeperat ferre, Suet. Vesp. 23: ante Periclem, cujus scripta quaedam feruntur, Cic. Brut. 7, 27 (quoted paraphrastically, Quint. 3, 1, 12): sub nomine meo libri ferebantur artis rhetoricae, Quint. prooem. 7; cf.: cetera, quae sub nomine meo feruntur, id. 7, 2, 24; Suet. Caes. 55; id. Aug. 31; id. Caes. 20: multa ejus (Catonis) vel provisa prudenter vel acta constanter vel responsa acute ferebantur, Cic. Lael. 2, 6: qua ex re in pueritia nobilis inter aequales ferebatur, Nep. Att. 1, 3.—

8. Polit. and jurid. t. t.

a. Suffragium or sententiam, to give in one's vote, to vote, Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 1; cf.: ferunt suffragia, Cic. Rep. 1, 31; id. Fam. 11, 27, 7: de quo foedere populus Romanus sententiam non tulit, id. Balb. 15, 34; cf.: de quo vos (judices) sententiam per tabellam feretis, id. Verr. 2, 4, 47, 104; so of the voting of judges, id. Clu. 26, 72; of senators: parcite, ut sit qui in senatu de bello et pace sententiam ferat, id. Verr. 2, 2, 31, 76; cf. id. Fam. 11, 21, 2.—

b. Legem (privilegium, rogationem) ad populum, or absol., to bring forward or move a proposition, to propose a law, etc.: perniciose Philippus in tribunatu, cum legem agrariam ferret, etc., Cic. Off. 2, 21, 73; cf. id. Sull. 23, 65: quae lex paucis his annis lata esset, id. Corn. 1, 3 (vol. xi. p. 10 B. and K.): familiarissimus tuus de te privilegium tulit, ut, etc., id. Par. 4, 32: Sullam illam rogationem de se nolle ferri (shortly before: Lex ferri coepta), id. Sull. 23, 65: rogationem de aliquo, contra or in aliquem, ad populum, ad plebem, id. Balb. 14, 33; id. Clu. 51, 140; id. Brut. 23, 89; Caes. B. C. 3, 1, 4; Liv. 33, 25, 7: nescis, te ipsum ad populum tulisse, ut, etc., proposed a bill, Cic. Phil. 2, 43, 100: ut P. Scaevola tribunus plebis ferret ad plebem, vellentne, etc., id. Fin. 2, 16, 54; cf. Liv. 33, 25, 6: quod Sulla ipse ita tulit de civitate, ut, etc., Cic. Caecin. 35, 102: nihil de judicio ferebat, id. Sull. 22, 63: cum, ut absentis ratio haberetur, ferebamus, id. Att. 7, 6, 2.—Impers.: lato ut solet ad populum, ut equum escendere liceret, Liv. 23, 14, 2. —

c. Judicem, said of the plaintiff, to offer or propose to the defendant as judge: quem ego si ferrem judicem, refugere non deberet, Cic. Rosc. Com. 15, 45; id. de Or. 2, 70, 285.—Hence, judicem alicui, in gen., to propose a judge to, i. e. to bring a suit against, to sue a person: se iterum ac saepius judicem illi ferre, Liv. 3, 57, 5; 3, 24, 5; 8, 33, 8.—

9. Mercant. t. t., to enter, to set or note down a sum in a book: quod minus Dolabella Verri acceptum rettulit, quam Verres illi expensum tulerit, etc., i. e. has set down as paid, has paid, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 39, 100 sq., v. expendo.—

10. Absol., of abstr. subjects, to require, demand, render necessary; to allow, permit, suffer: ita sui periculi rationes ferre ac postulare, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 40, 105; cf.: gravioribus verbis uti, quam natura fert, id. Quint. 18, 57: quid ferat Fors, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. 203 ed. Vahl.): quamdiu voluntas Apronii tulit, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 23, 57: ut aetas illa fert, as is usual at that time of life, id. Clu. 60, 168: ad me, ut tempora nostra, non ut amor tuus fert, vere perscribe, id. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 5: quod ita existimabam tempora rei publicae ferre, id. Pis. 2, 5: si ita commodum vestrum fert, id. Agr. 2, 28, 77: proüt Thermitani hominis facultates ferebant, id. Verr. 2, 2, 34, 83: si vestra voluntas feret, if such be your pleasure, id. de Imp. Pomp. 24, 70: ut opinio et spes et conjectura nostra fert, according to our opinion, hope, and belief, id. Att. 2, 25, 2: ut mea fert opinio, according to my opinion, id. Clu. 16, 46: si occasio tulerit, if occasion require, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6: dum tempus ad eam rem tulit, sivi, animum ut expleret suum, Ter. And. 1, 2, 17: in hac ratione quid res, quid causa, quid tempus ferat, tu perspicies, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 6: natura fert, ut extrema ex altera parte graviter, ex altera autem acute sonent, id. Rep. 6, 18.—Impers.: sociam se cujuscumque fortunae, et, si ita ferret, comitem exitii promittebat (sc. res or fortuna), Tac. A. 3, 15; so, si ita ferret, id. H. 2, 44.