A surname.
Used in a Sentence
ferre
Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for ferre.
Editorial note
I was surprised to learn that the English "ferry" does not come from the other Latin verb with the sense of carrying (the irregular "ferre"), but from Germanic and Norse words...
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Quick take
A surname.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of ferre gathered in one view.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for ferre.
noun
A surname.
Example sentences
I was surprised to learn that the English "ferry" does not come from the other Latin verb with the sense of carrying (the irregular "ferre"), but from Germanic and Norse words...
A Latin verb may have a perfective stem that is arbitrarily different from its imperfective stem (compare ferre with tulisse ), but this "doesn't count" - we say that it's necessary to memorize four forms of any Latin verb, and with English verbs having only five forms and two of them being always regular, it's a real stretch to find verbs that require you to memorize more than four forms.
While you were partially right that the compounds with "ferre" and "gerere" are the most numerous, for the obvious reason that one can form such a compound word for any object that can be carried, there are a large number of Latin words made from nouns with other verbs.
Word compounds from a noun stem with the last vowel changed to "i" + a verbal stem + the thematic vowel, in either the masculine or the feminine gender, are numerous in Latin and formed from many verbs, not only from "ferre" and "gerere".
Quote examples
I was surprised to learn that the English "ferry" does not come from the other Latin verb with the sense of carrying (the irregular "ferre"), but from Germanic and Norse words...
A Latin verb may have a perfective stem that is arbitrarily different from its imperfective stem (compare ferre with tulisse ), but this "doesn't count" - we say that it's necessary to memorize four forms of any Latin verb, and with English verbs having only five forms and two of them being always regular, it's a real stretch to find verbs that require you to memorize more than four forms.
While you were partially right that the compounds with "ferre" and "gerere" are the most numerous, for the obvious reason that one can form such a compound word for any object that can be carried, there are a large number of Latin words made from nouns with other verbs.
Word compounds from a noun stem with the last vowel changed to "i" + a verbal stem + the thematic vowel, in either the masculine or the feminine gender, are numerous in Latin and formed from many verbs, not only from "ferre" and "gerere".
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use ferre in a sentence?
I was surprised to learn that the English "ferry" does not come from the other Latin verb with the sense of carrying (the irregular "ferre"), but from Germanic and Norse words...
What does ferre mean?
A surname.
What part of speech is ferre?
ferre is commonly used as noun.