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|lshtext=<b>dē-fĕro</b>: tŭli, lātum, ferre,<br /><b>I</b> v. a., to [[bear]] or [[bring]] [[away]] a [[thing]] from a [[place]]; to [[bear]], [[carry]], [[bring]] [[down]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Without stating the [[terminus]] (not [[very]] freq.): roseam Auroram per oras Aetheris, Lucr. 5, 656; 5, 273; 6, 639: [[Rhodanus]] [[amnis]] segnem deferens Ararim, Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 33; 6, 27, 31, § 136; Ov. M. 9, 117; ex Helicone coronam, Lucr. 1, 119: ramalia arida tecto, Ov. M. 8, 646. —Absol.: flumina liquida ac deferentia, Plin. [[Pan]]. 82 med.—Far [[more]] freq.,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Indicating the [[terminus]] (by ad, in, an adv. of [[place]], the dat., etc.): literas ad Caesarem, Caes. B. G. 5, 45, 3: epistolam ad Ciceronem, id. ib. 5, 48, 3 and 8; cf.: mandata ad aliquem, id. B. C. 1, 9; 3, 22: [[aurum]] ad gnatum suum, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 115; cf. id. Truc. 2, 5, 64; Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 18; natos ad flumina, Verg. A. 9, 604: [[Germani]] ad [[castra]] Romanorum delati, Caes. B. G. 6, 42 fin. et saep.: [[semen]] [[quod]] ex arbore per surculos defertur in terram, Varr. R. R. 1, 40, 4: [[aurum]] et omnia ornamenta sua in aerarium, Liv. 5, 25: [[aedes]] in [[planum]] et colli subicere, id. 2, 7: cf. Cic. Rep. 2, 31: [[ferrum]] in [[pectus]], Tac. A. 1, 35: [[castra]] in viam, Liv. 22, 15: aciem in campos, id. 9, 37: in [[praeceps]] deferri, id. 5, 47; cf. id. 44, 5; Quint. 1, 12, 10: [[praeceps]] in undas deferar, Verg. E. 8, 60; Ov. F. 6, 228: in vicum, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 269 et saep.: hunc sub aequora, i. e. [[submerge]], Ov. M. 14, 601: quasdam (virgines) ex plebe homines domos deferebant, Liv. 1, 9: si [[forte]] eo (sc. Demetriadem) deferret [[fuga]] regem, id. 36, 20: quo pennis delata [[sit]] [[ales]], Lucr. 6, 822: cum pallam mihi Detulisti, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 42; so, epistolas alicui, id. Trin. 4, 2, 109 et saep.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <usg [[type]]="dom" opt="n">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.<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> With [[particular]] [[accessory]] notions.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[bring]], [[give]] to one, [[grant]], [[confer]] [[upon]], [[allot]], to [[offer]] to [[any]] one, [[transfer]], [[deliver]] (for syn. v. do—[[very]] freq.).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Aliquid alicui: sibi a Caesare [[regnum]] civitatis deferri, Caes. B. G. 5, 6, 2; Fasti ap. Cic. Phil. 2, 34, 87; cf.: [[regnum]] et [[diadema]] uni, Hor. Od. 2, 2, 22: fasces indigno, id. Ep. 1, 16, 34: [[praemium]] dignitatis alicui (opp. denegare), Cic. Fl. 1: [[ultro]] ei legationem (opp. denegare), id. Fam. 13, 55; cf. id. ib. 4, 13: palmam alicujus rei Crasso, id. de Or. 2, 56; cf. Liv. 7, 13; Quint. 10, 1, 53: omnem ei auctoritatem, Cic. Fl. 6, 14: pacem hostibus, Liv. 23, 13: Octaviam neptem condicionem, Suet. Caes. 27 et saep. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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., id. Verr. 2, 5, 62; Verg. A. 4, 299 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Legal t. t.: [[nomen]], and [[post]]-Aug., aliquem, to [[indict]], [[impeach]], [[accuse]] [[before]] the pretor, as [[plaintiff]] or [[informer]] (for syn. cf.: [[denuntio]], [[indico]]): [[nomen]] alicujus de parricidio, Cic. Rosc. Am. 10, 28: [[nomen]] amici mei de ambitu, id. Cael. 31, 76; id. Rosc. Am. 23; [[nomen]] suo familiari (dat.) [[eadem]] de re, id. ib. 23: [[nomen]] [[tibi]], id. Pis. 33, 82; cf.: [[illi]] [[nonnihil]] [[tamen]] in deferendo nomine secuti, id. Rosc. Am. 3, 8: ad deferendos reos praemio duci, Quint. 12, 7, 3: reos ad praetorem, Tac. A. 14, 41: reos ejusdem criminis detulerunt, Quint. 11, 1, 79; cf.: defertur majestatis, Tac. A. 14, 48 (v. Draeger ad loc.): adulterii, id. ib. 4, 42: impietatis in principem, id. ib. 6, 47: [[Drusus]] defertur moliri res novas, id. ib. 2, 27; cf.: defertur simulavisse partum, ib. 3, 22: ad deferenda de Perseo crimina, Liv. 42, 11; cf. Quint. 4, 2, 98; cf. also: et cum occiderentur, detuli sententiam, voted to [[condemn]], Vulg. Act. 26, 10. —Absol.: et minari et deferre [[etiam]] non [[orator]] potest, Quint. 4, 1, 22.—Of denouncing: quae [[apud]] vos de me deferunt, Cic. Agr. 3, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> Pub. [[law]] t. t.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[ascribe]], Amm. 14, 6, 8.