af-fĕro — Lewis & Short
af-fĕro (better adf-), attŭli (adt-, better att-), allātum (adl-), afferre (adf-),
I v. a.; constr. aliquid ad aliquem or alicui.
I In gen., to bring, take, carry or convey a thing to a place (of portable things, while adducere denotes the leading or conducting of men, animals, etc.), lit. and trop.
A Lit.:
lumen,Enn. Ann. 1, 40:
viginti minas,Plaut. As. 1, 3, 78; 1, 3, 87 al.:
adtuli hunc.—Quid, adtulisti?—Adduxi volui dicere,id. Ps. 2, 4, 21:
tandem bruma nives adfert,Lucr. 5, 746: adlatus est acipenser, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12:
adfer huc scyphos,Hor. Epod. 9, 33:
nuces,Juv. 5, 144:
cibum pede ad rostrum veluti manu,Plin. 10, 46, 63, § 129:
pauxillum aquae,Vulg. Gen. 18, 4:
caput ejus,ib. Marc. 6, 28.—With de in part. sense:
adferte nobis de fructibus terrae,Vulg. Num. 13, 21; ib. Joan. 21, 10 (as lit. rendering of the Greek).—So of letters:
adferre litteras, ad aliquem or alicui,Cic. Att. 8, 6; id. Imp. Pomp. 2; Liv. 22, 11 al.: adferre se ad aliquem locum, to betake one's self to a place, to go or come to (opp. auferre se ab aliquo, to withdraw from, to leave, only poet.):
huc me adfero,Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 6; Ter. And. 4, 5, 12 Bentl.:
Fatis huc te poscentibus adfers,Verg. A. 8, 477:
sese a moenibus,id. ib. 3, 345.—So pass. adferri:
urbem adferimur,are driven, come, Verg. A. 7, 217;
and adferre pedem: abite illuc, unde malum pedem adtulistis,id. Cat. 14, 21.— To bring near, extend, = porrigo (eccl. Lat.):
adfer manum tuam,reach hither, Vulg. Joan. 20, 27.—
B Trop., to bring to, upon, in a good or bad sense.
(a) In bon. part.:
pacem ad vos adfero,Plaut. Am. prol. 32:
hic Stoicus genus sermonum adfert non liquidum,i.e. makes use of, Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159:
nihil ostentationis aut imitationis adferre,id. ib. 3, 12, 45:
non minus adferret ad dicendum auctoritatis quam facultatis,id. Mur. 2, 4:
consulatum in familiam,id. Phil. 9, 2:
animum vacuum ad scribendas res difficiles,id. Att. 12, 38:
tibi benedictionem,Vulg. Gen. 33, 11:
Domino gloriam,ib. 1 Par. 16, 28; ib. Apoc. 21, 26: ignominiam, ib. Osee, 4, 18.—
(b) In mal. part.:
bellum in patriam,Ov. M. 12, 5:
nisi etiam illuc pervenerint (canes), ut in dominum adferant dentes,to use their teeth against their master, Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 9:
adferam super eos mala,Vulg. Jer. 23, 12:
Quam accusationem adfertis adversus hominem hunc?id. Joan. 18, 29: quod gustatum adfert mortem, ib. Job, 6, 6: vim adferre alicui for inferre, to use force against or offer violence to one, Cic. Phil. 2, 7; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26; Liv. 9, 16; 42, 29 Drak.; Ov. H. 17, 21 Heins.; id. A. A. 1, 679; Suet. Oth. 12 al.: manus adferre alicui, in a bad sense, to lay hands on, attack, assail (opp.:
manus abstinere ab aliquo): pro re quisque manus adfert (sc. ad pugnam),Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26:
domino a familiā suā manus adlatas esse,id. Quint. 27:
intellegimus eum detrudi, cui manus adferuntur,id. Caecin. 17:
qui sit improbissimus, manus ei adferantur, effodiantur oculi,id. Rep. 3, 17 Creuz. al.: sibi manus, to lay hands on one's self, to commit suicide: Qui quidem manus, quas justius in Lepidi perniciem animāsset, sibi adferre conatus est, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23.—Also of things: manus templo, to rob or plunder, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 18:
bonis alienis,id. Off. 2, 15:
manus suis vulneribus,to tear open, id. Att. 3, 15 (a little before:
ne rescindam ipse dolorem meum): manus beneficio suo,to nullify, render worthless, Sen. Ben. 2, 5 ext.—
II Esp.
A To bring, bear, or carry a thing, as news, to report, announce, inform, publish; constr. alicui or ad aliquem aliquid, or acc. with inf. (class.;
in the histt., esp. in Livy, very freq.): ea adferam eaque ut nuntiem, etc.,Plaut. Am. prol. 9:
istud quod adfers, aures exspectant meae,id. As. 2, 2, 65; Ter. Phorm. prol. 22:
calamitas tanta fuit, ut eam non ex proelio nuntius, sed ex sermone rumor adferret,Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 25:
si ei subito sit adlatum periculum patriae,id. Off. 1, 43, 154:
nihil novi ad nos adferebatur,id. Fam. 2, 14; id. Att. 6, 8: rumores, qui de me adferuntur, Cic. Fil. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 21:
Caelium ad illam adtulisse, se aurum quaerere,id. Cael. 24; so id. Fam. 5, 2 al.:
magnum enim, quod adferebant, videbatur,Caes. B. C. 3, 15 Dint.:
cum crebri adferrent nuntii, male rem gerere Darium,Nep. 3, 3:
haud vana adtulere,Liv. 4, 37; 6, 31:
exploratores missi adtulerunt quieta omnia apud Gallos esse,id. 8, 17 Drak.:
per idem tempus rebellāsse Etruscos adlatum est,word was brought, id. 10, 45 al.:
idem ex Hispaniā adlatum,Tac. H. 1, 76:
esse, qui magnum nescio quid adferret,Suet. Dom. 16; Luc. 1, 475:
scelus adtulit umbris,Val. Fl. 3, 172 al.—So of instruction: doctrinam, Vulg. prol. Eccli.; ib. 2 Joan. 10.—
B To bring a thing on one, i.e. to cause, occasion, effect, give, impart; esp. of states of mind:
aegritudinem alicui,Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 2:
alicui molestiam,id. Hec. 3, 2, 9:
populo Romano pacem, tranquillitatem, otium, concordiam,Cic. Mur. 1:
alicui multas lacrimas, magnam cladem,id. N. D. 2, 3, 7:
ipsa detractio molestiae consecutionem adfert voluptatis,id. Fin. 1, 11, 37; so,
adferre auctoritatem et fidem orationi,id. Phil. 12, 7:
metum,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 25:
dolorem,id. Sull. 1:
luctum et egestatem,id. Rosc. Am. 5:
consolationem,id. Att. 10, 4:
delectationem,id. Fam. 7, 1 al.:
detrimentum,Caes. B. C. 2, 82:
taedium,Plin. 15, 2, 3, § 7:
dolorem capitis,id. 23, 1, 18:
gaudium,Plin. Ep. 10, 2, 1 al.—
C To bring forwards, allege, assert, adduce, as an excuse, reason, etc.:
quam causam adferam?Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 23:
justas causas adfers,Cic. Att. 11, 15;
also without causa: rationes quoque, cur hoc ita sit, adferendas puto,id. Fin. 5, 10, 27; cf. id. Fam. 4, 13:
idque me non ad meam defensionem adtulisse,id. Caecin. 29, 85:
ad ea, quae dixi, adfer, si quid habes,id. Att. 7: nihil igitur adferunt, qui in re gerendā versari senectutem negant, they bring forwards nothing to the purpose, who, etc., id. Sen. 6; id. de Or. 2, 53, 215:
quid enim poterit dicere? ... an aetatem adferet?i. e. as an excuse, id. ib. 2, 89, 364.—Also absol.:
Quid sit enim corpus sentire, quis adferet umquam ...?will bring forwards an explanation, Lucr. 3, 354 (cf. reddo absol. in same sense, id. 1, 566):
et, cur credam, adferre possum,Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 70; 3, 23, 55.—
D Adferre aliquid = conducere, conferre aliquid, to contribute any thing to a definite object, to be useful in any thing, to help, assist; constr. with ad, with dat., or absol.:
quam ad rem magnum adtulimus adjumentum hominibus nostris,Cic. Off. 1, 1:
negat Epicurus diuturnitatem temporis ad beate vivendum aliquid adferre,id. Fin. 2, 27, 87:
quidquid ad rem publicam adtulimus, si modo aliquid adtulimus,id. Off. 1, 44, 155:
illa praesidia non adferunt oratori aliquid, ne, etc.,id. Mil. 1: aliquid adtulimus etiam nos, id. Planc. 10, 24:
quid enim oves aliud adferunt, nisi, etc.,id. N. D. 2, 63.—
E Very rare in class. period, to bring forth as a product, to yield, bear, produce, = fero:
agri fertiles, qui multo plus adferunt, quam acceperunt,Cic. Off. 1, 15:
herbam adferentem semen,Vulg. Gen. 1, 29:
arva non adferent cibum,ib. Hab. 3, 17: lignum adtulit fructum, ib. Joel, 2, 22; ib. Apoc. 22, 2:
ager fructum,ib. Luc. 12, 16 al.