in-fĕro — Lewis & Short
in-fĕro, intŭli, illātum, inferre, v. a.,
I to carry, bring, put, or throw into or to a place (class.); constr. with in and acc., ad, or the dat.
I Lit.
(a) With in and acc.: in equum, to bring or set upon a horse, Caes. B. G. 6, 29:
coronam in curiam,Liv. 44, 14, 3:
Scipio lecticula in aciem inlatus,id. 24, 42, 5:
in portum quinqueremes,id. 28, 17, 5; cf. id. 26, 21, 6; 10, 2, 13:
arma in Italiam,Nep. Ham. 4, 2:
bello in provinciam illato,Cic. Fam. 15, 2, 1; id. Sest. 27, 58; Liv. 9, 25, 2.—
(b) With dat.:
semina arvis,Tac. A. 11, 54:
fontes urbi,id. ib. 11, 13; cf.: pedem aliquo, to go or proceed to a place, Cic. Caecin. 14, 39:
spolia opima templo,id. 4, 20.—
(g) With ad:
scalas ad moenia,to set against the walls, Liv. 32, 24, 5.—
(d) Absol.:
inferri mensam secundam jussi,to be served up, Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 120:
gressus,Verg. G. 4, 360.—
B To throw upon, apply to any thing; esp. of fire, to set fire to:
tectis et templis ignes inferre conati sunt,to set fire to, Cic. Cat. 3, 9, 22; cf.:
aliquid in ignem,Caes. B. G. 6, 18.—
C In partic.
1 To bring to a place for burial, to bury, inter:
ne quis sepulcra deleat, neve alienum inferat,Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 64:
reliquias ejus majorum tumulis inferri jussit,Just. 11, 15.—
2 To furnish, pay (a tribute or tax):
tributum alicui,Col. 1, 1, 11:
vicesimam,Plin. Pan. 39, 6:
septingenta milia aerario inferenda,id. Ep. 2, 11, 20.—
3 To give in, enter (an account):
sumptum civibus,Cic. Fl. 19, 45:
rationes falsas,id. ib. 9, 20:
rationibus,to bring into account, Col. 1, 7, 7:
aliquid in rationes,Dig. 34, 3, 12.—
4 Milit.: signa (arma) in hostem, or hosti, to bear the standards against the enemy, to attack, make an attack upon:
conversa signa in hostes inferre,to wheel about and attack, Caes. B. G. 2, 26; Liv. 6, 29, 2; 9, 27, 12; saep. with dat.:
trepidantibus inferunt signa Romani,id. 3, 18, 8; 8, 30, 7; Curt. 8, 14, 15:
signa patriae urbi,Cic. Fl. 2, 5; Liv. 28, 3, 13; so,
inferre arma,Nep. Dat. 6, 5:
pedem,to advance, attack, Liv. 10, 33, 4; so,
gradum: gradum acrius intulere Romani,id. 35, 1, 9:
bellum alicui,to make war upon, to wage war against, Cic. Pis. 34:
bellum Italiae,id. Att. 9, 1, 3:
bellum contra patriam,id. Phil. 2, 22, 53:
arma,to begin a war, commence hostilities, Liv. 1, 30, 8.—
5 Se, to betake one's self to, repair to, go into, enter, esp. with the accessory notion of haste and rapidity.— With dat.: visa vi quadam sua inferunt sese hominibus noscitanda, present, offer themselves, Gell. 19, 1, 15:
lucus erat, quo se Numa sine arbitris inferebat,Liv. 1, 21, 3:
se foribus,Verg. A. 11, 36:
se flammae,Vell. 2, 74.—With a play upon I. b, supra:
me inferre Veneri vovi jam jentaculum (cf. the context),Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 72.—With in and acc.: se in periculum capitis atque in vitae discrimen, to rush upon, expose one's self to, Cic. Balb. 10, 25:
cum se in mediam contionem intulisset,Liv. 5, 43, 8; 4, 33, 7; 7, 17, 5; 24, 16, 1 al. — Absol.:
viden' ignavum, ut se inferat!how he struts! how proudly he walks! Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 54:
ut magnifice infert sese,id. Ps. 4, 1, 7:
atque etiam se ipse inferebat,presented himself, came unbidden, Cic. Caecin. 5; Liv. 2, 30, 13; 22, 5, 5; Tac. H. 4, 66; id. Agr. 37; Curt. 4, 12, 14 al.—
II Trop.
A In gen., to bring forward, introduce; to produce, make, excite, occasion, cause, inflict:
in re severa delicatum aliquem inferre sermonem,Cic. Off. 1, 40, 144:
mentionem,to make mention, to mention, Liv. 4, 1, 2:
spem alicui,Caes. B. G. 2, 25:
quam maximum terrorem hostibus,id. ib. 7, 8:
alicui injuriam,id. ib. 54; Val. Max. 8, 1, 6; cf.:
injuriis in socios nostros inferendis,Cic. Sest. 27, 58:
calamitatem,Caes. B. G. 1, 12:
turpitudines,Cic. Phil. 14, 3, 9:
crimen proditionis alicui,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 41, § 106:
periculum civibus,id. Sest. 1, 2:
probrum castis, labem integris, infamiam bonis,id. Cael. 18, 42:
moram et impedimentum alicui rei,id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:
mortem alicui per scelus,id. Mil. 7, 17:
pestilentiam agris,Liv. 5, 14, 3: vim vitae suae, to lay violent hands upon one's self, Vell. 2, 45:
vim et manus alicui,Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 21:
vim alicui,Tac. A. 15, 5; Suet. Claud. 16; 37:
vulnera hostibus,to give wounds to, to wound, Caes. B. C. 2, 6:
delectari criminibus inferendis,Cic. Lael. 18, 65:
litem capitis in aliquem,id. Clu. 41, 116:
alicui crimen proditionis,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 41, § 106: judicium, to judge (post-class.), Dig. 5, 2, 4:
prima peregrinos obscena pecunia mores intulit,Juv. 6, 299. —
B In partic., to conclude, infer, draw an inference, Cic. Inv. 1, 47, 87; Quint. 5, 11, 27.