per-fĕro — Lewis & Short
per-fĕro, tŭli, lātum, ferre, v. a.,
I to bear or carry through to a certain place or end.
I Lit. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
lapis nec pertulit ictum,did not bring the blow home, did not reach the mark, Verg. A. 12, 907:
hasta perlata sub papillam,id. ib. 11, 803:
per arma pertulit ictum,Sil. 5, 326:
partum,to go the full time, Plin. 7, 13, 11, § 58.—Pass., Plin. 7, 11, 9, § 49; cf.:
ventrem perferre,Col. 6, 24, 2; 6, 27, 7:
Aeneas tulit patrem per ignes, et pertulit,Sen. Ben. 3, 37, 1.—
B Transf.
1 To carry, bring, convey (class.;
syn.: refero, defero): perferre mandata alicujus ad aliquem,Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5, § 18:
cum has quam primum ad te perferri litteras vellemus,id. Fam. 2, 6, 1:
alicui nuntium alicujus rei,id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1; 2, 11, 1; Verg. A. 11, 825:
epistulam,Nep. Paus. 4, 1.—Pass.: perferri, to be brought, conveyed to a person or place, to reach, arrive, come: cum ad eum fama tanti exercitūs perlata esset, Liv. 28, 13:
perfertur circa collem clamor,resounds round the hill, id. 7, 36, 12; Curt. 5, 12, 13; Liv. 5, 28, 12:
ad urbem terror,id. 3, 3.—
b In partic., to convey news, to announce, state, etc. (class.):
et litteris multorum et sermone omnium perfertur ad me, incredibilem tuam virtutem et fortitudinem esse,I am informed, Cic. Fam. 14, 1, 1; Nep. Lys. 4, 1:
nuntius perfert incensas naves,Verg. A. 5, 665; Cic. Att. 4, 1; Liv. 3, 23.—
2 Se, to betake one's self somewhere, to go:
hinc te reginae ad limina perfer,Verg. A. 1, 389. —
II Trop.
A To bear, support, or endure to the end:
decem annorum poenam,Nep. Arist. 1 fin.:
onus,Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 41:
intrepidos ad fata novissima vultus,kept, maintained, Ov. M. 13, 478:
leve est miserias ferre, perferre est grave,Sen. Thyest. 307.—
B To bring to an end, to carry through, carry out; to complete, accomplish:
laborem,Stat. Th. 12, 406:
id quod suscepi, quoad potero, perferam,Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 10:
jussa omnia,Prop. 1, 18, 26:
suum imperium,i. e. to do what one bids others do, Sil. 1, 250:
est utique jus vetandi, cum lex feratur, quamdiu non perfertur, Cic. Cornel. Fragm. ap. Ascon.: legem pertulit, ut, etc.,carried it through, got it passed, Liv. 33, 46; cf. id. 2, 56:
actionem,Dig. 48, 16, 11:
causam,ib. 5, 2, 6:
rogationem,Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2; Liv. 36, 1.—
C To carry out, conduct, manage (post-Aug.):
patronum perferendae pro se legationis eligere,Suet. Claud. 6.—
D In gen., to bear, suffer, put up with, brook, submit to, endure (class.; cf.:
patior, sino, tolero): perfer, si me amas,Cic. Att. 5, 21, 7:
perfero et perpetior omnes,id. de Or. 2, 19, 77:
pati, perferre, non succumbere,id. Tusc. 2, 7, 17:
frigore, et fame, et siti, ac vigiliis perferendis,id. Cat. 2, 5, 9:
luxuriem, crudelitatem, avaritiam, superbiam,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 8:
pauperiem,Verg. A. 6, 437:
perfer et obdura,Ov. Am. 3, 11, 7; Cat. 8, 11:
omnes indignitates contumeliasque,Caes. B. G. 2, 14:
laborem,Verg. G. 2, 343:
monstra,id. A. 3, 584.—
E (Like pati.) To permit, suffer; with an object-clause:
excindi urbes suas seque cremari pertulerunt,Tac. H. 4, 58:
Achilles Cessare in Teucros pertulit arma sua,Prop. 2, 8, 30 (8, b, 14).—
F Transf., to bear the penalty of (eccl. Lat.):
qui peccata nostra ipse pertulit in corpore,Vulg. 1 Pet. 2, 24.—Hence, perfĕrens, entis, P. a., bearing, brooking, patient; with gen., analog. to patiens:
injuriarum,Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 184.