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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.
(β). 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.—
(γ). With ad: “scalas ad moenia,to set against the walls, Liv. 32, 24, 5.—
(δ). 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. β, 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.
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