to bear through, bring home: lapis
nec pertulit ictum, reach the mark, V.—To carry, bring, convey:
Caesaris mandata ad Pompeium: epistulam, N.: Pansā mihi hunc nuntium perferente: cum ad eum fama tanti
exercitūs perlata esset, had reached him, L.: perfertur circa collem clamor, resounds round the hill, L.: hinc te reginae ad limina perfer, betake yourself,
V.—To convey news, announce, report, bring tidings: sermone
omnium perfertur ad me, esse, etc., I am informed: nuntius perfert incensas navīs, V.: haec ab
Romā in castra perlata movent Romanos, etc., L.—Fig.,
to bring to an end, bring about, carry through, carry out, complete, accomplish:
id quod suscepi: mandata, Ta.: legem
pertulit, ut, etc., had a law passed, L.: perficiam, ut
possitis: perficite, ut is habeat, etc.—To bear, support, endure
to the end: decem annorum poenam, N.: onus, H.: intrepidos ad fata novissima
voltūs, kept, O.—To bear, suffer, put up with, brook,
submit to, endure: perfer, si me amas: paupertatem, T.:
frigore et fame et siti ac vigiliis perferendis:
pauperiem, V.: indignitates, Cs.—To
permit, suffer: cessare in tectis arma sua, Pr.: urbīs
cremari, Ta.
Lewis, Charlton, T. An Elementary Latin Dictionary. New York, Cincinnati, and Chicago. American Book Company. 1890.
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