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Strong G5342φέρω

to bear/lead

Transliteration
pherō̄
Pronunciation
fer'-o
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

A primary verb (for which other and apparently not cognate ones are used in certain tenses only; namely οἴω oiō̄̄ and ἐνέγκω enegkō̄ to bear or carry (in a very wide application literally and figuratively: - be bear bring (forth) carry come + let her drive be driven endure go on lay lead move reach rushing uphold.

Detailed definition

φέρω
[in LXX chiefly for בּוֹא. hi., also for נָשָׂא, etc.;]
to bear;

1. to bear, carry: with accusative, Luk.23:26 24:1, Jhn.19:39, Heb.1:3 (see Westc., in l); pass., Act.2:2 27:15, 17 Heb.6:1, 2Pe.1:17-18; of the mind, 2Pe.1:21.

2. to bear, endure: with accusative of thing(s), Heb.12:20 13:13; with accusative of person(s), Rom.9:22.

3. to bring, bring forward: with accusative of person(s), Act.5:16; id. before πρός, Mrk.1:32 2:3 9:17, 19-20; ἐπί, Luk.5:18; with dative, Mrk.7:32 8:22; with accusative of thing(s), Mrk.6:27 11:2 12:15, Luk.15:23, Act.4:34, 37 5:2, 2Ti.4:13; id. before πρός, Mrk.11:7; εἰς, Rev.21:24, 26; ἐπί, Mat.14:11, Mrk.6:28; ἀπό, Jhn.21:10; with dative, Mrk.12:15, Jhn.2:8; id. before ὧδε, Mat.14:18 17:17; before φαγεῖν (sc. τι), Jhn.4:33; τ. δάκτυλον (χεῖρα), Jhn.20:27; pass., ἡ χάρις, 1Pe.1:13; διδαχήν, II Jn 10; θάνατον (cf. Field, Notes, 230), Heb.9:16; κρίσιν, 2Pe.2:11; κατηγορίαν, Jhn.18:29; αἰτίαν, Act.25:18; αἰτιώματα, Act.25:7, Rec.

4. to bear, produce, bring forth: καρπόν, Mat.7:18, Mrk.4:8, Jhn.12:24 15:2, 4-5 15:8, 16.

5. to bring, lead: Mrk.15:22, Jhn.21:18, Act.14:13; metaphorically, of a gate (ὁδός, cl.), Seq. εἰς, Act.12:10
(cf. ἀνα-, ἀπο-, δια-, εἰσ-, παρ-εισ-, ἐκ-, ἐπι-, κατα-, -παρα-, περι-, προ-, προσ-, συν-, ὑπο-φέρω).†
SYN: φορέω, which expresses habitual and continuous bearing as distinct from (φέρω) that which is accidental and temporary (cf. Mat.11:8, al., see word φορέω, and see Tr., Syn., § lviii)
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G5342 appears in 58 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • bring35
  • bear5
  • come3
  • bringeth2
  • endure2
  • drive2
  • bare1
  • beareth1
  • brought1
  • can1
  • carry1
  • go1

First verses

  1. Matthew 14:11
    And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother.
  2. Matthew 14:18
    He said, Bring them hither to me.
  3. Matthew 17:17
    Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
  4. Mark 1:32
    And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils.
  5. Mark 2:3
    And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four.
  6. Mark 4:8
    And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.
  7. Mark 6:27
    And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,
  8. Mark 6:28
    And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother.
  9. Mark 7:32
    And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.
  10. Mark 8:22
    And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.
  11. Mark 9:17
    And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit;
  12. Mark 9:19
    He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.
  13. Mark 9:20
    And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming.
  14. Mark 12:15
    Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it.
  15. Mark 12:16
    And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Cesar’s.
  16. Mark 15:22
    And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.
  17. Luke 5:18
    And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him.
  18. Luke 15:23
    And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
  19. Luke 23:26
    And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.
  20. Luke 24:1
    Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.
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φέρω
(Locrian dialect φάρω [ᾰ], [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 9(1).334.5 (Oeanthea, 5th c.BC)))], only present and imperfect (late 1 aorist 3rd.pers. plural ἤφεραν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (“IG” 3.1379), 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.458, etc.)]: Epic dialect forms, 2nd pers. plural imperative φέρτε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.171)]; 2nd pers. singular subjunctive φέρῃσθα [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Dianam” 144)]; 3rd.pers. singular subjunctive φέρῃσι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.308, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.164, +others)]; Epic dialect infinitive φερέμεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.411, +others:)]imperfect ἔφερον, Epic dialect φέρον [Refs (3.245)]; also φέρεσκε, φέρεσκον (3rd.pers. plural), [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.429, 10.108.)]
II future οἴσω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.82, etc.)]; Doric dialect οἰσῶ [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 3.11)]; 1st pers. plural οἰσεῦμες [Refs ([prev. author] 15.133)]; 3rd.pers. plural ηοίσοντι [Refs (“Tab.Heracl.” 1.150)]: the following active forms are not future in sense, imperative οἶσε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.106, 481, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1099, 1101, 1122, “Ra.” 482; οἰσέτω 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.173, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.255)]; 3rd.pers. plural οἰσόντων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Antimachus Colophonius Elegiacus et Epicus 15)]; infinitive οἴσειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.102)], Epic dialect οἰσέμεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.429, οἰσέμεναι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.120, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.399, etc.)]: aorist 1 infinitive οἶσαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.611 codices (ἀν-οῖσαι is probably in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.157))]:—middle, future οἴσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.217, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 969, etc. (in _passive_ sense, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 440, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 18.6)]; so Doric dialect οἰσεῖται [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ τῶν ὀχουμένων” 1.7, +others))]: future passive οἰσθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 44.45, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 205a13, 3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ τῶν ὀχουμένων” 1.3, +others, (ἐξ-) 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 561)]:—passive, perfect προοῖσται [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Par.” 2)]; compare οἰστέον, οἰστός (ἀν-οιστός).
III from ἐνεγκ- (not found in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus or 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, except as variant in 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.194, but in 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.66, “I.” 8(7).21, (προσ-) [prev. author] “P.” 9.36, also 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 16.62)], and normal in Attic dialect and Trag., also in codices [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus, “Epid.” 1.1.2, +others) come)]aorist 1 ἤνεγκα, and aorist 2 ἤνεγκον:—Indic., 1st pers. singular ἤνεγκον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 521 (Lyric poetry), 964, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1299, “Th.” 742, “Lys.” 944, (δι-) 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 18.59, but ἤνεγκα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 13, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 38, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.4)], and in composition with Preps.; 2nd pers. singular always ἤνεγκας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 540 (Lyric poetry), (ἐξ-) 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 741 (in 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 742, δέκα μῆνας αὔτ᾽ ἐγὼ ἤνεγκον)] is answd. by ἤνεγκας σ;); 3rd.pers. singular ἤνεγκε, common to both forms; dual δι-ηνεγκάτην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 723b)]; plural always ἠνέγκαμεν, -ατε, -αν (3rd.pers. plural ἀπ-ήνενκαν [Refs (“IG” 22.1620.37, +others, once ἀπ-ήνεγκον [prev. work] 1414.2)]; δι-ηνέγκομεν is falsa lectio in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 9.8))]: imperative, 2nd pers. singular ἔνεγκε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 699, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 110, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.6.9 (ἔνεγκον)] conjecture Pors. in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Anaxippus Comicus 8))]; 3rd.pers. singular ἐνεγκάτω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1149 (troch.), “Th.” 238, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 116d, (προσ-) 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 5.2; but ἐξ-ενεγκέτω “IG” 12.63.33, 76.61; _Doric dialect_ _3rd.pers._ _plural_ ἐνεγκόντω [prev. work]5 (1).26.16 (Amyclae, 2nd-1st c.BC))]; 2nd pers. plural ἐξ-ενέγκατε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 847:)]subjunctive ἐνέγκω common to both forms: optative, 1st pers. singular ἐνέγκαιμι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 393, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 43c: _3rd.pers._ _sing._ ἐνέγκαι (codex A, but -κοι codex Laur.) 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 774, but ἐνέγκοι [prev. author] “fragment” 84 (_anapaest meter_), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 330a, (ξυν-) 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.20, etc.)]; 2nd pers. plural ἐνέγκαιτε (ἐνέγκατε codices) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 751 (Lyric poetry))]: infinitive ἐνεγκεῖν [NT+5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 766, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1599, “IG” 22.40.18, etc., (προσ-) 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.36, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 15; Hellenistic ἐνέγκαι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Oeconomica” 1349a27 (εἰσ-), “PAmh.” 2.30.35 (2nd c.BC), NT.Mark.2.4)] (προσ-), etc., found also in codices [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus, “Aff.” 3 (προσ-), “Nat.Mul.” 19)] (δι-): participle ἐνεγκών [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 8(7).21, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 692, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.56, etc., ἐνέγκας “IG” 22.1361.21 (εἰσ-), 333.4, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 49.51 (and later, 4th-3rd c.BC: Demetrius Comicus Novae Comoediae 1.10 (εἰσ-), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Oeconomica” 1351a14, etc.; in 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus we find ἐξ-ενεγκόντες “Mem.” 1.2.53, and δι-ενεγκοῦσα, συν-ενεγκόντες, variants in [prev. work] 2.2.5, “An.” 6.5.6):)] — middle, only ἠνεγκάμην, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 76)] (ἐξ-), etc. (except imperative ἐνεγκοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 470))]; 2nd pers. singular ἠνέγκω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 583, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 7.13)]; 3rd.pers. singular ἠνέγκατο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 462, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 406b, etc.)]; 1st pers. plural ἠνεγκάμεθα [Refs ([prev. author] “Ion” 530b, (προ-) “Phlb.” 57a)]; infinitive εἰσ-ενέγκασθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.188)]: participle ἐνεγκάμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.131, (ἀπ-) 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 6.2.)]
IV from ἐνεικ- comes aorist 1 ἤνεικα, found mostly in Ionic dialect (but not in codices [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus), _Epic dialect_ and Lyric poetry, also at Cos (see. below))] and implied elsewhere in passive forms (see. below see):—the endings are those of aorist 1, except in imperative ἔνεικε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.178)], infinitive ἐνεικέμεν (variant{ἐνεγκέμεν}) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.194)], ἐνείκην (see. below), and participle μετ-ενεικών, ἐξενικοῦσι (see. below), compare συνενείκομαι:—1st pers. singular ἀν-ένεικα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.625)]; 2nd pers. singular ἀπ-ένεικας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.255)]; 3rd.pers. singular ἤνεικε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.300, +others, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.146)], Epic dialect ἔνεικε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.705, +others)]; 1st pers. plural ἐνείκαμεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.43)]; 3rd.pers. plural ἤνεικαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.30)], Epic dialect ἔνεικαν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.306)]; imperative 2nd pers. singular ἔνεικον [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 62.3)]; 2nd pers. plural, ἐνείκατε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.393)]; 3rd.pers. plural ἐνεικάντων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Schwyzer” 688 B 3 (Chios, 5th c.BC))]; infinitive ἐνεῖκαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.334, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.53, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.32)]; ἐνεικέμεν (see. above); Aeolic dialect ἐνείκην [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Oxy.” 1788 “fragment” 15i i 20)]; participle ἐνείκας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.39, (ἀν-) 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.23; μετ-ενεικών “Abh.Berl.Akad.” 1928(6).22 (Cos, 3rd c.BC))]:—middle, 3rd.pers. singular ἀν-ενείκατο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.314)]; 3rd.pers. plural ἠνείκαντο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (9.127, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.57, (ἐσ-) 7.152)]; participle ἐνεικάμενος [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 35.4.)]
IV.2 aorist 1 ἤνῐκα is found in the following dialect forms: 3rd.pers. singular ἤνικε [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 42(1).121.110 (Epid., 4th c.BC))]; ἤνικεν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“SIG” 239 B i11 (Delph., 4th c.BC))]; ἀν-ήνικε [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 4.757 A 12, +others (Troezen, 2nd c.BC); ἀπ-ήνικε [prev. work]42(1).103.16, +others (Epid., 4th c.BC))]; but ἤνῑκε is probably written for ἤνεικε in [Refs 6th c.BC+ (“IG” 4.801.3 (Troezen, 6th c.BC))]; 1st pers. plural ἀν-ηνίκαμες [ῐ] [Refs (“GDI” 3591b21 (from Calymna))]; 3rd.pers. plural ἤνικαν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“SIG” 239 B i 17 (Delph., 4th c.BC), “IG” 12(2).15.15 (Mytil., 3rd c.BC))]; 3rd.pers. singular subjunctive ἐνίκει [Refs (“Berl.Sitzb.” 1927.161 (from Cyrene))]; ἐσ-ενίκη, and infinitive ἐσ-ένικαι, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 12(2).645b43,39 (Nesus, 4th c.BC))]; participle (dative plural) ἐξ-ενικοῦσι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 4.823.49 (Troezen, 4th c.BC))]; so in later Gr., εἰσ-ήνικα [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“Supp.epigram” 7.381,382 (Dura-Europos, 3rd c.AD); ἤνιγκα [prev. work]383 ([prev. passage], 3rd c.AD))]:—middle, participle ἐξ-ε[νικ]άμενος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 12 (2).526a5 (Eresus, 4th c.BC).)]
IV.2.b Boeotian dialect aorist 1 in 3rd.pers. plural εἴνιξαν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 7.2418.24 (Thebes, 4th c.BC))]; 1st pers. singular ἤνειγξα Hdn.Gr.2.374.
V other tenses: perfect ἐνήνοχα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.108, 22.62, (ἐξ-) 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pr.Im.” 15, 17, (μετ-) 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 113a, (συν-) see reading in 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.5.22)]:—passive, future ἐνεχθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 205b12, 3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ τῶν ὀχουμένων” 2.2, +others, (ἐπ-) 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.56, (κατ-) 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 13.19)]: aorist ἠνέχθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.7.12)] and frequently in compounds; Ionic dialect ἀπ-ηνείχθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.66, etc.)]; (περι-) [Refs ([prev. work] 84)]; 3rd.pers. plural written ἠνείχτθησαν in [Refs 6th c.BC+ (“Schwyzer” 707 B 9 (Ephesus, 6th c.BC))]; Doric dialect participle ἐξ-ενειχθείς [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 42(1).121.115 (Epid., 4th c.BC))]; Hellenistic ἐνεγχθείς [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 327.42 (3rd c.BC), (συμπερι-) “IPE” 12.32 A 31,78, B 70 (Olbia, 3rd c.BC))]; in dialects, 3rd.pers. singular indicative ἀπ-ηνίχθη [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 42(1).103.111 (Epid., 4th c.BC); _3rd.pers._ _sing._)]subjunctive ἐξενιχθῇ[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work]12(5).593 A 23 (Ceos, 5th c.BC), “Abh.Berl.Akad.” 1928(6).21 (Cos, 3rd c.BC))]; Boeotian dialect ἐν-ενιχθεῖ [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“IG” 7.3172.150 (Thespiae, 3rd c.BC))]; participle (neuter) ἐπ-ενιχθέν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Abh.Berl.Akad.” 1928(6).53 (Telos, 4th c.BC, unpublished))]; Attic dialect perfect ἐνήνεγμαι, ἐνήνεκται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 584d, εἰσ-ενήνεκται 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1340; ἀν-ενήνεγκται “IG” 12.91.4; ἐπαν-ενήνειγκται [prev. work]22.1607a7;)] Ionic dialect ἐξ-ενηνειγμένος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.37)]; Attic dialect pluperfect προσ-ενήνεκτο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.3.20)]; participle κατ-, μετ-ενηνεγμένος [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.30.2, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 13.1.12. (With φέρω)] cf. Latin fero, O[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus)] beran, Sanskrit bhárati 'bear'; οἴσω is of uncertain origin; ἐνεγκ- is probably reduplicate ἐγκ- (ἐνεκ- in passive forms and in δουρηνεκής, etc.), cognate with Sanskrit náśati 'attain,' Latin nanciscor, Lithuanian nèšti 'carry, bear'; ἐνεικ- (ἐνῐκ-) is of uncertain origin; the glosses ἐνέεικαν· ἤνεγκαν, and ἐνεείκω· ἐνέγκω [Refs 5th c.AD+ ((5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus) are not corroborated.))]
A active,
A.I bear or carry a load, ἐν ταλάροισι φέρον μελιηδέα καρπόν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.568; μέγα ἔργον, ὃ οὐ δύο γ᾽ ἄνδρε φέροιεν 5.303; ἦγον μὲν μῆλα, φέρον δ᾽ εὐήνορα οἶνον 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.622; χοάς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 15; φ. ἐπ᾽ ὤμοις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 564; χερσὶν φ. [prev. author] “Ant.” 429; φ. ὅπλα βραχίονι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 14)]; bear (as a device) on one's shield, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 559, etc.)]; γαστέρι κοῦρον φ., of a pregnant woman, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.59)]; φ. ὑπὸ ζώνην or ζώνης ὕπο, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 1000(992), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 762: in Trag. stronger than ἔχω, ἁγνὰς αἵματος χεῖρας φ.)] to have hands clean from blood, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 316 (variant{φορεῖς}); ἀλαὸν ὄμμα φέρων [prev. author] “Ph.” 1531 (Lyric poetry); γλῶσσαν εὔφημον φ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 581, compare “Supp.” 994; καλὸν φ. στόμα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 930 codices (nisi to be read φορῇ))]; ἄψοφον βάσιν φ. [Refs ([prev. author] “Tr.” 967 (Lyric poetry).)]
A.II bear, convey, with collateral notion of motion, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, πῇ δὴ.. τόξα φέρει; 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.362)]; πρόσω φ.[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 369; εἴσω φέρω σ᾽ ἐντεῦθεν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1444, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 914b; πόδες φέρον 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.514; πέδιλα τά μιν φέρον 24.341, etc.)]; of horses,[Refs (2.838; ἵππω.. ἅρμα οἴσετον 5.232, etc.)]; of ships, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.323, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.306; τὰ σώματα τῶν ζῴων συνέστηκεν ἐκ τοῦ φέροντος καὶ τοῦ φερομένου Diocl. fragment 17.)]
A.II.b of persons, bring to bear, μένος or μένος χειρῶν ἰθύς τινος φέρειν hurl one's strength right upon or against him, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.602, 5.506)]; φ. τὴν ὀργήν, τὴν αἰτίαν ἐπί τινα, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 21.31.8, 33.11.2.)]
A.II.c lead, direct, τὴν πόλιν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lucullus” 6.)]
A.II.2 of wind, bear along, [πνοιὴ Ζεφύρου] φ. νῆάς τε καὶ αὐτούς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.26; [σχεδίην] ἄνεμοι φέρον ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα 5.330, compare 4.516, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.378, etc.; ἐπέλασσε φέρων ἄνεμος 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.300, 7.277, compare 5.111, etc.: _absolutely_, ὁ βορέας ἔξω τοῦ Πόντου εἰς τὴν Ἑλλάδα φέρει)] is fair for Greece, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.77: _metaphorically_, ὅπῃ ἂν ὁ λόγος ὥσπερ πνεῦμα φ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 394d; φ. τινὰ φρένες δύσαρκτοι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 1023, compare “Th.” 687 (Lyric poetry))]:—passive, see below [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus)]
A.III endure, suffer, λυγρά [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.135; ἄτην 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.32)]; χαλινόν, ζυγόν, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1066, 1226)]; πημονάς, τύχας, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Pers.” 293, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1024; ξυμφοράς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.60; τὰς οὐ προσηκούσας ἁμαρτίας 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.2.10)]; also of food, ἐσθίουσι πλείω ἢ δύνανται φ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.2.21)]; of strong wine, bear, admit, καὶ τὰ τρία φέρων καλῶς, i.e. three parts of water, instead of ἴσον ἴσῳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1188, compare “Ach.” 354)]; so τὰς ἐπιδείξεις.. φέρουσιν αὐτοῦ (i.e. Ἰσοκράτους) οἱ λόγοι, τοὺς δὲ ἐν ἐκκλησίαις.. ἀγῶνας οὐχ ὑπομένουσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Isocrate” 2: _metaphorically_, ᾗ φέρειν πέφυκε 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 48a.)]
A.III.2 frequently with modal words, πήματα κόσμῳ φ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.82; σιγῇ κακά 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 738; ὀργῇ τὸν πόλεμον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.31; θυμῷ φ. [prev. author] 5.80; χαρᾷ φ. τι 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 19.1.13)]: especially with an adverb, [ὕβριν] ῥηϊδίως φ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 215)]; δεινῶς, βαρέως, πικρῶς, χαλεπῶς φέρειν τι, bear a thing impatiently, take it ill or amiss, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121.γ, 5.19, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 610, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 330a, etc.)]; δυσπετῶς, βαρυστόνως φ., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 752, “Eu.” 794)]; προθύμως φέρειν τὸν πόλεμον to be zealous about the war, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.18, 40; προθύμως τὰ τοῦ πολέμου ἔφερον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.36; αἶσαν φέρειν ὡς ῥᾷστα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 104; συμφορὴν ὡς κουφότατα φ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.35; ῥᾳδίως φ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 522d, +others; εὐπετῶς φ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 585, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.1.6)]; εὐπόρως (εὐφόρως Brunck) ἐνεγκεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 873)]; εὐμενῶς, εὐχερῶς φ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Epistulae” 3.45, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 474e)]; these phrases are used mostly with accusative of things; also with participle, βαρέως ἤνεικε ἰδών [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.155, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 385, etc.; φ. ἐλαφρῶς.. λαβόντα ζυγόν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.93; ῥᾳδίως φέρεις ἡμᾶς ἀπολείπων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 63a: with _genitive_, τοῦ ἐνδεοῦς χαλεπώτερον φ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.77, compare 2.62; ἐπί τινι, χαλεπῶς φ. ἐπὶ τῇ πολιορκίᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.4.21, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.232; πράως ἐπὶ τοῖς γιγνομένοις φ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 58.55: with _dative_ only, βαρέως φέρειν τοῖς παροῦσι, τῇ ἀτιμίᾳ, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.3.3, “HG” 3.4.9, compare 5.1.29)]; later, χαλεπῶς φ. διά τι, πρός τι, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.111, 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 1.17c codices)]
A.IV bring, fetch, εἰ.. θεὸς αὐτὸν ἐνείκαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.196; φ. ἄποινα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.502; ἄρνε 3, 120, compare 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 95)]; ὕδωρ, οἶνον, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 62.1; ἔντεα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.191; τόξα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.359; κνημῖδας 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 675; δᾷδα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1490, etc.; γῆν τε καὶ ὕδωρ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.131)]:—middle, carry or bring with one, or for one's own use, ποδάνιπτρα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.504; οἶνον 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 35, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.67, 7.50, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.14.1; φερνὰς δόμοις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1282)]; fetch, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.410; χοὰς ἐκ κρήνης 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 470.)]
A.IV.2 bring, offer, present, δῶρα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.428, etc.; μέλος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.3; χοάς τινι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 487; φ. πέπλον δώρημά τινι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 602; πρός τινα δῶρα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.3.31)]; χάριν τινὶ φ. grant any one a favour, do him a kindness, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.211, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.307, +others; ἐπὶ ἦρα φ. τινί 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.572, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.164, etc.)]; φ. τισὶ εὐνοίας, ὄνησιν ἀστοῖς, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 489, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 287; but after 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, χάριν τινὶ φ.)] show gratitude to him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).17)]; μῆνιν φ. τινί cherish wrath against.. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Niob.” in “PSI” 11.1208.12.)]
A.IV.2.b ={ἄγω}[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (iv. 1, ἄχρι νῦν καθ᾽ ὥραν ἔτους λέγονται πένθος ἐπὶ Μελεάγρῳ φέρειν 2nd c.AD(?): Antoninus Liberalis Mythographus 2.7)]; Ἰάλεμος· ὁ ἐπὶ τοῖς ἀπολωλόσιν ἀνίαν φέρων, [Refs (10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus)]:—middle, τοῦ γονέως ἐφ᾽ ᾧ γε τὸ πένθος φέρεσθε [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Phalaris Epistolographus “Epistulae - Epistolographi” 103.1.)]
A.IV.3 bring, produce, cause, [ἀστὴρ] φέρει πυρετὸν βροτοῖσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.31; ὄσσαν.. ἥ τε φ. κλέος ἀνθρώποισι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.283, compare 3.204)]; φ. κακόν, πῆμα, ἄλγεα, etc., work one woe, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.541, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.231, 427, etc.)]; δηϊοτῆτα φ. bring war,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (6.203; ἐπ᾽ ἀλλήλοισι φ. Ἄρηα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.132, compare 8.516; πόλεμον 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 150; θάνατον φ. 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 5.134; τοῦτο εὐδοξίαν σοι οἴσει 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 312c; τὸ σωθῆναι τὸ ψεῦδος φέρει 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 109; τέχναι.. φόβον φέρουσιν μαθεῖν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1135 (Lyric poetry))]; ὥσπερ τὸ δίκαιον ἔφερε as justice brought with it, brought about, i.e. as was just, no more than just, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.58; ἀν᾽ ὄ κα φέρῃ ὁ λόγος ὁ ταμία Φιλοκλέος “IG” 42(1).77.13 (Epid., 2nd c.BC))]; of a calculation, yield a result, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 349.27)]; produce, adduce, bring forward, παραδείγματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 7.6, etc.; πάσας αἰτίας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 58.22; ἁρμόττουσαν εἰκόνα [prev. author] 61.10)]:—passive, εἰς τὴν συνηγορίαν.. τοιαῦτά τινα φέρεται [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.3.)]
A.IV.3.b bring or carry with one, involve, τὸ πᾶν ἡμῖν τοῦ πολέμου φέρουσιν αἱ νέες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.62; οὐ ξύλων ἀγὼν ὁ τὸ πᾶν φέρων ἐστὶ ἡμῖν, ἀλλ᾽ ἀνδρῶν [prev. work] 100.)]
A.IV.4 μῦθον φ. τινί bring one word, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.288, 15.202)]; ἀγγελίην φ. bring a message,[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 175, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.408; λόγον 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.38; ἐπιστολὰς φ. τινί 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 781, compare “Tr.” 493; ἐπιστολήν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 8.3)]: hence, tell, announce, πευθώ, φάτιν, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 370, “Ag.” 9; σαφές τι πρᾶγος [prev. author] “Pers.” 248 (troch.), compare “Ag.” 639, etc.)]; report, ἀγήν (breakages) [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 15r27 (3rd c.BC))]; φ. κεχωνευκώς reports that he has.., [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. work] 741.26, compare 147.4, 268.24 (all 3rd c.BC))]; enter, book a payment made, [Refs (“PBaden” 47.12)]:—middle, λόγους φ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 583)]; but also ἀγγελίας ἔπος οἴσῃ thou shalt have it brought thee, receive, [Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ph.” 1546 (Lyric poetry); μαντήϊα.. φέρονται 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 134.9:)] —passive, θάνατον ἀνάγκη φέρεσθαι τοῦ διαθεμένου the death of the testator must be announced, [NT (NT.Heb.9.16.)]
A.IV.5 pay something due or owing, φόρον τέσσαρα τάλαντα φ. pay as a tax or tribute, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.57, compare “IG” 12.57.9, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 298a, “PCair.Zen.” 467.7 (3rd c.BC))]; δασμόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.5.10)]; σύνοδον φ. subscribe to the expense of a meeting, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 22.1012.14, 1326.6; χρήματα πᾶσι τάξαντες φ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.19; μισθὸν φ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.12)] (but usually, receive, draw, pay, μισθὸν δύο δραχμὰς τῆς ἡμέρας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 66; τέτταρας τῆς ἡμέρας ὀβολοὺς φέρων 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 357; αἱ νῆες μισθὸν ἔφερον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.17, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.3.21, “Oec.” 1.6); φ. ἐννέα ὀβολοὺς τῆς μνᾶς τόκους 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator “Fragmenta” 1.2, compare 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 23)]; also of property, bring in, yield as rent, φ. μίσθωσιν τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 5.35.)]
A.IV.6 apply, refer, τι ἐπί τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 37e, “Chrm.” 163d, “R.” 478b, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.36.7, +others)]; φ. τὰ πράγματα ἐπί τινα confer powers upon, [Refs ([prev. author] 2.50.6.)]
A.IV.7 ψῆφον φ. give one's vote, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 674, 680, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.2, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 11.18)]; ψῆφος καθ᾽ ἡμῶν οἴσεται (passive) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 440; περὶ ταύτης ἡ ψῆφος οἰσθήσεται 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 44.45; ὑπὲρ ἀγῶνος 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 7, compare 11: hence φ. τινά)] appoint or nominate to an office, φ. χορηγόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.130, 39.7, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 753d, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1266a10:)] —passive [Refs (, [prev. passage])]; ὅπως φέρηται ἐν τῷ στρατιωτικῷ [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“UPZ” 15.10 (2nd c.BC))]; τῶν φερομένων ἐν Κλεοπάτρᾳ κληρούχων [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PRein.” 10.13, +others (2nd c.BC))]; φερομένου μου ἐν τῇ συνοχῇ since I am enrolled in prison, i.e. am in prison, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“BGU” 1821.21 (1st c.BC))]:—middle, choose, adopt, ταύταν φ. βιοτάν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 785 (Lyric poetry).)]
A.V bring forth, produce, whether of the earth or of trees, φ. ἄρουρα φάρμακα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.229; ἄμπελοι φ. οἶνον 9.110)]; [νῆσος] φ. ὥρια πάντα[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 131, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 117; [οὐ] γῆ καρπὸν ἔφερε 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.139; γύαι φ. βίοτον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 196.5, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 11.41, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 593, etc.)]: absolutely, bear fruit, be fruitful, εὖτ᾽ ἂν τάδε πάντα φέρῃσι [Refs (“hymnus ad Mercurium” 91)]; ἡ γῆ ἔφερε (καρπόν add. codices quidam) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.82; αἱ ἄμπελοι φέρουσιν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 20.4)]; also of living beings, τόπος ἄνδρας φ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 24c; ἤνεγκεν αὐτὸν Λαοδίκεια 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 1.25.1; ἡ ἐνεγκοῦσα)]one's country, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 2.29, 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 2.66, +others, Chor. p.81 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus, 6th c.AD: Lydus, Joannes Laurentius Historicus “Mag.” 3.26, uncertain in “Supp.epigram” 4.439 (Milet.) without _Article_ (also ἡ ἐνεγκαμένη 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Epistulae” 202))]; or Mother Earth, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 4.48)]: generally, create, form, Πηνειὸς Τέμπη φ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 1.25; [τὰ βρέφη] ἄρχεται φέρειν τοὺς ὀδόντας 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 4.9; φ. τοὺς κυνόδοντας “Geoponica” 16.1.14.)]
A.VI carry off or away, Κῆρες ἔβαν θανάτοιο φέρουσαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.302; φ. τινὰ ἐκ πόνου 14.429, 17.718, etc.)]; of winds, [ἔπος] φέροιεν ἀναρπάξασαι ἄελλαι may the winds sweep away the word, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.409)]; of a river, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.189)]:—middle, carry off with one, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.19.)]
A.VI.2 carry away as booty or prize, ἔναρα, τεύχεα, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.480, 17.70; αἶγα λέοντε φ. 13.199)]; δεῖπνον φ., of Harpies, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 51; ἐνέχυρα βίᾳ φ. 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.11)]; in the phrase φέρειν καὶ ἄγειν [Refs (compare (ἄγω 1.3), “IG” 12.69.19)]; φέροντα ἢ ἄγοντα Legal cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.60; αἴ κα.. ἄγῃ ἢ φέρῃ “Leg.Gort.” 5.37; ἥρπαζον καὶ ἔφερον 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 20.17; κείρων ἢ φέρων “IG” 12(9).90.10 (Tamynae, 4th c.BC))]; αἴ τίς κα.. φέρει τι τῶν ἐν τᾷ ἱαρᾷ γᾷ [Refs (“Tab.Heracl.” 1.128)]; of a divorced wife, αἰ δέ τι ἄλλο φέροι τῶ ἀνδρός, πέντε στατῆρανς καταστασεῖ κὤτι κα φέρῃ αὐτόν [Refs (“Leg.Gort.” 3.2)]; φέρειν alone, rob, plunder, θεῶν ἱερά [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 804; ἀλλήλους 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.7; _absolutely_, “SIG” 38.23 (Teos, 5th c.BC))]:—passive, φερόμενοι Βακχῶν ὕπο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 759)]:—middle in same sense, ἔναρα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.245; πελέκεας οἶκόνδε φ. 23.856; ἀτερπέα δαῖτα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.124, compare 15.378.)]
A.VI.3 carry off, gain, especially by toil or trouble, win, achieve, both active and middle, ἤ κε φέρῃσι μέγα κράτος ἦ κε φεροίμην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.308; φέρειν τρίποδα 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 657; τἀπινίκια 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 692; τιμήν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1278)]; τἀριστεῖα, τὰ νικητήρια, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 468c, “Lg.” 657e; πέρα.. οὐδὲν φ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 651; ἐκ σοῦ πάντ᾽ ἄνευ φόβου φ. [prev. author] “OT” 590; τίς.. πλέον τᾶς εὐδαιμονίας φέρει ἤ..; [prev. work] 1190 (Lyric poetry),compare “El.” 1088 (Lyric poetry))]; in bad sense, μείζω τὴν αἰσχύνην φ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 671e)]: also, receive one's due, φ. χάριν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 764; ὡς τοῦτό γ᾽ ἔρξας δύο φέρῃ δωρήματα [prev. author] “Ph.” 117; μισθὸν φέρειν (see. above iv. 5))]; of a priest's perquisites, φέρει ὁ ἱαρεὺς γέρη σκέλη κτλ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“BMus.Inscription” 968 A 9 (from Cos), compare “IG” 12.24.10, +others, “SIG” 56.35 (Argos, 5th c.BC):)] —middle (see. ad [near the start]), win for oneself, κῦδος οἴσεσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.217)]; δέπας, τεύχεα, carry off as a prize, [Refs (23.663, 809, +others)]; ἀέθλια or ἄεθλον φ. carry off, win a prize, [Refs (9.127, 23.413)]; τὰ πρῶτα φέρεσθαι (i.e. ἄεθλα) [Refs (23.275, 538)]; οὐ σμικρὸν ἆθλον τῆς ἐρωτικῆς μανίας φέρονται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 256d)]; of perquisites, τὸ.. σκέλος τοὶ ἱαρομνάμονες φερόσθω (i. e. φερούσθω from *φερόνσθω) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 42(1).40.13 (Epid., 5th-4th c.BC): hence οὐ τὰ δεύτερα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.104)]; πλέον φέρεσθαι get more or a larger share for onself, gain the advantage over any one, τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.211, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 500 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 308)]; ταῦτα ἐπὶ σμικρόν τι ἐφέροντο τοῦ πολέμου this they received as a small help towards the war, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.129; ἠνείκατο παρὰ Ἐγεσταίων τὰ οὐδεὶς ἄλλος 5.47; ἴδια κέρδεα προσδεκόμενοι παρὰ τοῦ Πέρσεω οἴσεσθαι 6.100; χάριν φέρεσθαι παρ᾽ ὑμῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.9; φ. τὴν ἀπέχθειαν αὐτῶν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.4.2; ὀνείδη 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 762a; εὐσέβειαν ἐκ πατρὸς οἴσῃ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 969; δάκρυ πρὸς τῶν κλυόντων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 638; ἀπό τινος βοσκάν [prev. author] “Eu.” 266 (Lyric poetry); ἐξ ἀνανδρίας τοὔνομα 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.131)]: generally, get for one's own use and profit, take and carry away, especially to one's own home, τοῦ.. πάμπρωτα παρ᾽ ἀγλαὰ δῶρα φέροιο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.97: hence φέρειν or φέρεσθαι is often used pleonastic, see below xi.)]
A.VII absolutely, of roads or ways, lead to a place, ὁδὸν φέρουσαν ἐς ἱρόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.122, compare 138)]; τὴν φέρουσαν ἄνω (i.e. ὁδόν) [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 9.69; τῆς μὲν ἐς ἀριστερὴν ἐπὶ Καρίης φ., τῆς δὲ ἐς δεξιὴν ἐς Σάρδις [prev. author] 7.31; ἐπὶ Σοῦσα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.5.15; ἁπλῆ οἶμος εἰς Ἅιδου φέρει 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 239; ἡ ἐς Θήβας φέρουσα ὁδός 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.24 (but ἡ ἐπ᾽ Ἀθηνῶν φέρουσα [prev. passage]))]; also ἡ θύρα ἡ εἰς τὸν κῆπον φ. the door leading to the garden, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 47.53)]; αἱ εἰς τὴν πόλιν φ. πύλαι, αἱ ἐπὶ τὸ τεῖχος φ. κλίμακες, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.2.7, compare “PMich.Zen.” 38.27 (3rd c.BC), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.12.3.)]
A.VII.2 of a district or tract of country, stretch, extend to or towards, φέρειν ἐπί or ἐς θάλασσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.99)]; ἐς τὴν μεσόγαιαν[Refs ([prev. work] 100; πρὸς νότον [prev. author] 7.201)]; ἡ ἀπὸ δυσμῶν αὐτῆς (i.e. τῆς Κιμβρικῆς) καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν Ἄλβιν φέρουσα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Geographia” 2.11.2, compare 3.)]
A.VII.2.b of time, τῇ νυκτὶ τῇ φερούσῃ εἰς τὴν β τοῦ Παχών [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PPetr.” 3p.x (3rd c.BC),compare “PTeb.” 61 (b) 288 (2nd c.BC), “BGU” 1832.5 (1st c.BC), etc.)]
A.VII.3 metaphorically, lead to or towards, be conducive to, ἐς αἰσχύνην φέρει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.10; τὰ ἐς ἄκεσιν φέροντα [prev. author] 4.90)]; ἐς βλάβην, ἐς φόβον φέρον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 517, 991; εἰς ὄκνον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 295)]: especially in good sense, tend, conduce to one's interest, ἐπ᾽ ἀμφότερά τοι φέρει (impersonal) ταῦτα ποιέειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3. 134; so τὰ πρὸς τὸ ὑγιαίνειν φέροντα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.2.31; τροφαὶ μέγα φ. εἰς ἀρετάν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 562 (Lyric poetry))]; μέγα τι οἰόμεθα φέρειν (i.e. κοινωνίαν γυναικῶν τε καὶ παίδων) εἰς πολιτείαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 449d)]; τὰ καλὰ ἐπιτηδεύματα εἰς ἀρετῆς κτῆσιν φ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 444e, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.1.42)]; τοῦτο ἔφερεν αὐτῷ was for his good, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 5.8.)]
A.VII.3.b point to, refer to a thing, ἐς τί ὑμῖν ταῦτα φαίνεται φέρει; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.120)]; φωνὴ φέρουσα πρός τινα addressed to him, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.159; ἐς ἀρηΐους ἀγῶνας φέρον τὸ μαντήϊον [prev. author] 9.33, compare 6.19)]; [ὄψις] φέρει ἐπὶ πᾶσαν γῆν refers to.., extends over.., [Refs ([prev. author] 7.19)]; τὰ ἴχνη τῆς ὑποψίας εἰς τοῦτον φ. point to him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.3.10; πρός τινας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 538c; ταύτῃ [ὁ] νόος ἔφερε 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.120)]; ἡ τοῦ δήμου φέρει γνώμη, ὡς.., the people's opinion inclines to this, that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 4.11; ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ αἱ γνῶμαι ἔφερον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.79: with)]infinitive, τῶν ἡ γνώμη ἔφερε συμβάλλειν whose opinion inclined to giving battle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.110, compare 5.118)]; πλέον ἔφερέ οἱ ἡ γνώμη κατεργάσεσθαι his opinion inclined rather to the view.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.100, compare 3.77.)]
A.VIII carry or have in the mouth, i. e. speak of, πολύν τινα ἐν ταῖς διαβολαῖς φέρειν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.223)]; use a word, οὐκ οἶδα καθ᾽ ὁποτέρου τούτων οἱ παλαιοὶ τὸ τῆς ζειᾶς ἔφερον ὄνομα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “περὶ λεπτυνούσης διαίτης - CMG” 6, compare 7.644, 15.753, 876)]; record an event, οἱ δευτέρῳ μετὰ τὴν ἔξοδον.. ἔτει φέροντες αὐτήν [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 1.63: more frequently in)]passive, πονηρῶς, εὖ, φέρεσθαι, to be ill or well spoken of, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.5.17, 2.1.6; ἀτίμως ὑπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων φ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 328e)]; absolutely, φέρεται [the report] is carried about, i.e. it is said, with accusative et infinitive, τοιόνδε φέρεται πρῆγμα γίνεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.104 (variant))]; ἐν χρόνοις φέρεται μνημονευομένοις is recorded as occurring within historical times, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.3.15; ὅτε καὶ Δημόκριτος φέρεται τελευτήσας 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus “Vit.Hippocr.” 11; κρίνομεν.. τὰ γραφέντα ὑφ᾽ ἡμῶν προστάγματα ἐν τοῖς ἱεροῖς νόμοις φέρεσθαι παρ᾽ ὑμῖν “OGI” 331.60 (Pergam., 2nd c.BC))]; ὧν τὰ ὀνόματα φέρεται are in use, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Geographia” 7.4.11)]; of literary works, to be in circulation, ἐπιστόλιον αὐτοῦ τοιοῦτον φέρεται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.808a, compare 209e, 832d, 833c, +others, 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 6.189b, “Geoponica” 2.35.8, 4th-5th c.AD: Eunapius Historicus “Vitae Sophistarum” p.456 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus)]; πρόλογοι διττοὶ φέρονται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Arg. Euripides Tragicus “Rh.”)]; ὁ στίχος οὗτος ἔν τισιν οὐ φέρεται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 377, cf. Scholia 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.557.)]
A.VIII.2 of words, φέρεσθαι ἐπί τι to refer to something, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 61.5, “Synt.” 21.14, +others)]
A.IX imperative φέρε like{ἄγε}, as adverb, come, now, well,
A.IX.1 before another imperative, φέρε γὰρ σήμαινε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 296 (_anapaest meter_); φέρ᾽ εἰπὲ δή μοι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 534; φ. δή μοι τόδε εἰπέ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 385b; so φέρετε.. πειρᾶσθε 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.127.)]
A.IX.2 before 1st pers. singular or plural of subjunctive used imperatively, φέρε ἀκούσω, φέρε στήσωμεν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.11, 97; φ. δὲ νῦν.. φράσω [prev. author] 2.14; φέρ᾽ ἴδω, τί δ᾽ ἥσθη; 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 4; φέρε δὴ κατίδω [prev. author] “Pax” 361, compare 959)]; φ. δὴ ἴδωμεν, φ. δὴ σκεψώμεθα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 455a, “Prt.” 330b, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1281 (Lyric poetry), “Ph.” 276, etc.: less frequently before 2 _person_, φέρε.. μάθῃς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 300.)]
A.IX.3 before a rhetorical question, φέρε.. τροπαῖα πῶς ἀναστήσει; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 571; φ. δὴ νῦν.. τί γαμεῖθ᾽ ἡμᾶ; 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 788 (_anapaest meter_), compare “Ach.” 541, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 348c)]; φ. μῶν οὐκ ἀνάγκη..; [Refs ([prev. author] “Lg.” 805d)]; φ. πρὸς θεῶν πῶς..; [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Grg.” 514d; frequently in phrase φέρε γάρ, φέρε τίς γὰρ οὗτο; 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 218; φ. γὰρ πρὸς τίνας χρὴ πολεμεῖ; 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.183, compare 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.36; also φ. δή 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 455a, +others)]: usually first in a sentence, but τὴν ἀνδρείαν δὲ φ. τί θῶμε; [Refs ([prev. author] “Lg.” 633c, etc.)]
A.IX.4 φέρε δή, ἐάν πῃ διαλλαχθῶμεν.. come let us see if we can.., [Refs ([prev. author] “Cra.” 430a.)]
A.IX.5 φέρε with infinitive, suppose, grant that.. φ. λέγειν τινά [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.98b)]; φ. εἰπεῖν let us say, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 31.93, 163, 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 3.3; οἷον φ. εἰ. 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “in Nicomachi arithmeticam introductionem” p.47 P., +others (οἷον φέρε alone, 5th c.AD: Hierocles Platonicus Philosophus “in Carmen Aureum - FPG” 11p.439M.).)]
A.X participle neuter τὸ φέρον, as substantive, destiny, fate, τὸ φ. ἐκ θεοῦ [καλῶς] φέρειν [χρή] ye must bear nobly what heaven bears to you, awards you, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1693 (Lyric poetry, codices, sed secl. καλῶς, χρή); εἰ τὸ φερον σε φέρει, φέρε καὶ φέρου “Anthologia Graeca” 10.73 (6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus).)]
A.X.2 participle φέρων in all genders frequently joined with another Verb:
A.X.2.a to express a subsidiary action, φέρων ἔδωκε he brought and gave, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.146)]; δὸς τῷ ξείνῳ ταῦτα φέρων take this and give it him, [Refs (17.345)]; ἔγχος ἔστησε φέρων brought the spear and placed it, [Refs (1.127)]; σῖτον παρέθηκε φέρουσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 139, +others,compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 622; τοῦτο ἐλθὼν οἴκαδε φέρων τῷ πατρὶ ἔδωκα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 282e, compare “R.” 345b; so ὁ μὲν Ἐπίχαρμον.. εἰς δέκα τόμους φέρων συνήγαγεν 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “Vita Plotini” 24; ἑκάστῃ ἐννεάδι τὰ οἰκεῖα φέρων συνεφόρησα [prev. passage], etc.;)] sometimes translatable by with, ᾤχοντο φέροντες τὰ γράμματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.8.)]
A.X.2.b intransitive, in passive sense, to denote unrestrained action, νῦν σε μάλ᾽ οἴω.. φέροντα.. φιλητεύσειν [Refs (“hymnus ad Mercurium” 159)]; φέρουσα ἐνέβαλε νηΐ φιλίῃ she went and rammed, rammed full tilt, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.87)]; ὅταν ἐπὶ θάτερ᾽ ὥσπερ εἰς τρυτάνην ἀργύριον προσενέγκῃς, οἴχεται φέρον down it sinks, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 5.12; τὰ μὲν ἄλλα μέρη τοῦ πολέμου παρῆκαν, φέροντες δὲ παντὶ τῷ στρατεύματι πρὸς αὐτὸν Ἀκράγαντα προσήρεισαν)]hurling themselves, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.17.8; εἰς τοῦτο φέρων περιέστησε τὰ πράγματα 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.82; ὑπέβαλεν ἑαυτὸν φέρων Θηβαίοις [prev. work]90, compare 1.175, 3.143,146)]; in the following passages φέρων accompanies a Verb of throwing, giving, entrusting, or dedicating, and expresses wholehearted action, whether wise or unwise; there is always an accusative, frequently of the reflexive pronoun, governed by the principal Verb (or perhaps by φέρων): ἐπεὶ ἐς τοὺς κρατῆρας ἐμαυτὸν φέρων ἐνέβαλον (i.e. ὁ Ἐμπεδοκλῆς) when I went (or took) and threw myself.., [Refs 1st c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Icar.” 13, compare “Fug.” 1, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Comp.Arist. Cat.” 1, “Fab.” 6, “Per.” 12, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 1.30.1, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 8.14, “Frr.” 10,69, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 3.4; τὴν κατασκευὴν.. φέρων ἐδωρήσατο τῇ μητρί 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 31.27, compare 3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 1.7; σεαυτὸν.. φέρων ἀπημπόληκας 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Merc.Cond.” 24; τί παθόντες.. τοῖς ἀτέκνοις τῶν γερόντων ἐσποιεῖτε φέροντες αὑτού; 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMort.” 6.3, compare “Ind.” 19, “Laps.” 22)]; ταύτῃ (i.e. τῇ ὀργῇ) φέρων ὑπέθηκεν ἑαυτόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Themistocles” 24, compare “Per.” 7; τούτῳ φέροντες ὑποβάλλουσι τοὺς υἱούς [prev. author] 2.4b, compare “Luc.” 6, “Pomp.” 27, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 6.1, 2nd c.AD: Maximus Tyrius Sophista 1.2; προσέθετο φέρων ἑαυτὸν ἐκείνῳ 4th-5th c.AD: Eunapius Historicus “Vitae Sophistarum” p.456 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus, comparepp.461,465 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus, 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus cited in 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus see {Σεβηριανό; ἀλλὰ σοὶ μὲν, ὦ θεῶν πάτερ, ἐμαυτὸν φέρων ἀναθήσω} 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 7.231b.)]
A.X.3 ἔκκρισις.. ἐκ μικρῶν φέρουσα διαστημάτων occurring at short intervals, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.45.)]
A.XI φέρειν, φέρεσθαι are frequently added epexegetically to δίδωμι and similar Verbs, δῶκεν.. τρίποδα φέρειν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.513, compare 16.665, 17.131; τεύχεα.. δότω φέρεσθαι 11.798, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.349, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 419, 454 (troch.).)]
B passive is used in most of the above senses:—special cases:
B.I to be borne or carried involuntarily, especially to be borne along by waves or winds, to be swept away, φέρεσθαι ἀνέμοισι, θυέλλῃ, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.82, 10.54, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 276 (Lyric poetry))], etc.; πᾶν δ᾽ ἦμαρ φερόμην, of Hephaestus falling from Olympus, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.592)]; ἧκε φέρεσθαι he sent him flying, [Refs (21.120)]; ἧκα πόδας καὶ χεῖρε φέρεσθαι I let go my hands and feet, let them swing free [in the leap], [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.442, compare 19.468)]; μέγα φέρεται πὰρ σέθεν, of a word uttered, comes with weight, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.87; βίᾳ φέρεται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 254a; πνεῦμα φερόμενον [prev. author] “R.” 496d; τὸ πνεῦμα κατὰ τὰς ἀναπνοὰς εἴσω τε καὶ ἔξω φέρεται 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 16.520; ῥεῖν καὶ φέρεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 411c; φ. εἰς τὸν Τάρταρον [prev. author] “Phd.” 114b)]; simply, move, go, ποῖ γᾶς φέρομα; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1309 (_anapaest meter_); οὐκ οἶσθ᾽ ὅποι γῆς οὐδ᾽ ὅποι γνώμης φέρῃ [prev. author] “El.” 922, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1076 (_anapaest meter_))], etc.; of the excreta, τὰ φερόμενα.. εἰ μὲν αὐτομάτως φέροιτο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Philumenus Medicus cited in 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 9.12; πρὸς κοιλίαν φερομένην 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 4.19: _metaphorically_, εἰς τὸ λοιδορεῖν φέρῃ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 729; πρὸς τὴν τοῦ κάλλους φύσιν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 254b, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.1.4)]; ἐπὶ ταὐτὸ φέρονται have the same tendency, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ κακιῶν ί” p.42 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus; ἀπὸ δογμάτων καὶ ἀπὸ θεωρημάτων φ. 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 238.30)]; of veins, to be conveyed, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.531)]; also ἡ φερομένη οὐσία (the doctrine of) universal motion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 177c)]; οἱ φερόμενοι θεοί the moving gods, i. e. the stars and planets, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 2.3.9.)]
B.I.2 frequently in participle with another Verb of motion, φερόμενοι ἐσέπιπτον ἐς τοὺς Αἰγινήτας they fell into their hands with a rush, at full speed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.91; ἀπὸ.. ἐλπίδος ᾠχόμην φερόμενος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 98b; ἧκε φερόμενος εἰς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ φύσιν 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.89.)]
B.I.3 of voluntary and impulsive motion, ἰθὺς φέρεται μένει [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.172)]; ὁμόσε τινὶ φέρεσθαι come to blows with him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 10.21; δρόμῳ φ. πρός τινα [prev. author] “HG” 4.8.37; φυγῇ εἰς ἑαυτοὺς φ. [prev. author] “Cyr.” 1.4.23; ἥξει ἐπ᾽ ἐκεῖνον τὸν λόγον φερόμενος 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 59; φερόμενος ὑπ᾽ ὀργῆς 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 18.)]
B.II metaphorically, καλῶς, κακῶς φέρεσθαι, of things, schemes, etc., turn out, prosper well or ill, succeed or fail, οὔτ᾽ ἂν.. νόμοι καλῶς φέροιντ᾽ ἄν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1074; κακῶς φ. τὰ ἑαυτοῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.4.25; εὖ φέρεται ἡ γεωργία [prev. author] “Oec.” 5.17)]; ὀλιγώρως ἔχειν καὶ ἐᾶν ταῦτα φέρεσθαι to neglect things and let them take their course, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.67)]; less frequently of persons, fare well or ill, εὖ φερόμενος ἐν στρατηγίαις being generally successful.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.16, compare 15; καλῶς φερόμενος τὸ καθ᾽ ἑαυτόν [prev. author] 2.60; φ. ἐν προτιμήσει παρά τινι 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 33.5; χεῖρον φερομένη παρὰ τἀδελφῷ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 16.7.6)]; of euphonious writing, σύνθεσις καλῶς φερομένη [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 5.26.)]
B.II.2 behave, ὑποκριτικῶς, ἀστάτως, etc., [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 38.20, 197.8, +others)]
B.II.3 have an opinion, ὅπως ἠνέχθη περὶ τοῦ σφυγμοῦ what his opinion was about.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Marcellinus Medicus “de Pulsibus - Festschrift zur 49. Versammlung deutscher Philologen und Schulmänner” 233.)]
C middle: for its chief usages, see above [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus VI. 3.)]