differo

== Latin == === Etymology === From dis- (“apart”) + ferō (“carry, bear”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈdɪf.fɛ.roː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈdif.fe.ro] === Verb === differō (present infinitive differre, perfect active distulī, supine dīlātum); third conjugation, suppletive (transitive) to carry different ways, spread, scatter, disperse, separate Synonyms: diffundō, fundō, effundō, cōnfundō, dēfundō, dissipō, indūcō, sternō (transitive, figuratively) to distract, disquiet or disturb someone; confound Synonyms: disturbō, turbō, perturbō, sollicitō, agitō (transitive, figuratively) to spread, publish, circulate, divulge; cry down, defame (transitive, figuratively) to defer, put off, protract, delay, adjourn Synonyms: moror, dētineō, cū̆nctor, retardō, tardō, dubitō, prōtrahō, trahō Antonyms: ruō, currō, accurrō, trepidō, festīnō, prōvolō, properō, corripiō, affluō, mātūrō (intransitive) to be different, differ, vary Synonyms: distō, dissideō, abhorreō ==== Conjugation ==== Irregular, but resembling the third conjugation. The principal parts come from several different words originally. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “differo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “differo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “differo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “differre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3: D–F, page 73