bring Copy link Outline I. To carry to1. affĕro, attŭli, allātum, 3 (with dat. or prep.2. infĕro, 33. perfĕro, 3 (usu. of letters, news, etc., and implying the safe arrival of the thing at its destination)4. apporto, 15. advĕho, xi, ctum, 3II. To cause to come to1. affĕro, 3 (with dat. or absol.)2. addūco, duxi, ductum, 3 (lit. to lead to3. dēporto, 1 (to b. home)III. To cause to come to any state or determination1. dēdūco, 32. indūco, 33. vŏco, 14. rĕdĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3 (esp. to b. by power or authority)5. perdūco, 3 (comp. perfero, supr. I. 3) • bring: I. To carry to: 1. affĕro, attŭli, allātum, 3 (with dat. or prep.: also adv. of place whither): b. hither goblets, affer huc scyphos, Hor.: to b. a letter to anyone, literas ad aliquem or alicui af., Cic. Fig.: I b. you peace, pacem ad vos affero, Pl.: frequent reports were brought, crebri rumores afferebantur, Caes.: to b. the consulship into a family, consulatum in familiam af., Cic. It sometimes means "to bring news": the scouts brought news that everything was quiet, exploratores attulerunt quieta omnia esse, Liv.: Caes. 2. infĕro, 3: to b. into or to: q. v. 3. perfĕro, 3 (usu. of letters, news, etc., and implying the safe arrival of the thing at its destination): to b. a letter to anyone, literas ad aliquem p., Cic.: he brought me news of the battle, mihi nuntium proelii pertulit, Cic.: the report had been brought to him, fama ad eum perlata erat, Liv. 4. apporto, 1: shell-fish are brought from Illyricum, cochleae de Illyrico apportantur, Varr.: he brought the statues to the Roman people, signa populo R. apportavit, Cic. 5. advĕho, xi, ctum, 3: to b. corn to Rome, frumentum Romam ad., Cic.: v. to convey. (Adveho and apporto are esp. used of things not to be carried in the hand.) II. To cause to come to: 1. affĕro, 3 (with dat. or absol.): winter b.s snows, bruma nives af., Lucr. Fig.: to b. a man grief, alicui aegritudinem af., Ter.: Cic.: v. to cause, occasion. 2. addūco, duxi, ductum, 3 (lit. to lead to: usu. foll. by prep.): we usually b. physicians to the sick, ad aegros medicos solemus ad., Cic.: Hor. Fig.: to b. a man into extreme danger, hominem in discrimen extremum ad., Cic. 3. dēporto, 1 (to b. home): to b. home a victorious army, victorem exercitum d., Cic.: Liv. Phr.: this has brought to ruin great states, ea res magnas civitates pessumdedit, Sall.: to b. to pass: v. TO B. ABOUT: antiquity will b. credit to the work, fidem est operi latura vetustas, Virg.: those things have brought me immortal glory, illa immortalem gloriam mihi dederunt, Cic.: it lately brought very great honour to Milo, that he checked all the attempts of Clodius, honori summo nuper Miloni fuit quod omnes Clodii conatus compressit, Cic.. the farm will b. a smaller price, fundus minoris venibit, Cic.: to bring an action: v. action. III. To cause to come to any state or determination: 1. dēdūco, 3: to b. anyone to weeping and pity, aliquem ad fletum misericordiamque d., Cic.: to b. a man to the same opinion, ad eandem sententiam hominem d., Caes. 2. indūco, 3: he brought himself to forget that he was a father, induxit animum ut patrem esse sese oblivisceretur, Cic.. to b. a friend's mind to a better hope, amici animum in spem meliorem in., Cic.: Ter.: Liv.: v. to prevail on. 3. vŏco, 1: to b. anyone to grief, aliquem in luctum v., Cic.: you are b.ing Italy to ruin and devastation, Italiam ad exitium et vastitatem vocas, Cic.: to b. friendship to a reckoning, amicitiam ad calculos vocare, Cic. 4. rĕdĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3 (esp. to b. by power or authority): to b. anyone into favour again, aliquem in gratiam r., Ter.: to b. a man to poverty, hominem ad inopiam r., Ter.: to b. nations into subjection to this empire, gentes in ditionem hujus imperii r., Cic. 5. perdūco, 3 (comp. perfero, supr. I. 3): to b. to an end, ad exitum p., Cic.