προσφέρω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ποσφέρω (posphérō)
  • ποτιφέρω (potiphérō) Doric

Etymology

προσ- (pros-, toward) + φέρω (phérō, to carry).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

προσφέρω • (prosphérō)

  1. to bring to or upon, apply to
  2. to lay upon
  3. to apply, exhibit, employ, use
  4. to add
  5. to present, offer, give
  6. to bring forward, quote, cite
  7. to contribute, bring in, yield
  8. to bring near, make similar
  9. (passive voice)
    1. to put in (of ships)
    2. to go against, attack, assault
    3. to rush on, make an onset, engage
    4. to go to or towards
    5. to deal with, behave oneself in a certain way towards
    6. to be put or imposed upon
  10. (middle voice) to consume (food or drink)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • ἀντιπροσφέρω (antiprosphérō)
  • προσφερής (prospherḗs)
  • προσφορά (prosphorá)
  • προσφορέω (prosphoréō)
  • προσφόρημα (prosphórēma)
  • προσφορία (prosphoría)
  • πρόσφορος (prósphoros)

Descendants

  • Greek: προσφέρω (prosféro) (learned)

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek προσφέρω (prosphérō). By surface analysis, προσ- (pros-, toward) + φέρω (féro, to carry).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɾoˈsfe.ɾo/, (as in composition) /pɾosˈfe.ɾo/
  • Hyphenation: προ‧σφέ‧ρω
  • Hyphenation: προσ‧φέ‧ρω

Verb

προσφέρω • (prosféro) (past προσέφερα/πρόσφερα, passive προσφέρομαι)

  1. to offer, propose
  2. to give, present

Conjugation

  • and see: φέρω (féro, to bear, to carry)
  • αντιπροσφέρω (antiprosféro, to counter-offer)
  • αντιπροσφορά f (antiprosforá, counter-offer)
  • προσφορά f (prosforá, offer)
  • πρόσφορο n (prósforo, holy bread)
  • πρόσφορος (prósforos, appropriate, adjective)
  • υπερπροσφορά f (yperprosforá, super offer)
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