intuli

Intuli is primarily encountered as a Latin verb form rather than an English word. It is the first-person singular perfect active indicative of the verb inferre, meaning to bring in, to carry into, or to present. In this sense, intuli corresponds to the English translation “I brought in.” The form is commonly written without diacritics as intuli, though classical texts may render it as intulī with macrons.

Etymology and formation: Intuli is derived from the prefix in- attached to ferre, the root meaning “to bear.” The perfect tense indicates a completed past action. As a compound verb, inferre has this perfect form to express a completed act of bringing something into a place or presenting it before someone. The form changes in other tenses and moods, while intuli remains the first-person singular perfect active.

Usage and examples: Intuli pecuniam in templum. I brought money into the temple. Intuli librum ad magistrum. I brought the book to the teacher. These constructions typically use a direct object in the accusative and a destination or direction with in + accusative or ad + accusative to indicate where something is brought. The same root appears in related forms in other persons and tenses, such as tulī for other contexts without the prefix.

Modern usage: In contemporary English-language contexts, intuli appears almost exclusively in discussions of Latin grammar or quotations from Latin texts. It is not a standalone modern-word in general usage and may occasionally appear as a surname or fictional placename in some works, but it has no widely recognized independent meaning outside Latin.

See also: Latin verbs, inferre, ferre, Latin perfect tenses.