tulit

Tulit is a Latin verb form used as the third-person singular perfect active indicative of ferre, meaning "he bore," "he carried," or "he brought." It appears in classical and later Latin texts and is used to report a completed action in the past. The form is often found in narrative passages and in legal or rhetorical contexts where a past bringing or carrying is described.

Grammatical notes: Ferre is irregular, and tulit comes from the perfect stem tuli with a final -t for the third-person singular. The verb’s principal parts are fero, ferre, tuli, latum. The perfect active forms related to tulit include tuli (I bore), tulistī (you bore), tulimus (we bore), tulistis (you bore), tulerunt (they bore). The standard spelling in most manuscripts and modern editions is tulit for the third-person singular; some older texts also show tulit with long vowels such as tulīt in certain editions, but tulit is the conventional form.

Usage and translation: Tulit typically translates as “he carried” or “he brought,” depending on context. Examples: Pecuniam tulit. “He brought the money.” Onus tulit. “He bore the burden.” The form is a staple of Roman prose and poetry, where it emphasizes a completed action rather than ongoing states.

See also: ferre, Latin verb conjugation, Latin perfect tense.