repens

English edit

Verb edit

repens

third-person singular simple present indicative of repen

French edit

Verb edit

repens

first/second-person singular present indicative of repentir

Anagrams edit

pensers

Latin edit

Etymology 1 edit

Present active participle of rēpō (“creep, crawl”).

Participle edit

rēpēns (genitive rēpentis); third-declension one-termination participle

creeping, crawling

Declension edit

Third-declension participle.

Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter	Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Number	Singular		Plural
Nominative	rēpēns		rēpentēs	rēpentia
Genitive	rēpentis		rēpentium
Dative	rēpentī		rēpentibus
Accusative	rēpentem	rēpēns	rēpentēs rēpentīs	rēpentia
Ablative	rēpente rēpentī¹		rēpentibus
Vocative	rēpēns		rēpentēs	rēpentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Synonyms edit

rēptāns

Descendants edit

Catalan: repent
→ English: repent

Etymology 2 edit

Of uncertain origin. De Vaan prefers to derive the word from Proto-Italic *rep-nt-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁repnt- (“seizing”), the aorist participle of *h₁rep- (“to snatch”), and thus cognate with rapiō (“to snatch”); see there for more.^[1]

Adjective edit

repēns (genitive repentis, adverb repente); third-declension one-termination adjective

sudden, unexpected
recent, fresh

Declension edit

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter	Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Number	Singular		Plural
Nominative	repēns		repentēs	repentia
Genitive	repentis		repentium
Dative	repentī		repentibus
Accusative	repentem	repēns	repentēs	repentia
Ablative	repentī		repentibus
Vocative	repēns		repentēs	repentia

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Italian: repente
Portuguese: repente
Spanish: repente

Adverb edit

repēns (not comparable)

Alternative form of repente

References edit

“repens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“repens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
repens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “repēns”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 520

Swedish edit

Noun edit

repens

definite genitive plural of rep

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “repēns”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 520

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