invenio

Latin

Etymology

From in- (“after”) +‎ veniō (“come”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /inˈu̯e.ni.oː/, [ɪnˈu̯ɛnioː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈve.ni.o/, [iɱˈvɛːnio]

Verb

inveniō (present infinitive invenīre, perfect active invēnī, supine inventum); fourth conjugation

1. I find.

   Synonyms: reperiō, nancīscor, offendō

2. I discover, find out, learn.

   Synonyms: comperiō, agnōscō, cognōscō, sentiō, cōnsciō, sapiō, sciō, nōscō, scīscō, intellegō, percipiō, discernō, tongeō, cernō, audiō

   Antonyms: ignōrō, nesciō

3. I come upon, meet with

   Synonyms: occurrō, congredior, obeō, prōcēdō, offendō

4. I invent, I devise.

   Synonyms: māchinor, comminīscor, struō

5. I get, acquire, earn

   Synonyms: adipīscor, cōnsequor, parō, pariō, impetrō, mereō, sūmō, emō, comparō, potior, acquīrō, apīscor, obtineō, conciliō, nancīscor, colligō, alliciō

   Antonym: āmittō

Conjugation

Conjugation of inveniō (fourth conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	inveniō	invenīs	invenit	invenīmus	invenītis	inveniunt
	imperfect	inveniēbam	inveniēbās	inveniēbat	inveniēbāmus	inveniēbātis	inveniēbant
	future	inveniam	inveniēs	inveniet	inveniēmus	inveniētis	invenient
	perfect	invēnī	invēnistī	invēnit	invēnimus	invēnistis	invēnērunt, invēnēre
	pluperfect	invēneram	invēnerās	invēnerat	invēnerāmus	invēnerātis	invēnerant
	future perfect	invēnerō	invēneris	invēnerit	invēnerimus	invēneritis	invēnerint
passive	present	invenior	invenīris, invenīre	invenītur	invenīmur	invenīminī	inveniuntur
	imperfect	inveniēbar	inveniēbāris, inveniēbāre	inveniēbātur	inveniēbāmur	inveniēbāminī	inveniēbantur
	future	inveniar	inveniēris, inveniēre	inveniētur	inveniēmur	inveniēminī	invenientur
	perfect	inventus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	inventus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	inventus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	inveniam	inveniās	inveniat	inveniāmus	inveniātis	inveniant
	imperfect	invenīrem	invenīrēs	invenīret	invenīrēmus	invenīrētis	invenīrent
	perfect	invēnerim	invēnerīs	invēnerit	invēnerīmus	invēnerītis	invēnerint
	pluperfect	invēnissem	invēnissēs	invēnisset	invēnissēmus	invēnissētis	invēnissent
passive	present	inveniar	inveniāris, inveniāre	inveniātur	inveniāmur	inveniāminī	inveniantur
	imperfect	invenīrer	invenīrēris, invenīrēre	invenīrētur	invenīrēmur	invenīrēminī	invenīrentur
	perfect	inventus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	inventus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	invenī	—	—	invenīte	—
	future	—	invenītō	invenītō	—	invenītōte	inveniuntō
passive	present	—	invenīre	—	—	invenīminī	—
	future	—	invenītor	invenītor	—	—	inveniuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		invenīre	invēnisse	inventūrum esse	invenīrī	inventum esse	inventum īrī
participles		inveniēns	—	inventūrus	—	inventus	inveniendus, inveniundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		inveniendī	inveniendō	inveniendum	inveniendō	inventum	inventū

Derived terms

• adinveniō
• inventārium
• inventiō
• inventor
• inventum
• inventus

Related terms

Related terms

• adveniō
• anteveniō
• circumveniō
• contrāveniō
• conveniō
• dēveniō
• ēveniō
• interveniō
• inventiuncula
• inventrīx
• obveniō
• perveniō
• praeveniō
• prōveniō
• reveniō
• subveniō
• superveniō
• trānsveniō
• veniō
• ventitō
• ventō

Descendants

• Inherited:
  • Corsican: imbènesi (reflexive)
  • Sardinian: imbennere
  • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *invenūtus (participle)
    • Old French: envenguz (hapax)
• Borrowed:
  • → English: invent
  • → French: inventer
  • → Italian: invenire (obsolete)
  • → Portuguese: inventar
  • → Sicilian: mmèniri
  • → Spanish: invenir

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “ĭnvĕnīre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 4: G H I, page 788
• Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964), “imbènnere”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg

Further reading

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