repens

English

Verb

repens

third-person singular simple present indicative of repen

French

Verb

repens

first/second-person singular present indicative of repentir

Anagrams

pensers

Latin

Etymology 1

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

Participle

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

creeping, crawling

Declension

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

rēptāns

Descendants

Catalan: repent
→ English: repent

Etymology 2

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

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

sudden, unexpected
recent, fresh

Declension

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

Descendants

Italian: repente
Portuguese: repente
Spanish: repente

Adverb

repēns (not comparable)

Alternative form of repente

References

“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

Noun

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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