reperio

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From re- +‎ pariō, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to bring forth”).

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /reˈpe.ri.oː/, [rɛˈpɛrioː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈpe.ri.o/, [reˈpɛːrio]

Verb edit

reperiō (present infinitive reperīre, perfect active repperī, supine repertum); fourth conjugation

to find, find out, learn, realise, discover
Synonyms: inveniō, nancīscor, offendō, expiscor
- c. 191 BCE, Plautus, Pseudolus 4.4.9-10:
  Occasionem repperisti, verbero,
  ubi perconteris me, insidiis hostilibus
  You have found an opportunity, scoundrel, when you question me amid hostile ambush

Conjugation edit

Note: Variant non-reduplicated perfect stem reper-.

Conjugation of reperiō (fourth conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	reperiō	reperīs	reperit	reperīmus	reperītis	reperiunt
	imperfect	reperiēbam	reperiēbās	reperiēbat	reperiēbāmus	reperiēbātis	reperiēbant
	future	reperiam	reperiēs	reperiet	reperiēmus	reperiētis	reperient
	perfect	repperī	repperistī	repperit	repperimus	repperistis	repperērunt, repperēre
	pluperfect	reppereram	reppererās	reppererat	reppererāmus	reppererātis	reppererant
	future perfect	reppererō	reppereris	reppererit	reppererimus	reppereritis	reppererint
passive	present	reperior	reperīris, reperīre	reperītur	reperīmur	reperīminī	reperiuntur
	imperfect	reperiēbar	reperiēbāris, reperiēbāre	reperiēbātur	reperiēbāmur	reperiēbāminī	reperiēbantur
	future	reperiar	reperiēris, reperiēre	reperiētur	reperiēmur	reperiēminī	reperientur
	perfect	repertus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	repertus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	repertus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	reperiam	reperiās	reperiat	reperiāmus	reperiātis	reperiant
	imperfect	reperīrem	reperīrēs	reperīret	reperīrēmus	reperīrētis	reperīrent
	perfect	reppererim	reppererīs	reppererit	reppererīmus	reppererītis	reppererint
	pluperfect	repperissem	repperissēs	repperisset	repperissēmus	repperissētis	repperissent
passive	present	reperiar	reperiāris, reperiāre	reperiātur	reperiāmur	reperiāminī	reperiantur
	imperfect	reperīrer	reperīrēris, reperīrēre	reperīrētur	reperīrēmur	reperīrēminī	reperīrentur
	perfect	repertus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	repertus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	reperī	—	—	reperīte	—
active	future	—	reperītō	reperītō	—	reperītōte	reperiuntō
passive	present	—	reperīre	—	—	reperīminī	—
passive	future	—	reperītor	reperītor	—	—	reperiuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		reperīre	repperisse	repertūrum esse	reperīrī, reperīrier¹	repertum esse	repertum īrī
participles		reperiēns	—	repertūrus	—	repertus	reperiendus, reperiundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		reperiendī	reperiendō	reperiendum	reperiendō	repertum	repertū

¹The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

English: repertoire
English: repertory
Italian: reperire

References edit

“reperio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“reperio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
reperio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
“repertory”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.