reperio

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /reˈpe.ri.oː/, [rɛˈpɛrioː]

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

Verb

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

More information indicative, singular ...

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, reperī	repperistī, reperistī	repperit, reperit	repperimus, reperimus	repperistis, reperistis	repperērunt, repperēre, reperērunt, reperēre
	pluperfect	reppereram, repereram	reppererās, repererās	reppererat, repererat	reppererāmus, repererāmus	reppererātis, repererātis	reppererant, repererant
	future perfect	reppererō, repererō	reppereris, repereris	reppererit, repererit	reppererimus, repererimus	reppereritis, repereritis	reppererint, repererint
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, repererim	reppererīs, repererīs	reppererit, repererit	reppererīmus, repererīmus	reppererītis, repererītis	reppererint, repererint
	pluperfect	repperissem, reperissem	repperissēs, reperissēs	repperisset, reperisset	repperissēmus, reperissēmus	repperissētis, reperissētis	repperissent, reperissent
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, reperisse	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

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Conjugation of reperiō (fourth conjugation)

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

Derived terms

reperībilis (post-classical)
repertiō
repertor
- repertōrium

Descendants

English: repertoire
English: repertory
Italian: reperire

References

“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.

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