repeto

Etymology

From re- +‎ petō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈre.pe.toː/, [ˈrɛpɛt̪oː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.pe.to/, [ˈrɛːpet̪o]

Verb

repetō (present infinitive repetere, perfect active repetīvī or repetiī, supine repetītum); third conjugation

to attack again; to go back to
- 20 BCE – 14 BCE, Horace, Epistles 1.7:
  Macra cavum repetes artum quem macra subisti
  Thin, you will return to the narrow cave that you entered thin
to recommence, resume, renew or repeat an action
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.948:
  tunc repetam, nunc mē grandius urget opus
  Then, I will resume [that theme]; now, much greater work impels me.
  (Ovid concludes Book Four, having briefly introduced Flora (mythology) and her festival, which the poet will feature in Book Five.)
to recount, to recall, to recollect
to demand, claim, reclaim
Synonyms: requīrō, rogō, exigō, precor, petō, efflagitō, rogitō, flagitō, exōrō, expetō

res repetere ― to demand the redress/ to seek redress
- Ab Urbe Condita, Titus Livius, I, 32 :
  hoc tum modo [...] repetitae res
  Then in this manner the redress having been sought
Synonym: peto

Conjugation

More information indicative, singular ...

indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	repetō	repetis	repetit	repetimus	repetitis	repetunt
	imperfect	repetēbam	repetēbās	repetēbat	repetēbāmus	repetēbātis	repetēbant
	future	repetam	repetēs	repetet	repetēmus	repetētis	repetent
	perfect	repetīvī, repetiī	repetīvistī, repetīstī, repetiistī¹	repetīvit, repetīt, repetiit¹	repetīvimus, repetīmus, repetiimus¹	repetīvistis, repetīstis, repetiistis¹	repetīvērunt, repetīrunt, repetīvēre, repetiērunt, repetiēre¹
	pluperfect	repetīveram, repetīram, repetieram¹	repetīverās, repetīrās, repetierās¹	repetīverat, repetīrat, repetierat¹	repetīverāmus, repetīrāmus, repetierāmus¹	repetīverātis, repetīrātis, repetierātis¹	repetīverant, repetīrant, repetierant¹
	future perfect	repetīverō, repetīrō, repetierō¹	repetīveris, repetīris, repetieris¹	repetīverit, repetīrit, repetierit¹	repetīverimus, repetīrimus, repetierimus¹	repetīveritis, repetīritis, repetieritis¹	repetīverint, repetīrint, repetierint¹
passive	present	repetor	repeteris, repetere	repetitur	repetimur	repetiminī	repetuntur
	imperfect	repetēbar	repetēbāris, repetēbāre	repetēbātur	repetēbāmur	repetēbāminī	repetēbantur
	future	repetar	repetēris, repetēre	repetētur	repetēmur	repetēminī	repetentur
	perfect	repetītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	repetītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	repetītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	repetam	repetās	repetat	repetāmus	repetātis	repetant
	imperfect	repeterem	repeterēs	repeteret	repeterēmus	repeterētis	repeterent
	perfect	repetīverim, repetīrim, repetierim¹	repetīverīs, repetīrīs, repetierīs¹	repetīverit, repetīrit, repetierit¹	repetīverīmus, repetīrīmus, repetierīmus¹	repetīverītis, repetīrītis, repetierītis¹	repetīverint, repetīrint, repetierint¹
	pluperfect	repetīvissem, repetīssem, repetiissem¹	repetīvissēs, repetīssēs, repetiissēs¹	repetīvisset, repetīsset, repetiisset¹	repetīvissēmus, repetīssēmus, repetiissēmus¹	repetīvissētis, repetīssētis, repetiissētis¹	repetīvissent, repetīssent, repetiissent¹
passive	present	repetar	repetāris, repetāre	repetātur	repetāmur	repetāminī	repetantur
	imperfect	repeterer	repeterēris, repeterēre	repeterētur	repeterēmur	repeterēminī	repeterentur
	perfect	repetītus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	repetītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	repete	—	—	repetite	—
active	future	—	repetitō	repetitō	—	repetitōte	repetuntō
passive	present	—	repetere	—	—	repetiminī	—
passive	future	—	repetitor	repetitor	—	—	repetuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		repetere	repetīvisse, repetīsse, repetiisse¹	repetītūrum esse	repetī	repetītum esse	repetītum īrī
participles		repetēns	—	repetītūrus	—	repetītus	repetendus, repetundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		repetendī	repetendō	repetendum	repetendō	repetītum	repetītū

Close

Conjugation of repetō (third conjugation)

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

Descendants

Inherited

Old French: repeïr (hapax)
Neapolitan: arəpətá (Abruzzo)
Sicilian: arripitari

Borrowed

→ Asturian: repetir
→ Catalan: repetir
→ Danish: repetere
→ Dutch: repeteren
→ Esperanto: ripeti
→ Galician: repetir
→ German: repetieren
→ Hungarian: repetál
→ Ido: repetar
→ Interlingua: repeter
→ Italian: ripetere
- → Friulian: ripeti
→ Norwegian: repetere
→ Occitan: repetir
→ Old French: repeter
- Middle French: repeter
  - French: répéter
  - → Middle English: repeten
    - English: repeat
- Norman: èrpéter (Jersey), répetar (Guernsey)
→ Polish: repetować
→ Portuguese: repetir
→ Romanian: repeta
→ Romansch: repeter
→ Sardinian: repetire
→ Sicilian: ripètiri
→ Spanish: repetir
- Papiamentu: ripití
→ Swedish: repetera

References

“repeto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
repeto in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
“repeto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
repeto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to demand restitution, satisfaction: res repetere
- to recall to mind a thing or person: memoriam alicuius rei repetere
- to borrow instances from history: exempla petere, repetere a rerum gestarum memoria or historiarum (annalium, rerum gestarum) monumentis
- to quote Socrates as a model of virtue: a Socrate exemplum virtutis petere, repetere
- to go back to the remote ages: repetere ab ultima (extrema, prisca) antiquitate (vetustate), ab heroicis temporibus
- to go a long way back (in narrative): longe, alte (longius, altius) repetere (either absolute or ab aliqua re)
- to derive a word from... (used of an etymologist): originem verbi repetere a...
- to revenge oneself on another for a thing or on some one's behalf: poenas alicuius or alicuius rei repetere ab aliquo
- to exact a penalty from some one: poenam petere, repetere ab aliquo
- to demand satisfaction, restitution: res repetere (ab aliquo) (Off. 1. 11. 36)
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “repetere”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 10: R, page 266

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