Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 957.inueniō on page 957
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invenīre to find
invenīre is a Latin Verb that primarily means to find.
Definitions for invenīre
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
to come upon, find
English derivatives:
invent inventory
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To encounter, come upon, meet, find (a person or thing).
- 2
To discover the existence of, find through searching.
- 3
To discover the whereabouts of, locate, find (something lost, hidden, etc.).
- 4
To devise, contrive, plan.
- 5
To acquire by seeking, find for oneself, manage to get.
Sentences with invenīre
Latin to English
Parvam pecūniam in viīs invenīre possunt.Compare They can find little money in the streets.
In librīs virōrum antīquōrum multam philosophiam et sapientiam inveniētis.Compare In the books of ancient men you (pl.) will find much philosophy and wisdom.
Cum sē in aliam terram contulisset, tamen amīcōs novōs invēnit.Compare Although he had gone into another country, nevertheless he found new friends.
Sī vēritātem quaererēmus, scientiam invenīrēmus.Compare If we were seeking the truth, we would find knowledge.
Cui Pudor, et Iustitiae soror, incorrupta Fides, nudaque, Veritas, quando ullum inveniet parem?Compare When shall Modesty find again his peer, and stainless Faith, own sister to Justice, and naked Truth?
Nullus magnus civitas quiesco possum: si foris hostis non habeo, domus invenio.Compare No great state can be quiet: if it has not an enemy abroad, it finds one at home.
Unus invenio suasor lex Varro, locus non humilis solum, sed etiam sordidus, ortus.Compare The only person found to advocate the law was Varro, a man sprung not merely from a humble, but even from a mean position.
Scutum, qui sublimis figo, humus invenio.Compare The shields, which had been hung up on high, were found on the ground.
Conjugation table for invenīre
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| inveniō invenīs invenit invenīmus invenītis inveniunt | inveniēbam inveniēbās inveniēbat inveniēbāmus inveniēbātis inveniēbant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| invēnī invēnistī invēnit invēnimus invēnistis invēnērunt / invēnēre | invēneram invēnerās invēnerat invēnerāmus invēnerātis invēnerant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| inveniam inveniēs inveniet inveniēmus inveniētis invenient | invēnerō invēneris invēnerit invēnerimus invēneritis invēnerint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| inveniam inveniās inveniat inveniāmus inveniātis inveniant | invenīrem invenīrēs invenīret invenīrēmus invenīrētis invenīrent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| invēnerim invēneris invēnerit invēnerimus invēneritis invēnerint | invēnissem invēnissēs invēnisset invēnissēmus invēnissētis invēnissent |
Infinitive present invenīre Infinitive perfect invēnisse Infinitive future inventūrum esse | Imperative present invenī invenīte Imperative future invenītō invenītō invenītōte inveniuntō |
| PASSIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| invenior invenīris invenītur invenīmur invenīminī inveniuntur | inveniēbar inveniēbāris / inveniēbāre inveniēbātur inveniēbāmur inveniēbāminī inveniēbantur |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| inventus sum inventus es inventus est inventī sumus inventī estis inventī sunt | inventus eram inventus erās inventus erat inventī erāmus inventī erātis inventī erant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| inveniar inveniēris / inveniēre inveniētur inveniēmur inveniēminī invenientur | inventus erō inventus eris inventus erit inventī erimus inventī eritis inventī erunt |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| inveniar inveniāris / inveniāre inveniātur inveniāmur inveniāminī inveniantur | invenīrer invenīrēris / invenīrēre invenīrētur invenīrēmur invenīrēminī invenīrentur |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| inventus sim inventus sīs inventus sit inventī sīmus inventī sītis inventī sint | inventus essem inventus essēs inventus esset inventī essēmus inventī essētis inventī essent |
Infinitive present invenīrī Infinitive perfect inventum esse Infinitive future inventum īrī | Imperative present invenīre invenīminī Imperative future invenītor invenītor - invenīuntor |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | inveniēns | invenientēs |
| Gen. | invenientis | invenientium |
| Dat. | invenientī | invenientibus |
| Acc. | invenientem | invenientēs |
| Abl. | inveniente | invenientibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | inventūrus | inventūrī |
| Gen. | inventūrī | inventūrōrum |
| Dat. | inventūrō | inventūrīs |
| Acc. | inventūrum | inventūrōs |
| Abl. | inventūrō | inventūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | inventus | inventī |
| Gen. | inventī | inventōrum |
| Dat. | inventō | inventīs |
| Acc. | inventum | inventōs |
| Abl. | inventō | inventīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | inveniendus | inveniendī |
| Gen. | inveniendī | inveniendōrum |
| Dat. | inveniendō | inveniendīs |
| Acc. | inveniendum | inveniendōs |
| Abl. | inveniendō | inveniendīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | invenīre | inventum |
| Gen. | inveniendī | inventū |
| Dat. | inveniendō | |
| Acc. | inveniendum | |
| Abl. | inveniendō | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 65.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 957.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 121.
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "inveniō, invenīre, invēnī, inventum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/invenio-invenire-inveni-inventum.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 65.inveniō, invenīre, invēnī, inventum on page 65
