Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1618.reperiō on page 1618
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reperīre to discover
reperīre is a Latin Verb that primarily means to discover.
Definitions for reperīre
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
to find, discover, learn, get
English derivatives:
repertoire repertory
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To find by looking, discover. (b) (w. pred.) to find (in a particular condition or situation).
- 2
To light upon, acquire, get.
- 3
To discover the existence of, get to know of, find. esp. (b) (w. rel. cl.; also w. quin).
- 4
To find by inquiry or consideration. (b) (w. acc. and inf.; also, pass w. inf.). (c) (w. indir. qu.).
- 5
(w. pred.) To find to be.
Sentences with reperīre
Latin to English
Magna fidēs et virtūs ommnibus virīs reperiendae sunt.Compare Great faith and courage must be found by all men.
Ego dīvitiās sapientiae antepōnō. Nōn enim arbitror hominēs vītam fēlīcem sine cōpiā pecūniae reperīre posse.Compare For my part I place wealth ahead of wisdom. For I do not think that human beings can find a happy life without a great deal of money.
Reperio T. Ampius conor tollo pecunia Ephesus ex fanum Diana.Compare He found that T. Ampius had attempted to take the money from the temple of Diana at Ephesus.
Quot oratio genus sum dico, totidem orator reperio.Compare Just as many kinds of orators are found, as we have said that there are kinds of oratory.
Inde fit, ut raro, qui se vixisse beatum dicat et exacto contentus tempore vita cedat uti conviva satur, reperire queamus.Compare This is how it comes to pass that we can seldom find one to confess that he has had a happy life, and rise contented, when his time is up, like a satisfied guest from his bangquet.
Nec quis tu polliceor, ipse egens res omnis reperio.Compare Nor did I discover, being myself in need of every thing, what I could promise you.
Magnus ibi numerus pecus reperio.Compare A great number of cattle was found there.
Conjugation table for reperīre
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| reperiō reperīs reperit reperīmus reperītis reperiunt | reperiēbam reperiēbās reperiēbat reperiēbāmus reperiēbātis reperiēbant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| repperī repperistī repperit repperimus repperistis repperērunt / repperēre | reppereram reppererās reppererat reppererāmus reppererātis reppererant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| reperiam reperiēs reperiet reperiēmus reperiētis reperient | reppererō reppereris reppererit reppererimus reppereritis reppererint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| reperiam reperiās reperiat reperiāmus reperiātis reperiant | reperīrem reperīrēs reperīret reperīrēmus reperīrētis reperīrent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| reppererim reppereris reppererit reppererimus reppereritis reppererint | repperissem repperissēs repperisset repperissēmus repperissētis repperissent |
Infinitive present reperīre Infinitive perfect repperisse Infinitive future repertūrum esse | Imperative present reperī reperīte Imperative future reperītō reperītō reperītōte reperiuntō |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 86.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1618.
- 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): 124.
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
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Krüger, Bernd. "Latin Conjugation Tables." Cactus2000. Accessed May 5, 2023. https://latin.cactus2000.de/index.en.php.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "reperiō, reperīre, repperī, repertum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed July 25, 2025. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/reperio-reperire-repperi-repertum.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 86.reperiō, reperīre, repperī, repertum on page 86
