invenio

Latin

Etymology

From in- (“after”) +‎ veniō (“come”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈu̯e.ni.oː/, [ɪnˈu̯ɛnioː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈve.ni.o/, [iɱˈvɛːnio]

Verb

inveniō (present infinitive invenīre, perfect active invēnī, supine inventum); fourth conjugation

to find
Synonyms: reperiō, nancīscor, offendō
to discover, find out, learn
Synonyms: comperiō, agnōscō, cognōscō, sentiō, cōnsciō, sapiō, sciō, nōscō, scīscō, intellegō, percipiō, discernō, tongeō, cernō, audiō

Antonyms: ignōrō, nesciō
to come upon, meet with
Synonyms: occurrō, congredior, obeō, prōcēdō, offendō
to invent, to devise
Synonyms: māchinor, comminīscor, struō
to get, acquire, earn
Synonyms: adipīscor, cōnsequor, parō, pariō, impetrō, lucror, mereō, sūmō, emō, comparō, potior, acquīrō, apīscor, obtineō, conciliō, nancīscor, colligō, alliciō

Antonym: āmittō

Conjugation

Conjugation of inveniō (fourth conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	inveniō	invenīs	invenit	invenīmus	invenītis	inveniunt
	imperfect	inveniēbam	inveniēbās	inveniēbat	inveniēbāmus	inveniēbātis	inveniēbant
	future	inveniam	inveniēs	inveniet	inveniēmus	inveniētis	invenient
	perfect	invēnī	invēnistī	invēnit	invēnimus	invēnistis	invēnērunt, invēnēre
	pluperfect	invēneram	invēnerās	invēnerat	invēnerāmus	invēnerātis	invēnerant
	future perfect	invēnerō	invēneris	invēnerit	invēnerimus	invēneritis	invēnerint
passive	present	invenior	invenīris, invenīre	invenītur	invenīmur	invenīminī	inveniuntur
	imperfect	inveniēbar	inveniēbāris, inveniēbāre	inveniēbātur	inveniēbāmur	inveniēbāminī	inveniēbantur
	future	inveniar	inveniēris, inveniēre	inveniētur	inveniēmur	inveniēminī	invenientur
	perfect	inventus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	inventus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	inventus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	inveniam	inveniās	inveniat	inveniāmus	inveniātis	inveniant
	imperfect	invenīrem	invenīrēs	invenīret	invenīrēmus	invenīrētis	invenīrent
	perfect	invēnerim	invēnerīs	invēnerit	invēnerīmus	invēnerītis	invēnerint
	pluperfect	invēnissem	invēnissēs	invēnisset	invēnissēmus	invēnissētis	invēnissent
passive	present	inveniar	inveniāris, inveniāre	inveniātur	inveniāmur	inveniāminī	inveniantur
	imperfect	invenīrer	invenīrēris, invenīrēre	invenīrētur	invenīrēmur	invenīrēminī	invenīrentur
	perfect	inventus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	inventus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	invenī	—	—	invenīte	—
active	future	—	invenītō	invenītō	—	invenītōte	inveniuntō
passive	present	—	invenīre	—	—	invenīminī	—
passive	future	—	invenītor	invenītor	—	—	inveniuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		invenīre	invēnisse	inventūrum esse	invenīrī	inventum esse	inventum īrī
participles		inveniēns	—	inventūrus	—	inventus	inveniendus, inveniundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		inveniendī	inveniendō	inveniendum	inveniendō	inventum	inventū

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Inherited:
- Corsican: imbènesi (reflexive)
- Italian: invenire (obsolete)
- Sardinian: imbennere
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *invenūtus (participle)
  - Old French: envenguz (hapax)
Borrowed:
- ⇒ English: invent
- ⇒ French: inventer
- ⇒ Portuguese: inventar
- → Spanish: invenir

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “ĭnvĕnīre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 788
Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “imbènnere”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg

^ Dunkel, George E. (2014) Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (Indogermanische Bibliothek. 2. Reihe: Wörterbücher) (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH Heidelberg, →ISBN, page 242