reperio

Latin

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

1. 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

   Conjugation of reperiō (fourth conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		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
		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
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		reperī		—		—		reperīte		—
	future	—		reperītō		reperītō		—		reperītōte		reperiuntō
passive	present	—		reperīre		—		—		reperīminī		—
	future	—		reperītor		reperītor		—		—		reperiuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		reperīre			reperīrī, reperīrier1			reperiēns			—
future		repertūrum esse			repertum īrī			repertūrus			reperiendus, reperiundus
perfect		repperisse, reperisse			repertum esse			—			repertus
future perfect		—			repertum fore			—			—
perfect potential		repertūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		reperiendī		reperiendō		reperiendum		reperiendō		repertum		repertū

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.