reperio Latin · revision 8404

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *perh₃-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [rɛˈpɛ.ri.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [reˈpɛː.ri.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''reperiō''' (present infinitive reperīre, perfect active repperī, supine repertum); fourth conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[re-]] and [[pariō]] “to produce, bring forth”, with the perfect ⟨repperī⟩ from the reduplicated ⟨*re-peper-⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan traces ⟨pariō⟩ to [[ine-pro|*perh₃-|t=to provide]], and treats the link between “bear” and “find” together with the ⟨-perīre⟩ of [[experior]].^(de Vaan 2008) The TLL compares [[grc|ἔπορον|tr=époron|t=I provided]].^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of finding by looking.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to find by looking, discover, and to light upon, get, both in Plautus, and Terence has ''parentēs reperīre'' “to find one's parents again”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Cicero it meant to learn of something, and in Plautus to find by inquiry, to find a thing to be so, and to devise, invent.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Its participle ''repertum'' gave Late Latin ''repertōrium'' “inventory”, the source of [[en|repertory]] and [[en|repertoire]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of finding.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of learning of something.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|find]], [[m|en|discover]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To get, acquire.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To find out, learn.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To find to be.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To devise, [[m|en|invent]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[irrepertus]]

+ * [[repertīcius]]

+ * [[repertio]]

+ * [[repertor]]

+ * [[repertōrium]]

+ * [[repertrix]]

+ * [[repertum]]

+ * [[repertus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pariō]]

+ * [[inveniō]]

+ * [[experior]]

+ * [[en|repertory]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}