repens

English

Verb

repens

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of repen

French

Verb

repens

  1. first/second-person singular present indicative of repentir

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology 1

Present active participle of rēpō (“creep, crawl”).

Participle

rēpēns (genitive rēpentis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. creeping, crawling
Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative rēpēns rēpentēs rēpentia
Genitive rēpentis rēpentium
Dative rēpentī rēpentibus
Accusative rēpentem rēpēns rēpentēs
rēpentīs		 rēpentia
Ablative rēpente
rēpentī1		 rēpentibus
Vocative rēpēns rēpentēs rēpentia

1When used purely as an adjective.

Synonyms
Descendants
  • Catalan: repent
  • → English: repent

Etymology 2

Of uncertain origin. De Vaan prefers to derive the word from Proto-Italic *rep-nt-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁repnt- (“seizing”), the aorist participle of *h₁rep- (“to snatch”), and thus cognate with rapiō (“to snatch”); see there for more.[1]

Adjective

repēns (genitive repentis, adverb repente); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. sudden, unexpected
  2. recent, fresh
Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative repēns repentēs repentia
Genitive repentis repentium
Dative repentī repentibus
Accusative repentem repēns repentēs repentia
Ablative repentī repentibus
Vocative repēns repentēs repentia
Derived terms
Descendants

Adverb

repēns (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of repente

References
  • “repens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “repens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • repens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “repēns”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 520

Swedish

Noun

repens

  1. definite genitive plural of rep
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