repeto

Latin

Etymology

From re- +‎ petō.

Pronunciation

Verb

repetō (present infinitive repetere, perfect active repetīvī or repetiī, supine repetītum); third conjugation

  1. to attack again
  2. to recommence, resume, renew or repeat an action
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.948:
      tunc repetam, nunc mē grandius urget opus
      Then, I will resume [that theme]; now, much greater work impels me.
      (Ovid concludes Book Four, having briefly introduced Flora (mythology) and her festival, which the poet will feature in Book Five.)
  3. to recount, to recall, to recollect
  4. to demand, claim, reclaim
    Synonyms: requīrō, rogō, exigō, precor, petō, efflagitō, rogitō, flagitō, exōrō, expetō
    res repetere ― to demand the redress/ to seek redress
    Synonym: peto

Conjugation
   Conjugation of repetō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present repetō repetis repetit repetimus repetitis repetunt
imperfect repetēbam repetēbās repetēbat repetēbāmus repetēbātis repetēbant
future repetam repetēs repetet repetēmus repetētis repetent
perfect repetīvī,
repetiī		 repetīvistī,
repetiistī,
repetīstī1		 repetīvit,
repetiit,
repetīt1		 repetīvimus,
repetiimus,
repetīmus1		 repetīvistis,
repetiistis,
repetīstis1		 repetīvērunt,
repetīvēre,
repetiērunt,
repetiēre,
repetīrunt1
pluperfect repetīveram,
repetieram,
repetīram1		 repetīverās,
repetierās,
repetīrās1		 repetīverat,
repetierat,
repetīrat1		 repetīverāmus,
repetierāmus,
repetīrāmus1		 repetīverātis,
repetierātis,
repetīrātis1		 repetīverant,
repetierant,
repetīrant1
future perfect repetīverō,
repetierō,
repetīrō1		 repetīveris,
repetieris,
repetīris1		 repetīverit,
repetierit,
repetīrit1		 repetīverimus,
repetierimus,
repetīrimus1		 repetīveritis,
repetieritis,
repetīritis1		 repetīverint,
repetierint,
repetīrint1
passive present repetor repeteris,
repetere		 repetitur repetimur repetiminī repetuntur
imperfect repetēbar repetēbāris,
repetēbāre		 repetēbātur repetēbāmur repetēbāminī repetēbantur
future repetar repetēris,
repetēre		 repetētur repetēmur repetēminī repetentur
perfect repetītus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect repetītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect repetītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present repetam repetās repetat repetāmus repetātis repetant
imperfect repeterem repeterēs repeteret repeterēmus repeterētis repeterent
perfect repetīverim,
repetierim,
repetīrim1		 repetīverīs,
repetierīs,
repetīrīs1		 repetīverit,
repetierit,
repetīrit1		 repetīverīmus,
repetierīmus,
repetīrīmus1		 repetīverītis,
repetierītis,
repetīrītis1		 repetīverint,
repetierint,
repetīrint1
pluperfect repetīvissem,
repetiissem,
repetīssem1		 repetīvissēs,
repetiissēs,
repetīssēs1		 repetīvisset,
repetiisset,
repetīsset1		 repetīvissēmus,
repetiissēmus,
repetīssēmus1		 repetīvissētis,
repetiissētis,
repetīssētis1		 repetīvissent,
repetiissent,
repetīssent1
passive present repetar repetāris,
repetāre		 repetātur repetāmur repetāminī repetantur
imperfect repeterer repeterēris,
repeterēre		 repeterētur repeterēmur repeterēminī repeterentur
perfect repetītus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect repetītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — repete — — repetite —
future — repetitō repetitō — repetitōte repetuntō
passive present — repetere — — repetiminī —
future — repetitor repetitor — — repetuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives repetere repetīvisse,
repetiisse,
repetīsse1		 repetītūrum esse repetī repetītum esse repetītum īrī
participles repetēns — repetītūrus — repetītus repetendus,
repetundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
repetendī repetendō repetendum repetendō repetītum repetītū

1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

Descendants
Inherited
  • Old French: repeïr (hapax)
  • Neapolitan: arəpətá (Abruzzo)
  • Sicilian: arripitari
Borrowed

References
  • “repeto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • repeto in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
  • “repeto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • repeto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to demand restitution, satisfaction: res repetere
    • to recall to mind a thing or person: memoriam alicuius rei repetere
    • to borrow instances from history: exempla petere, repetere a rerum gestarum memoria or historiarum (annalium, rerum gestarum) monumentis
    • to quote Socrates as a model of virtue: a Socrate exemplum virtutis petere, repetere
    • to go back to the remote ages: repetere ab ultima (extrema, prisca) antiquitate (vetustate), ab heroicis temporibus
    • to go a long way back (in narrative): longe, alte (longius, altius) repetere (either absolute or ab aliqua re)
    • to derive a word from... (used of an etymologist): originem verbi repetere a...
    • to revenge oneself on another for a thing or on some one's behalf: poenas alicuius or alicuius rei repetere ab aliquo
    • to exact a penalty from some one: poenam petere, repetere ab aliquo
    • to demand satisfaction, restitution: res repetere (ab aliquo) (Off. 1. 11. 36)
  • Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “repetere”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 10: R, page 266
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