invenio
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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
- to discover, find out, learn
- to come upon, meet with
- Synonyms: occurrō, congredior, obeō, prōcēdō, offendō
- to invent, to devise
- Synonyms: māchinor, comminīscor, struō
- to get, acquire, earn
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Descendants
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
Further reading
- “invenio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “invenio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- invenio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.