repeto

Latin

Etymology

From re- +‎ petō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈrɛ.pɛ.toː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈrɛː.pe.t̪o]

Verb

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

to attack again; to go back to
- 20 BCE – 14 BCE, Horace, Epistles 1.7:
  Macra cavum repetes artum quem macra subisti
  Thin, you will return to the narrow cave that you entered thin
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.)
to recount, to recall, to recollect
to demand, claim, reclaim
Synonyms: requīrō, rogō, exigō, precor, petō, efflagitō, rogitō, flagitō, exōrō, expetō

res repetere ― to demand the redress/ to seek redress
- Ab Urbe Condita, Titus Livius, I, 32:
  hoc tum modo [...] repetitae res
  Then in this manner the redress having been sought
Synonym: peto

Conjugation

Conjugation of repetō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		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, repetīstī, repetiistī¹		repetīvit, repetīt, repetiit¹	repetīvimus, repetīmus, repetiimus¹	repetīvistis, repetīstis, repetiistis¹		repetīvērunt, repetīrunt, repetīvēre, repetiērunt, repetiēre¹
	pluperfect	repetīveram, repetīram, repetieram¹	repetīverās, repetīrās, repetierās¹		repetīverat, repetīrat, repetierat¹	repetīverāmus, repetīrāmus, repetierāmus¹	repetīverātis, repetīrātis, repetierātis¹		repetīverant, repetīrant, repetierant¹
	future perfect	repetīverō, repetīrō, repetierō¹	repetīveris, repetīris, repetieris¹		repetīverit, repetīrit, repetierit¹	repetīverimus, repetīrimus, repetierimus¹	repetīveritis, repetīritis, repetieritis¹		repetīverint, repetīrint, repetierint¹
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
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	repetam	repetās		repetat	repetāmus	repetātis		repetant
	imperfect	repeterem	repeterēs		repeteret	repeterēmus	repeterētis		repeterent
	perfect	repetīverim, repetīrim, repetierim¹	repetīverīs, repetīrīs, repetierīs¹		repetīverit, repetīrit, repetierit¹	repetīverīmus, repetīrīmus, repetierīmus¹	repetīverītis, repetīrītis, repetierītis¹		repetīverint, repetīrint, repetierint¹
	pluperfect	repetīvissem, repetīssem, repetiissem¹	repetīvissēs, repetīssēs, repetiissēs¹		repetīvisset, repetīsset, repetiisset¹	repetīvissēmus, repetīssēmus, repetiissēmus¹	repetīvissētis, repetīssētis, repetiissētis¹		repetīvissent, repetīssent, repetiissent¹
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
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	repete		—	—	repetite		—
active	future	—	repetitō		repetitō	—	repetitōte		repetuntō
passive	present	—	repetere		—	—	repetiminī		—
passive	future	—	repetitor		repetitor	—	—		repetuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		repetere		repetī		repetēns		—
future		repetītūrum esse		repetītum īrī		repetītūrus		repetendus, repetundus
perfect		repetīvisse, repetīsse, repetiisse¹		repetītum esse		—		repetītus
future perfect		—		repetītum fore		—		—
perfect potential		repetītūrum fuisse		—		—		—
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

Italo-Romance:
- Neapolitan: arəpətá (Abruzzo)
- Sicilian: arripitari
Gallo-Romance:
- Old French: repeïr (hapax)

Borrowed

→ Asturian: repetir
→ Catalan: repetir
→ Danish: repetere
→ Dutch: repeteren
→ Esperanto: ripeti
→ Galician: repetir
→ German: repetieren
→ Hungarian: repetál
→ Ido: repetar
→ Interlingua: repeter
→ Italian: ripetere
- → Friulian: ripeti
→ Norwegian: repetere
→ Occitan: repetir
→ Old French: repeter
- Middle French: repeter
  - French: répéter
  - → Middle English: repeten
    - English: repeat
- Norman: èrpéter (Jersey), répetar (Guernsey)
→ Polish: repetować
→ Portuguese: repetir
→ Romanian: repeta
→ Romansch: repeter
→ Sardinian: repetire
→ Sicilian: ripètiri
→ Spanish: repetir
- Papiamentu: ripití
→ Swedish: repetera

References

“repeto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
repeto in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), 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^[1], 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, volume 10: R, page 266