comperio

Latin

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *perh₃-der.

Proto-Italic *parjō

Latin pariō

Latin comperiō

From con- +‎ pariō, from Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- (“to produce, beget”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔmˈpɛ.ri.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [komˈpɛː.ri.o]

Verb

comperiō (present infinitive comperīre, perfect active comperī, supine compertum); fourth conjugation

1. to learn, discover, ascertain or find out

   Synonyms: inveniō, cognōscō, scīscō, percipiō

2. to verify
3. to find guilty

   Synonym: coarguō

   Antonyms: līberō, exonerō, absolvō, probō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of comperiō (fourth conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	comperiō		comperīs		comperit		comperīmus		comperītis		comperiunt
	imperfect	comperiēbam		comperiēbās		comperiēbat		comperiēbāmus		comperiēbātis		comperiēbant
	future	comperiam		comperiēs		comperiet		comperiēmus		comperiētis		comperient
	perfect	comperī		comperistī		comperit		comperimus		comperistis		comperērunt, comperēre
	pluperfect	compereram		compererās		compererat		compererāmus		compererātis		compererant
	future perfect	compererō		compereris		compererit		compererimus		compereritis		compererint
passive	present	comperior		comperīris, comperīre		comperītur		comperīmur		comperīminī		comperiuntur
	imperfect	comperiēbar		comperiēbāris, comperiēbāre		comperiēbātur		comperiēbāmur		comperiēbāminī		comperiēbantur
	future	comperiar		comperiēris, comperiēre		comperiētur		comperiēmur		comperiēminī		comperientur
	perfect	compertus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	compertus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	compertus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	comperiam		comperiās		comperiat		comperiāmus		comperiātis		comperiant
	imperfect	comperīrem		comperīrēs		comperīret		comperīrēmus		comperīrētis		comperīrent
	perfect	compererim		compererīs		compererit		compererīmus		compererītis		compererint
	pluperfect	comperissem		comperissēs		comperisset		comperissēmus		comperissētis		comperissent
passive	present	comperiar		comperiāris, comperiāre		comperiātur		comperiāmur		comperiāminī		comperiantur
	imperfect	comperīrer		comperīrēris, comperīrēre		comperīrētur		comperīrēmur		comperīrēminī		comperīrentur
	perfect	compertus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	compertus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		comperī		—		—		comperīte		—
	future	—		comperītō		comperītō		—		comperītōte		comperiuntō
passive	present	—		comperīre		—		—		comperīminī		—
	future	—		comperītor		comperītor		—		—		comperiuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		comperīre			comperīrī			comperiēns			—
future		compertūrum esse			compertum īrī			compertūrus			comperiendus, comperiundus
perfect		comperisse			compertum esse			—			compertus
future perfect		—			compertum fore			—			—
perfect potential		compertūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		comperiendī		comperiendō		comperiendum		comperiendō		compertum		compertū

References

• “comperio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “comperio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “comperio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.