Reddiderunt

Reddiderunt is the third-person plural perfect active indicative form of the Latin verb reddere, meaning to give back, return, restore, or render. It denotes a completed past action and is commonly translated as "they returned" or "they gave back" depending on the context.

In classical Latin, the perfect is formed from the stem reddid- with the ending -ērunt, yielding reddidērunt; in ordinary texts the macron is often omitted, producing reddiderunt. The form is therefore a standard past-tense construction used with an object to indicate what is being returned and, frequently, with a recipient expressed in the dative or a prepositional phrase.

Usage and examples: reddiderunt typically takes a direct object for what is given back, and an indirect object or recipient for to whom it is returned. For example, pecuniam patri reddiderunt means “they returned the money to their father.” The sense can extend to rendering or yielding in a formal or accounting sense, such as settling debts, fulfilling obligations, or restoring something to its previous state.

Variants and related forms: The form is closely related to other tenses derived from the same verb stem reddid-, such as reddiderunt with alternative spellings like reddidērunt. The broader verb reddere has principal parts reddo, reddere, reddidi, redditum, from which other tenses and voices are formed in Latin grammar.

See also: reddere; Latin verb conjugation; Latin perfect active indicative.