Repetitae

Repetitae is a Latin term that functions as the feminine plural form of the past participle repetitus, meaning “repeated.” In Latin grammar, repetitae is an adjective that agrees with feminine plural nouns and can be used in various syntactic roles.

As an adjective, repetitae modifies feminine plural nouns, for example describing things that have been repeated. The form can also function as a substantive, standing in for a noun phrase such as “the things that have been repeated” when the context makes the sense clear.

In scholarly usage, repetitae often appears within discussions of textual criticism, philology, or rhetoric to indicate repetition of elements within a text. It can be attached to phrases such as repetitae voces (“the repeated voices”) or repetitae sententiae (“the repeated sentences”), depending on the gender and number of the noun it governs. The term serves as a concise way to signal repetition without repeating the full descriptive clause.

Relation to other terms: repetitae is part of the family of forms built from the verb repetere (“to repeat”) and contrasts with related forms like repetitus (masculine singular) and repetita (neuter singular or feminine singular, depending on function). The broader concept is linked to repetition as a rhetorical or textual device, often described by the noun repetitio.

See also: repetitio, repetitus, Latin grammar, textual criticism.