Videtis

Videtis is the second-person plural present indicative active form of the Latin verb videre, meaning “to see.” It belongs to the second conjugation, which uses the infinitive ending -ēre and present endings such as -eō, -ēs, -et, -ēmus, -ētis, -ent. The form videtis corresponds to “you see” or “you are seeing” when addressing more than one person.

Grammatical details: The present stem is vidē-, and videtis carries the standard second-conjugation endings for the 2nd person plural. In usage, the subject is often implied (you all) rather than explicitly stated.

Usage: Videtis appears in Classical Latin to describe current perception by a group or to pose questions about what a group perceives. Example: Quid vidētis? meaning “What do you see?” Another example: Vidētis lunam in caelo. meaning “You see the moon in the sky.” In scholarly writing, diachronic notes on vowel length may reflect the long stem vowel in vidē-.

Notes: As with other Latin forms, diacritical marks (macrons) are sometimes used in academic contexts to indicate vowel length, though in ordinary texts videtis is common without marks.

See also: videre, Latin conjugation, Latin verb forms.