audistis

Audistis is a Latin verb form meaning “you heard” or “you have heard.” It is the second-person plural perfect indicative active form of the verb audire, which means “to hear.” Audire belongs to the fourth conjugation, and audistis is formed with the perfect ending -istis, attached to the stem associated with the perfect tense.

In Latin, the perfect tense generally marks a completed action in the past. Therefore, audistis is typically translated as a past action (“you heard”) in narrative contexts, though depending on the surrounding context it can be rendered as a present-perfect sense in English (“you have heard”). The form signals that the action was performed by “you all” (plural) and is commonly used in dialogues and past-tense narration.

Example: Audistis hostium vocem. translates as “You heard the voice of the enemies.” The form contrasts with auditis, the present tense second-person plural (“you hear”), and with the infinitive audire. Related forms include other person/tense combinations of audire, as well as the passive and participial derivatives such as auditus (having heard) and auditor (a hearer) in Latin.