emere
Emere is a Latin verb meaning to buy or to acquire. It belongs to the third conjugation and has the principal parts emo, emere, emi, emptum. The perfect passive participle is emptus (masculine), empta (feminine), emptum (neuter); the supine is emptum. As a transitive verb, emere takes a direct object in the accusative and is used in a variety of contexts, from everyday commerce to legal and philosophical texts. In the present system, forms include emo, emis, emit, emimus, emitis, emunt; the imperfect is emebam, emebas, emebat; the future forms are emam, eēs, eet, emēmus, emētis, ement. The infinitive active is emere, and the passive forms derive from the same principal parts.
In classical Latin literature, emere appears frequently in discussions of commerce, contracts, and price. It is
Outside Latin, emere is not widely used as a common term in English and does not designate