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habuistis

Habuisis? No—habuistis is a Latin verb form. It is the second person plural perfect active indicative of the verb habere, meaning “to have.” As such, habuistis translates most directly as “you have had” or “you possessed” in English, depending on context. The form is built from the stem hab- plus the perfect suffix -u- and the personal ending -istis, marking the second-person plural subject.

In usage, habuistis appears in narratives or descriptions of past possession, often translating as a completed

Example constructions include: Multam pecuniam habuistis—“You have had a great deal of money.” Another is: Pecuniam

Related topics include the Latin verb habere (to have), the perfect tense in Latin, and the broader

See also: habere, Latin verb conjugation, perfect tense, Latin grammar.

action
with
present
relevance
in
Latin’s
temporal
system.
Classical
authors
use
this
and
related
perfect
forms
to
recount
what
a
group
of
people
had
or
possessed
at
a
point
in
the
past.
The
associated
forms
include
habuimus
(we
had/we
have
had)
and
habuistī
(you
had)
for
other
persons
and
numbers.
multam
habuistis,
which
emphasizes
possession
as
a
completed
state
in
the
past.
pattern
of
-istis
endings
for
the
second-person
plural
in
the
perfect
indicative.
habuistis
is
one
of
several
irregular-looking
yet
regular
forms
in
Latin’s
conjugation
of
habere,
illustrating
how
Latin
marks
person
and
number
in
past-tense
clauses.