indicavi

Indicavi is a Latin verb form, the first-person singular perfect active indicative of indicare, meaning “I indicated” or “I pointed out.” The infinitive indicare means “to indicate, to point out.” Indicavi is formed from the present stem indic- plus the perfect active ending -avi, which is characteristic of the first conjugation of Latin verbs.

Grammatical notes: indicare belongs to the first conjugation (-are). The perfect active form indicavi expresses a completed past action. As a transitive verb, indicare takes a direct object representing what was indicated; the person to whom it was indicated is often expressed with a dative or a prepositional phrase, for example, tibi (to you). A representative sentence is hunc locum tibi indicavi, “I indicated this place to you.”

Usage and translation: In Latin literature, indicavi occurs in narrative and dialogue to recount a past act of pointing out or showing something. In English translations, indicavi is rendered as “I indicated,” “I pointed out,” or “I have indicated,” depending on the surrounding context and the choice of English tense. The form is widely attested across classical Latin texts as the standard perfect form for the verb indicare.