percipitur

Percipitur is the third-person singular present passive indicative form of the Latin verb percipio, meaning to perceive, understand, or obtain. It translates as “it is perceived” or “it is understood.” As a passive form, it shifts focus from the perceiver to the thing being perceived.

The verb percipio belongs to the third-conjugation -io verbs. Its present passive forms end in -itur for the third person singular (percipitur) and -untur for the third person plural (percipuntur). The present stem is percip-, and the form percipitur is produced by adding the third-person singular passive ending. The root is built from per- “through, thoroughly” plus capere “to seize, take,” giving a sense of grasping through perception.

Usage in Latin centers on indicating that something is grasped by perception or understanding, rather than asserting that the perceiver performs the action. The agent of perception, if mentioned, is typically expressed with a by-phrase using a preposition such as a/ab (by) or is left implicit from context. In classical literature, percipitur appears in philosophical, rhetorical, and ordinary prose to report sensory or intellectual apprehension. In medieval and scholastic Latin, the form remains common in discussions of knowledge, justification, and demonstration.

In translation, percipitur is most often rendered as “it is perceived” or “it is understood,” with the surrounding context guiding whether the sense is sensory perception or cognitive comprehension. The form serves as a standard example of the passive voice in Latin and illustrates how perception can be treated as an action experienced by the thing perceived.