presentavi

Presentavi is a Latin verb form. It is the first person singular perfect active indicative of the verb presentare, meaning to present or to display. In classical Latin, the form would typically be written as presentāvī, with a long a; in many modern texts the macron is omitted, giving presentavi. The translation is usually “I presented” or “I have presented.”

Form and usage. The perfect is formed from the stem of the verb plus the personal ending -ī, resulting in presentavī in older or more carefully marked editions and presentavi in common usage. The form expresses a completed action in the past. It is used with a direct object representing what is presented and, often, with a recipient indicated in the dative or with other contextual markers showing to whom or before whom the presentation occurred. A typical example is Librum tibi presentavi, meaning “I presented the book to you,” though exact word order can vary with emphasis and syntax.

Morphology and conjugation. Presentavi belongs to the first conjugation in Latin. As a perfect tense form, it corresponds to English “I presented” or “I have presented.” The stem for this tense is the present stem present- (from presentare), and the -avī ending marks the first-person singular perfect active.

Attestation and context. Presentavi appears in Latin texts as part of standard past-tense narration. It is studied mainly for understanding verb conjugation and classical syntax rather than for modern usage beyond linguistic analysis.