redemisti

Redemisti is a Latin verb form meaning “you redeemed.” It is the second-person singular perfect indicative active of redimere, a verb meaning to redeem, buy back, or ransom. This form appears in classical Latin texts to describe a completed action performed by the subject addressed as “you.”

Etymology and morphology: Redimere is formed from the prefix re- meaning again or back, combined with emere, to buy. The perfect active endings for the second conjugation-like pattern include redemi (I redeemed), redemisti (you redeemed), redemit (he redeemed), redemimus (we redeemed), redemistis (you all redeemed), and redemerunt (they redeemed). The form redemisti specifically uses the stem redem- with the suffix -isti to mark second-person singular in the perfect tense. In other tenses and voices, the verb follows regular Latin patterns: redemo, redemis, redimit, redimus, reditis, redimunt in the present; redēbam, redēbās, redēbat in the imperfect; redēmit, redēmistī, redēerunt in the pluperfect and perfect subforms, for example.

Usage and context: Redemisti is common in narrative, legal, and documentary Latin, where someone is described as having bought back property, freed a hostage, or settled a debt. It contrasts with related forms such as redemptio (redemption), redemptor (redeemer), and redemptus (redeemed), which derive from the same root. The verb is often used with a direct object in the accusative to indicate what was bought back.

Example: pecuniam redemisti would translate as “you redeemed the money” or, more idiomatically, “you bought back the money.” The form is one of several perfected actions expressed with the Latin perfect indicative.