reperire

Reperire is a Latin verb meaning to find again, to discover, or to recover. It denotes locating something that was lost or hidden, and it can also be used metaphorically for discovering information, truth, or ideas. The verb takes a direct object in the accusative (reperire aliquid) and is used with various prepositions as needed by the context.

Classification and principal parts: Reperire belongs to the fourth conjugation. The standard principal parts are reperio, reperire, repperi, repertum. The present indicative active is reperio, reperis, reperit, reperimus, reperitis, reperiunt. Its infinitive is reperire and its supine repertum.

Usage notes: In classical Latin, reperire appears in prose and poetry as the normal word for discovering or finding anew, often in the sense of recovering something lost, or discovering information through investigation. The noun repertorium (a catalog or repository) and the past participle repertus are derived forms from the same root.

Example: Librum amissum tandem reperit. Translation: He finally found the lost book.

See also: repertorium, repertus.