venisti

Venisti is a Latin verb form meaning “you came.” It is the second-person singular perfect indicative active of venire, the verb “to come.” As a perfect tense form, venisti typically conveys a completed past action, though English translations may render it as “you came” or, with context, “you have come.”

Venire is a fourth‑conjugation verb. The standard perfect paradigm in masculine/feminine form for the key persons is: veni (I came), venisti (you came), venit (he/she/it came), venimus (we came), venistis (you all came), venerunt (they came). Venisti thus represents the second-person singular of that paradigm.

Usage and style: Venisti commonly appears in classical Latin texts, in both narrative and dialogue, and is often used with an implicit subject. It can occur in inscriptions and literary prose, as well as in educational material on Latin grammar. In translation, the exact sense—simple past “came” or present perfect “have come”—depends on context and the surrounding discourse.

Related forms and notes: The verb’s other person and number forms in the perfect tense include veni (I came), venit (he came), venimus (we came), venistis (you all came), venerunt (they came). Venire’s present tense forms—venio, venis, venit, venimus, venitis, veniunt—are distinct from venisti but share the same verb root. Etymologically, venisti is derived from venire, meaning “to come,” a root that appears in various Romance-language descendants and related scholarly terms.

See also: venire; Latin verb conjugation; Latin grammar.