percipio

Latin

Etymology

From per- (“through”) +‎ capiō (“capture, seize; understand”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /perˈki.pi.oː/, [pɛrˈkɪ.pi.oː]

Verb

percipiō (present infinitive percipere, perfect active percēpī, supine perceptum); third conjugation iō-variant

  1. I seize or take on (entirely); assume; earn; occupy, keep (i.e. maintain control)
  2. I perceive, observe, notice
  3. I feel
  4. I learn, know, conceive, understand

Inflection

Note there is an old form percēpset for percēpisset.

   Conjugation of percipio (third conjugation iō-variant)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present percipiō percipis percipit percipimus percipitis percipiunt
imperfect percipiēbam percipiēbās percipiēbat percipiēbāmus percipiēbātis percipiēbant
future percipiam percipiēs percipiet percipiēmus percipiētis percipient
perfect percēpī percēpistī percēpit percēpimus percēpistis percēpērunt, percēpēre
pluperfect percēperam percēperās percēperat percēperāmus percēperātis percēperant
future perfect percēperō percēperis percēperit percēperimus percēperitis percēperint
passive present percipior perciperis, percipere percipitur percipimur percipiminī percipiuntur
imperfect percipiēbar percipiēbāris, percipiēbāre percipiēbātur percipiēbāmur percipiēbāminī percipiēbantur
future percipiar percipiēris, percipiēre percipiētur percipiēmur percipiēminī percipientur
perfect perceptus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect perceptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect perceptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present percipiam percipiās percipiat percipiāmus percipiātis percipiant
imperfect perciperem perciperēs perciperet perciperēmus perciperētis perciperent
perfect percēperim percēperīs percēperit percēperimus percēperitis percēperint
pluperfect percēpissem percēpissēs percēpisset percēpissēmus percēpissētis percēpissent
passive present percipiar percipiāris, percipiāre percipiātur percipiāmur percipiāminī percipiantur
imperfect perciperer perciperēris, perciperēre perciperētur perciperēmur perciperēminī perciperentur
perfect perceptus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect perceptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — percipe — — percipite —
future — percipitō percipitō — percipitōte percipiuntō
passive present — percipere — — percipiminī —
future — percipitor percipitor — — percipiuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives percipere percēpisse perceptūrus esse percipī perceptus esse perceptum īrī
participles percipiēns — perceptūrus — perceptus percipiendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
percipere percipiendī percipiendō percipiendum perceptum perceptū

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References
  • percipio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • percipio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • percipio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be perceptible to the senses: sensibus percipi
    • to derive (great) profit , advantage from a thing: fructum (uberrimum) capere, percipere, consequi ex aliqua re
    • to derive pleasure from a thing: voluptatem ex aliqua re capere or percipere
    • to have a thorough grasp of a subject: penitus percipere et comprehendere aliquid (De Or. 1. 23. 108)
    • to take pleasure in a thing: laetitiam capere or percipere ex aliqua re
    • to be vexed about a thing: dolorem capere (percipere) ex aliqua re
    • to feel sorrow about a thing: luctum percipere ex aliqua re
    • to reap: fructus demetere or percipere
  • percipio in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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