saepe

An old accusative singular neuter form of the adjective saepis (“that happens often”, “frequent”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsae̯.pe/, [ˈsae̯.pɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.pe/, [ˈsɛː.pe]

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saepe (comparative saepius, superlative saepissimē)

1. often, frequently

   Saepe amicos bonos invito.

   I often invite good friends.

2. (figuratively) again

• frequenter

• persaepe
• saepenumerō

• English: saep.

• saepe in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• saepe in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• saepe in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • important results are often produced by trivial causes: ex parvis saepe magnarum rerum momenta pendent
    
  • he has made several mistakes: saepe (crebro, multa) peccavit, erravit, lapsus est