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Proto-Indo-European *énu

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂-?

Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti

Proto-Italic *gʷəniō

Latin veniō

Latin inveniō

From in- (“after”) + veniō (“come”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪnˈwɛ.ni.oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [iɱˈvɛː.ni.o]

Verb

inveniō (present infinitive invenīre, perfect active invēnī, supine inventum); fourth conjugation

to find
Synonyms: reperiō, nancīscor, offendō
to discover, find out, learn
Synonyms: comperiō, agnōscō, cognōscō, sentiō, cōnsciō, sapiō, sciō, nōscō, scīscō, intellegō, percipiō, discernō, tongeō, cernō, audiō

Antonyms: ignōrō, nesciō
to come upon, meet with
Synonyms: occurrō, congredior, obeō, prōcēdō, offendō
to invent, to devise
Synonyms: māchinor, comminīscor, struō
to get, acquire, earn
Synonyms: adipīscor, cōnsequor, parō, pariō, impetrō, lucror, mereō, sūmō, emō, comparō, potior, acquīrō, apīscor, obtineō, conciliō, nancīscor, colligō, alliciō

Antonym: āmittō

Conjugation

Conjugation of inveniō (fourth conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	inveniō	invenīs		invenit	invenīmus	invenītis		inveniunt
	imperfect	inveniēbam	inveniēbās		inveniēbat	inveniēbāmus	inveniēbātis		inveniēbant
	future	inveniam	inveniēs		inveniet	inveniēmus	inveniētis		invenient
	perfect	invēnī	invēnistī		invēnit	invēnimus	invēnistis		invēnērunt, invēnēre
	pluperfect	invēneram	invēnerās		invēnerat	invēnerāmus	invēnerātis		invēnerant
	future perfect	invēnerō	invēneris		invēnerit	invēnerimus	invēneritis		invēnerint
passive	present	invenior	invenīris, invenīre		invenītur	invenīmur	invenīminī		inveniuntur
	imperfect	inveniēbar	inveniēbāris, inveniēbāre		inveniēbātur	inveniēbāmur	inveniēbāminī		inveniēbantur
	future	inveniar	inveniēris, inveniēre		inveniētur	inveniēmur	inveniēminī		invenientur
	perfect	inventus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	inventus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	inventus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	inveniam	inveniās		inveniat	inveniāmus	inveniātis		inveniant
	imperfect	invenīrem	invenīrēs		invenīret	invenīrēmus	invenīrētis		invenīrent
	perfect	invēnerim	invēnerīs		invēnerit	invēnerīmus	invēnerītis		invēnerint
	pluperfect	invēnissem	invēnissēs		invēnisset	invēnissēmus	invēnissētis		invēnissent
passive	present	inveniar	inveniāris, inveniāre		inveniātur	inveniāmur	inveniāminī		inveniantur
	imperfect	invenīrer	invenīrēris, invenīrēre		invenīrētur	invenīrēmur	invenīrēminī		invenīrentur
	perfect	inventus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	inventus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	invenī		—	—	invenīte		—
active	future	—	invenītō		invenītō	—	invenītōte		inveniuntō
passive	present	—	invenīre		—	—	invenīminī		—
passive	future	—	invenītor		invenītor	—	—		inveniuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		invenīre		invenīrī		inveniēns		—
future		inventūrum esse		inventum īrī		inventūrus		inveniendus, inveniundus
perfect		invēnisse		inventum esse		—		inventus
future perfect		—		inventum fore		—		—
perfect potential		inventūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		inveniendī	inveniendō		inveniendum	inveniendō	inventum		inventū

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: imbennere
Italo-Romance:
- Corsican: imbènesi (reflexive)
- Italian: invenire, ⇒ inventare
- ⇒ Venetan: inventar
⇒ Vulgar Latin: *invenūtus (participle)
- Old French: envenguz (hapax)
Borrowings:
- ⇒ English: invent
- ⇒ French: inventer
- ⇒ Portuguese: inventar
- → Spanish: invenir, ⇒ inventar

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “ĭnvĕnīre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 4: G H I, page 788
Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964), “imbènnere”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg

^ Dunkel, George E. (2014), Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 242