invenio, invenis, invenire I, inveni, inventum Verb

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Translations

  1. to come upon
  2. to find
  3. to discover
  4. to invent
  5. to contrive

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I-Conjugation (4)

Tenses

Person Singular Plural
1.
2.
3.
Future subjunctive forms do not exist. The subjunctive only exists in the four other tenses.

Infinitives

Active Passive
Simult. (Present) invenireinveniri
Anter. (Perfect) invenisseinventum esse
Post. (Future) inventurum esseinventum iri

Participles

Sg. Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Acc.
Voc.
Abl.
Pl. Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Acc.
Voc.
Abl.

Gerund

Gerund forms only exist in singular.

Sg. Gerund
Nom. invenire
Gen. inveniendi
Dat. inveniendo
Acc. inveniendum
Voc. invenire
Abl. inveniendo

Gerundive

Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Acc.
Voc.
Abl.

Imperatives & Supina

Singular Plural
Imperative inveni!invenite!
Supinum
Type I inventum
Type II inventū

Example Sentences

Titus Livius

Nullam profecto aliam inventuros quam ne quid per frequentiam iuvenum eorum in quibus vires omnes plebis essent agi de commodis eorum posset.

~ Livy, V
Marcus Tullius Cicero

unam quamque in rem exponentur simpliciter sine ulla exornatione, ut ex hoc inventa ipsa, ex superiore autem expolitio inventorum petatur.

~ Cicero, De Inventione II
L. Annaeus Seneca

Sed etiam si omnia a veteribus inventa sunt, hoc semper novum erit, usus et inventorum ab aliis scientia ac dispositio.

~ Seneca, Epistulae Morales, Liber VII
L. Annaeus Seneca Maior

Ducat tyrannicidam in arcem tyrannus, non uxor; odium, non amor; ascensurus ferat animum, ferat ferrum; eat illo, ubi inveniat tyrannum.

~ Seneca the Elder, Liber IV

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