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Latin
Etymology
From in- (“after”) + veniō (“come”).[1]
Pronunciation
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
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References
Further reading
- “invenio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “invenio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- invenio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.