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Latin
Etymology
From re- + petō.
Pronunciation
Verb
repetō (present infinitive repetere, perfect active repetīvī or repetiī, supine repetītum); third conjugation
- to attack again
- to recommence, resume, renew or repeat an action
8 CE,
Ovid,
Fasti 4.948:
- tunc repetam, nunc mē grandius urget opus
- Then, I will resume ; now, much greater work impels me.
(Ovid concludes Book Four, having briefly introduced Flora (mythology) and her festival, which the poet will feature in Book Five.)
- to recount, to recall, to recollect
- to demand, claim, reclaim
- Synonyms: requīrō, rogō, exigō, precor, petō, efflagitō, rogitō, flagitō, exōrō, expetō
- res repetere ― to demand the redress/ to seek redress
- Synonym: peto
Conjugation
Conjugation of repetō (third conjugation)
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indicative
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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repetō
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repetis
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repetit
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repetimus
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repetitis
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repetunt
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imperfect
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repetēbam
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repetēbās
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repetēbat
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repetēbāmus
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repetēbātis
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repetēbant
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future
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repetam
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repetēs
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repetet
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repetēmus
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repetētis
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repetent
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perfect
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repetīvī, repetiī
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repetīvistī, repetiistī, repetīstī1
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repetīvit, repetiit, repetīt1
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repetīvimus, repetiimus, repetīmus1
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repetīvistis, repetiistis, repetīstis1
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repetīvērunt, repetīvēre, repetiērunt, repetiēre, repetīrunt1
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pluperfect
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repetīveram, repetieram, repetīram1
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repetīverās, repetierās, repetīrās1
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repetīverat, repetierat, repetīrat1
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repetīverāmus, repetierāmus, repetīrāmus1
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repetīverātis, repetierātis, repetīrātis1
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repetīverant, repetierant, repetīrant1
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future perfect
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repetīverō, repetierō, repetīrō1
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repetīveris, repetieris, repetīris1
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repetīverit, repetierit, repetīrit1
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repetīverimus, repetierimus, repetīrimus1
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repetīveritis, repetieritis, repetīritis1
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repetīverint, repetierint, repetīrint1
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passive
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present
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repetor
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repeteris, repetere
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repetitur
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repetimur
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repetiminī
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repetuntur
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imperfect
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repetēbar
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repetēbāris, repetēbāre
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repetēbātur
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repetēbāmur
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repetēbāminī
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repetēbantur
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future
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repetar
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repetēris, repetēre
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repetētur
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repetēmur
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repetēminī
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repetentur
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perfect
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repetītus + present active indicative of sum
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pluperfect
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repetītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
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future perfect
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repetītus + future active indicative of sum
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subjunctive
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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repetam
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repetās
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repetat
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repetāmus
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repetātis
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repetant
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imperfect
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repeterem
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repeterēs
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repeteret
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repeterēmus
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repeterētis
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repeterent
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perfect
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repetīverim, repetierim, repetīrim1
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repetīverīs, repetierīs, repetīrīs1
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repetīverit, repetierit, repetīrit1
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repetīverīmus, repetierīmus, repetīrīmus1
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repetīverītis, repetierītis, repetīrītis1
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repetīverint, repetierint, repetīrint1
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pluperfect
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repetīvissem, repetiissem, repetīssem1
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repetīvissēs, repetiissēs, repetīssēs1
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repetīvisset, repetiisset, repetīsset1
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repetīvissēmus, repetiissēmus, repetīssēmus1
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repetīvissētis, repetiissētis, repetīssētis1
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repetīvissent, repetiissent, repetīssent1
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passive
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present
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repetar
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repetāris, repetāre
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repetātur
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repetāmur
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repetāminī
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repetantur
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imperfect
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repeterer
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repeterēris, repeterēre
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repeterētur
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repeterēmur
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repeterēminī
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repeterentur
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perfect
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repetītus + present active subjunctive of sum
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pluperfect
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repetītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
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imperative
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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—
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repete
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repetite
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future
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repetitō
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repetitō
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repetitōte
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repetuntō
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passive
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present
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—
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repetere
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—
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—
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repetiminī
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—
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future
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repetitor
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repetitor
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—
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repetuntor
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non-finite forms
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active
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passive
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present
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perfect
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future
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present
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perfect
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future
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infinitives
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repetere
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repetīvisse, repetiisse, repetīsse1
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repetītūrum esse
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repetī
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repetītum esse
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repetītum īrī
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participles
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repetēns
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—
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repetītūrus
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—
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repetītus
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repetendus, repetundus
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verbal nouns
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gerund
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supine
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genitive
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dative
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accusative
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ablative
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accusative
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ablative
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repetendī
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repetendō
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repetendum
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repetendō
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repetītum
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repetītū
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1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “repeto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- repeto in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- “repeto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- repeto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to demand restitution, satisfaction: res repetere
- to recall to mind a thing or person: memoriam alicuius rei repetere
- to borrow instances from history: exempla petere, repetere a rerum gestarum memoria or historiarum (annalium, rerum gestarum) monumentis
- to quote Socrates as a model of virtue: a Socrate exemplum virtutis petere, repetere
- to go back to the remote ages: repetere ab ultima (extrema, prisca) antiquitate (vetustate), ab heroicis temporibus
- to go a long way back (in narrative): longe, alte (longius, altius) repetere (either absolute or ab aliqua re)
- to derive a word from... (used of an etymologist): originem verbi repetere a...
- to revenge oneself on another for a thing or on some one's behalf: poenas alicuius or alicuius rei repetere ab aliquo
- to exact a penalty from some one: poenam petere, repetere ab aliquo
- to demand satisfaction, restitution: res repetere (ab aliquo) (Off. 1. 11. 36)
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “repetere”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 10: R, page 266