“find” in Latin

To discover, etc., invenire (the proper word of one who arrives at the knowledge of what has hitherto been unknown to him, especially if the thing is found unintentionally and without effort, εὑρίσκειν; but observe, invenire, as the generic term, is used in all the meanings of our “to find;” e.g., scuto relato inventa sunt in eo foramina CXX, Caes.., where, of course, the effort of counting the holes was made; so in constructions like “but few men are found who” etc.): reperire (to find after long seeking, with the accessory notion of the relatively deep concealment of what is found, ἀνευρίσκειν): offendere (to light upon anything, to meet accidentally, come, as it were, into contact with an event, etc., with accessory notion of surprise, either on the part of the subject that finds, or on the part of the object found, ἐντυγχάνειν): deprehendere in re (to find anybody engaged in any occupation, mostly of a dishonest nature; it implies a design on the part of the finder, and an unwillingness on the part of the person found, ἐγκαταλαμβάνειν τινά τινι; also with accusative only, deprehendere venenum in manibus alicujus, Cic., Muretus, etc., use, incorrectly, multi deprehensi sunt, etc., for reperti sunt): animadvertere (to perceive, especially in others): I found it stated in the (original) historians, that, etc., apud auctores invenio, etc.; a very few discovered some boats, and thus, found a means of escape, perpauci lintribus inventis sibi salutem repererunt: to find words is an easy matter to the innocent, verba reperire innocenti facile: you will not find the same feeling that you left here, non offendes eundem bonorum sensum, quem reliquisti (Cic., Fam., 2, 1, 9): they found the temple still unfinished, nondum perfectum templum offenderunt.

To be found, inveniri: reperiri: gigni (to be produced somewhere, of natural products): to be found abundantly, aliqua re aliquid abundat (i. e., anything abounds in), or repertum est (anything is quite full of anything; scatet is post-classical): instances of refined and intellectual bantering are found abundantly in the writings of the Socratic school, ingenioso et faceto genere jocandi philosophorum Socraticorum libri referti sunt: only to be found in such and such a person, in aliquo esse solo (i. e., to be inherent in that person only; e.g., Cic., Off., 3, 3, 13): there is no longer any trace of it to be found, *ne vestigium quidem reliquum est.

To receive, to obtain, to meet with, invenire (εὑρίσκειν, Vid: Ruhnken, Ter., Andr., 1, 1, 39): anything is very hard to find, aliquid difficillime reperitur: to find audience or a hearing, ab aliquo audiri; assistance, ab aliquo juvari, auxilio juvari: to find compassion, alicujus misericordiam commovere, concitare: he found admirers, erant (non deerant) qui eum admirarentur: to find favor with anybody, alicujus gratiam sibi conciliare; inire gratiam ab aliquo, or apud (ad) aliquem: to find one’s death, perire; in battle, pugnantem cadere, proeliantem ocefdere.

To feel, sentire. To find pleasure, etc., in anything, delectari, oblectari aliqua re: to find it necessary, opus esse arbitrari (☞ not necesse, necessarium, etc., invenire).

To comprehend, to see, videre, reperire (to find by experience): invenire: intelligere (to conceive, to see): cognoscere (after examination, to learn, to become acquainted with a thing as it really is; e.g., I find it impossible, video, id fieri non posse: you will find him an obliging person, hominem officiosum cognosces).

To find a man in anything, [Vid: “to PROVIDE with.”

To FIND OUT, invenire: reperire: deprehendere (the last, especially of finding out something wrong, detecting, etc., deprehendere facinora oculis). To find out where he is, invenire locum, ubi sit: to find out (= invent) arts, artes invenire.

MISCELLANEOUS. To find anybody guilty [Vid: GUILTY]. To find fault with anybody, reprehendere aliquid in aliquo (to censure in general; opposed to probare); vituperare, anybody or anything, aliquem, or aliquid, or aliquem in aliqua re (to censure as faulty, opposed to laudare); desiderare or requirere in aliquo (to reprove; the latter in Cic., Mur., 29, 61): to find fault with anything, fastidire in re, or with accusative and infinitive: a person who is always finding fault, morosus; difficilis. (The words are found in this connection and order.) difficilis et morosus.