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verbfirst conjugation

reciperō

reciperō (present infinitive reciperāre, perfect active reciperāvī, supine reciperātum)
Classical[rɛˈkɪ.pɛ.roː]Ecclesiastical[reˈt͡ʃiː.pe.ro]

Meaning

  1. to get again, regain, recover
  2. to revive, restore

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.reciperōreciperābamreciperābōreciperāvīreciperāveramreciperāverō
reciperārō
2nd sg.reciperāsreciperābāsreciperābisreciperāvistī
reciperāstī
reciperāverās
reciperārās
reciperāveris
3rd sg.reciperatreciperābatreciperābitreciperāvitreciperāverat
reciperārat
reciperāverit
reciperārit
1st pl.reciperāmusreciperābāmusreciperābimusreciperāvimusreciperāverāmusreciperāverimus
reciperārimus
2nd pl.reciperātisreciperābātisreciperābitisreciperāvistis
reciperāstis
reciperāverātis
reciperārātis
reciperāveritis
reciperāritis
3rd pl.reciperantreciperābantreciperābuntreciperāvērunt
reciperāvēre, reciperārunt
reciperāverant
reciperārant
reciperāverint
reciperārint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.reciperemreciperāremreciperāverim
reciperārim
reciperāvissem
reciperāssem
2nd sg.reciperēsreciperārēsreciperāverīsreciperāvissēs
reciperāssēs
3rd sg.reciperetreciperāretreciperāverit
reciperārit
reciperāvisset
reciperāsset
1st pl.reciperēmusreciperārēmusreciperāverīmus
reciperārīmus
reciperāvissēmus
reciperāssēmus
2nd pl.reciperētisreciperārētisreciperāverītis
reciperārītis
reciperāvissētis
reciperāssētis
3rd pl.reciperentreciperārentreciperāverint
reciperārint
reciperāvissent
reciperāssent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.reciperorreciperābarreciperābor
2nd sg.reciperāris
reciperāre
reciperābāris
reciperābāre
reciperāberis
reciperābere
3rd sg.reciperāturreciperābāturreciperābitur
1st pl.reciperāmurreciperābāmurreciperābimur
2nd pl.reciperāminīreciperābāminīreciperābiminī
3rd pl.reciperanturreciperābanturreciperābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.recipererreciperārer
2nd sg.reciperēris
reciperēre
reciperārēris
reciperārēre
3rd sg.reciperēturreciperārētur
1st pl.reciperēmurreciperārēmur
2nd pl.reciperēminīreciperārēminī
3rd pl.reciperenturreciperārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.reciperāreciperāre
pres. 2nd pl.reciperātereciperāminī
fut. 2nd sg.reciperātōreciperātor
fut. 3rd sg.reciperātōreciperātor
fut. 2nd pl.reciperātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.reciperantōreciperantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivereciperārereciperārī
perfect infinitivereciperāvisse
reciperāsse
reciperātum esse
future infinitivereciperātūrum essereciperātum īrī
present participlereciperāns—
perfect participle—reciperātus
reciperāta, reciperātā, reciperātae, reciperātam, reciperātārum, reciperātās, reciperātī, reciperātōrum, reciperātōs
future participlereciperātūrus
reciperātūra, reciperātūrā, reciperātūrae, reciperātūram, reciperātūrārum, reciperātūrās, reciperātūre, reciperātūrī, reciperātūrīs, reciperātūrō, reciperātūrōrum, reciperātūrōs, reciperātūrum
reciperandus
reciperanda, reciperandā, reciperandae, reciperandam, reciperandārum, reciperandās, reciperande, reciperandīs, reciperandōrum, reciperandōs
gerundreciperandī, reciperandō, reciperandumsupinereciperātum, reciperātū

rĕ-cĭpĕro (rĕcŭp-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. capio,
I. to get or obtain again; to regain, recover, etc. (good prose; cf.: reparo, redimo).
I. Lit.: qui erepta recuperare vellet, Cic. Mur. 25, 50: amissa, Caes. B. G. 7, 15, 2; Nep. Tim. 3, 2: rem suam, Cic. Rep. 3, 32 fin.; cf.: suum, pecuniam, id. Fl. 23, 56: fortunas patrias, id. Phil. 13, 5, 12: paternas opes, Suet. Ner. 6: arma, ordinem militandi, locum, Liv. 25, 6: rem publicam, Cic. Phil. 14, 13, 35; id. Att. 8, 3, 2; id. Rosc. Am. 49, 141; cf. civitates, Caes. B. G. 7, 89 fin.: provinciam, Tac. Agr. 5: Albanum, Formianum a Dolabellā, Cic. Phil. 13, 5, 11; cf.: pecuniam depositam ab illo, id. Agr. 2, 16, 41: obsides, Caes. B. G. 7, 43: Pelopidam, Nep. Pelop. 5, 2: captivos nostros a Carthaginiensibus, to retake, recover, Cic. de Or. 3, 28, 109.— With an abstr. object: veterem belli gloriam libertatemque, Caes. B. G. 7, 1 fin.; so, pristinam belli laudem, id. ib. 7, 76: libertatem, id. ib. 5, 27; id. B. C. 3, 91: vim suam, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 173; id. Att. 15, 13, 4: voluntatem ejus, id. ib. 1, 11, 1; cf. gratiam, Tac. A. 14, 5; Suet. Oth. 1: pacem, Sall. J. 29, 3: dignitatem, Quint. 11, 1, 79: gloriam, Tac. H. 2, 24: vires cibo somnoque, id. ib. 3, 22: judicia (equites), id. A. 11, 22 fin.: usum togae, to resume, Suet. Galb. 11.—
II. Trop.
A. To obtain again, regain, recover: si et vos et me ipsum reciperaro, Cic. Fam. 14, 1, 3; cf.: illum per te, id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4 fin.: adulescentulos, to gain over again, regain, Nep. Ages. 6 fin.: se quiete reciperare, to recruit, recover themselves, Varr. R. R. 1, 13; so mid.: radices arborum reciperantur, Vitr. 2, 9.—
B. To revive, restore (late Lat.): crede Deo et reciperabit te, Vulg. Ecclus. 2, 6: templum, id. 2 Macc. 2, 23.

Origins

From recipiō.

In English words that came into English from reciperō

  • recoverrecupero
  • recuperaterecupero

Quick answers

What does reciperō mean in Latin?
reciperō, a verb, means “to get again, regain, recover; to revive, restore”.
What are the principal parts of reciperō?
reciperō, reciperāre, reciperāvī, reciperātum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce reciperō?
In classical Latin, [rɛˈkɪ.pɛ.roː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [reˈt͡ʃiː.pe.ro].