verbthird conjugation
rependō
rependō (present infinitive rependere, perfect active repependī, supine repēnsum)
Meaning
- to weigh back, weigh out
- to pay back, requite, pay in kind, repay, return, reward
- to ponder
- to recompense or compensate
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | rependō | rependēbam | rependam | repependī | repependeram | repependerō |
| 2nd sg. | rependis | rependēbās | rependēs | repependistī | repependerās | repependeris |
| 3rd sg. | rependit | rependēbat | rependet | repependit | repependerat | repependerit |
| 1st pl. | rependimus | rependēbāmus | rependēmus | repependimus | repependerāmus | repependerimus |
| 2nd pl. | rependitis | rependēbātis | rependētis | repependistis | repependerātis | repependeritis |
| 3rd pl. | rependunt | rependēbant | rependent | repependērunt repependēre | repependerant | repependerint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | rependam | rependerem | repependerim | repependissem |
| 2nd sg. | rependās | rependerēs | repependerīs | repependissēs |
| 3rd sg. | rependat | rependeret | repependerit | repependisset |
| 1st pl. | rependāmus | rependerēmus | repependerīmus | repependissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | rependātis | rependerētis | repependerītis | repependissētis |
| 3rd pl. | rependant | rependerent | repependerint | repependissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | rependor | rependēbar | rependar |
| 2nd sg. | rependeris rependere | rependēbāris rependēbāre | rependēris rependēre |
| 3rd sg. | rependitur | rependēbātur | rependētur |
| 1st pl. | rependimur | rependēbāmur | rependēmur |
| 2nd pl. | rependiminī | rependēbāminī | rependēminī |
| 3rd pl. | rependuntur | rependēbantur | rependentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | rependar | rependerer |
| 2nd sg. | rependāris rependāre | rependerēris rependerēre |
| 3rd sg. | rependātur | rependerētur |
| 1st pl. | rependāmur | rependerēmur |
| 2nd pl. | rependāminī | rependerēminī |
| 3rd pl. | rependantur | rependerentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | repende | rependere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | rependite | rependiminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | rependitō | rependitor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | rependitō | rependitor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | rependitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | rependuntō | rependuntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | rependere | rependī |
| perfect infinitive | repependisse | repēnsum esse |
| future infinitive | repēnsūrum esse | repēnsum īrī |
| present participle | rependēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | repēnsus |
| future participle | repēnsūrus | rependendus rependundus |
gerundrependendī, rependendō, rependendumsupinerepēnsum, repēnsū
rĕ-pendo, di, sum, 3, v. a.,
I. to weigh back (syn. compenso).
I. Lit. (rare):
aequaque formosae pensa rependis erae, you weigh back, return by weight, the wool weighed out, Ov. H. 9, 78: pensa, Prop. 4 (5), 7, 41. Ravenna ternos (asparagos) libris rependit, i. e. produces them three to the pound, Plin. 19, 4, 4, § 54. — II. Transf., to weigh in return, to pay with the same weight, purchase a thing with its weight in money.
A. Lit.: cui (Septumuleio) pro C. Gracchi capite erat aurum repensum, * Cic. de Or. 2, 67, 269:
cum Septumuleius Gai Gracchi auro rependendum caput abscisum ad Opimium tulerit, etc., Plin. 33, 3, 14, § 48; Val. Max. 9, 4, 3: Aethiopico (magneti) laus summa datur, pondusque argento rependitur, Plin. 36, 16, 25, § 129: (balsamum) duplo rependebatur argento, id. 12, 25, 54, § 117: auro repensus Miles, ransomed (syn. redemptus), Hor. C. 3, 5, 25. — B. Trop.
1. To pay in kind, pay back, repay, requite, recompense, return, reward, in a good and bad sense (poet. and in postAug. prose):
hac vitam servatae dote rependis? Ov. M. 5, 15; cf.: gratiam facto, id. ib. 2, 694: gratiam, Phaedr. 2, prol. 12: magna, Verg. A. 2, 161: fatis contraria fata, to balance, id. ib. 1, 239: pretium vitae, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 100. vices, id. 4 (5), 4, 58: pro officiis pretium, Ov. Am. 2, 8, 21: pia vota, Stat. S. 3, 3, 155: decus suum cuique (posteritas), Tac. A. 4, 35: exemplum contra singulos utilitate publicā, id. ib. 14, 44 fin.: ingenio formae damna, to counterbalance, compensate, Ov. H. 15, 32; cf.: rependere et compensare leve damnum delibatae honestatis majore aliā honestate, Gell. 1, 3, 23: incolumitatem turpitudine, to pay for, purchase, Plin. Pan. 44, 5; cf.: honorem servitute, donis, Col. praef. § 10: culpam hanc magno terrore, Val. Fl. 6, 744: regis pacta magno luctu, id. 6, 4: moestam noctem (with ulcisci socios), Stat. Th. 8, 666.— * 2. To weigh in the mind, to meditate upon, ponder, consider:
qui facta rependens, Consilio punire potest, Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 228.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
re-pendō pendī, pēnsus, ere,
to weigh back, return by weight: Aequa pensa erae, O.—To weigh in return, pay with the same weight: cui pro Gracchi capite erat aurum repensum.—To ransom, redeem: auro repensus Miles (i. e. redemptus), H.— Fig., to pay in kind, pay back, repay, requite, recompense, return, reward: vitam servatae dote, O.: magna, make a great return, V.: fatis contraria fata, balance, V.: Ingenio formae damna, make compensation for, O.
Origins
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinrependō
Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- Proto-Indo-European *(s)péndeti Proto-Italic *pendō Latin pendō Latin rependō From re- + pendō.