verbthird conjugation, no passive
rēpō
rēpō (present infinitive rēpere, perfect active rēpsī, supine rēptum)
Classical[ˈreː.poː]Ecclesiastical[ˈrɛː.po]
Meaning
- to creep, crawl
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
humī lentē moveorrēpō -ere — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 13 and IVLIANVS III: Persia, ch. 9
ut serpēns moveorrēpō -ere — in IVLIANVS II: Imperium, ch. 6
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Repere · Serpere · Serpens · Anguis · Coluber
1. Repere means, with small feet and short steps, to move slowly along, to creep; whereas serpere, without feet, by merely twisting the whole body, and without noise to move forward, to creep on the belly. 2. Serpens (ἕρπων) is the general name for whatever creeps like a snake, like ἑρπετόν; anguis (ἔγχος, ἔγχελυς?) is a great formidable snake, ὄφις; coluber (ἀσκάλαφος) a small, spiteful snake, ἔχις, ἔχιδνα. (v. 341.)
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | rēpō | rēpēbam | rēpam | rēpsī | rēpseram | rēpserō |
| 2nd sg. | rēpis | rēpēbās | rēpēs | rēpsistī | rēpserās | rēpseris |
| 3rd sg. | rēpit | rēpēbat | rēpet | rēpsit | rēpserat | rēpserit |
| 1st pl. | rēpimus | rēpēbāmus | rēpēmus | rēpsimus | rēpserāmus | rēpserimus |
| 2nd pl. | rēpitis | rēpēbātis | rēpētis | rēpsistis | rēpserātis | rēpseritis |
| 3rd pl. | rēpunt | rēpēbant | rēpent | rēpsērunt rēpsēre | rēpserant | rēpserint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | rēpam | rēperem | rēpserim | rēpsissem |
| 2nd sg. | rēpās | rēperēs | rēpserīs | rēpsissēs |
| 3rd sg. | rēpat | rēperet | rēpserit | rēpsisset |
| 1st pl. | rēpāmus | rēperēmus | rēpserīmus | rēpsissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | rēpātis | rēperētis | rēpserītis | rēpsissētis |
| 3rd pl. | rēpant | rēperent | rēpserint | rēpsissent |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | rēpe | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | rēpite | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | rēpitō | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | rēpitō | — |
| fut. 2nd pl. | rēpitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | rēpuntō | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | rēpere | — |
| perfect infinitive | rēpsisse | — |
| future infinitive | rēptūrum esse | — |
| present participle | rēpēns rēpente, rēpentem, rēpentēs, rēpentī, rēpentia, rēpentibus, rēpentis, rēpentīs, rēpentium | — |
| future participle | rēptūrus | — |
gerundrēpendī, rēpendō, rēpendumsupinerēptum, rēptū
rēpo, psi, ptum, 3, v. n. Gr. ἕρπω; Sanscr. root sarp-, creep; cf. Lat. serpo, serpens,
I. to creep, crawl (cf. serpo).
I. Lit.
1. Of animals:
repens animans, Lucr. 3, 388: cochleae inter saxa, Sall. J. 93, 2: millipeda, Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 136: formica, id. 37, 11, 72, § 187: muraenae, id. 9, 20, 37, § 73: volpecula, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 29 dub.: elephas genibus in catervas, Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 20 et saep.—2. Of creeping children, Quint. 1, 2, 6; Stat. Th. 9, 427.—
3. Of other persons in gen.:
quā unus homo inermis vix poterat repere, Nep. Hann. 3 fin.: super altitudinem fastigii (templi), Plin. 22, 17, 20, § 44: Pyrrho regi, quo die periit, praecisa hostiarum capita repsisse, id. 11, 37, 77, § 197.— B. Transf., to creep, crawl, of persons travelling slowly:
milia tum pransi tria repimus, Hor. S. 1, 5, 25.—Of persons swimming: qui flumen repunt, Arn. 1, 20.— Of cranes slowly stalking, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. G. 3, 76 (Ann. v. 545 Vahl.).—Of boats moving slowly along: aequore in alto ratibus repentibus, Poet. (Enn.?) ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 23 Müll. (cf. Enn. p. 87 Vahl.; Trag. Rel. p. 292 Rib.).—Of water flowing slowly: aqua palustris, quae pigro lapsu repit, Col. 1, 5, 3.— Of clouds, Lucr. 6, 1121.— Of fire: ignis per artus, Lucr. 6, 661.—Of plants, Col. Arb. 4 fin.; 16, 4: genus cucurbitarum, quod humi repit, Plin. 19, 5, 24, § 70; 22, 22, 39, § 82.—Of movable towers, Luc. 3, 458.—Of the stealthy advance of a snare, Stat. S. 1, 2, 60.—II. Trop.:
sermones Repentes per humum, i. e. low, common, mean, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 251.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
rēpō rēpsī, rēptus, ere
SERP-, to creep, crawl : inter saxa cochleae, S.: nitedula, H.: quā unus homo inermis vix poterat repere, N.—Fig.: sermones Repentes per humum, grovelling, mean , H.
Origins
From Proto-Italic *rēpō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁p- (“to creep”). Compare with Lithuanian rėplióti, roplóti (“to creep”), Latvian rãpât, râpt (“to creep”), Middle High German rebe (“offshoot, bud”), Middle High German reben (“to move, stir”), Persian رفتن (raftan, “to go”).
Italo-Romance
- Italianripire
Borrowings
- Italianrepere
In English words that came into English from rēpō
- reptilerēptile
- surreptitioussurrēptīcius
- obreptionobreptio
- reptatorialreptatorius
- reptantrēptō
- reptationrēptātiō
- irreptitiousirrēpō
- irreptionirrēptiō