comperistis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →compereo, comperire, comperivi(ii), comperitus:
Verb · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
perish together;
pl. perf. act. ind. 2nd - Entry →comperio, comperire, comperi, compertus:
Verb · 4th conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
learn/discover/find (by investigation); verify/know for certain; find guilty;
pl. perf. act. ind. 2nd - —
Syncopated perfect often drops the 'v' and contracts vowel
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...facite quod iubeo. Mercennarius meus, ut ex novacula comperistis, tonsor est: hic continuo radat utriusque non solum capita..."In Catilinam I
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...M.Tulli, quid agis? Tune eum, quem esse hostem comperisti, quem ducem belli futurum vides, quem expectari imperatorem..."
