repens

English

Verb

repens

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of repen

French

Verb

repens

1. first/second-person singular present indicative of repentir

Anagrams

• pensers

Latin

Etymology 1

Present active participle of rēpō (“creep, crawl”).

Participle

rēpēns (genitive rēpentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. creeping, crawling

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	rēpēns			rēpentēs	rēpentia
genitive	rēpentis			rēpentium
dative	rēpentī			rēpentibus
accusative	rēpentem	rēpēns		rēpentēs rēpentīs	rēpentia
ablative	rēpente rēpentī1			rēpentibus
vocative	rēpēns			rēpentēs	rēpentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Synonyms

• rēptāns

Descendants

• Catalan: repent
• → English: repent

Etymology 2

Of uncertain origin. De Vaan prefers to derive the word from Proto-Italic *rep-nt-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁repnt- (“seizing”), the aorist participle of *h₁rep- (“to snatch”), and thus cognate with rapiō (“to snatch”); see there for more.

Adjective

repēns (genitive repentis, adverb repente); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. sudden, unexpected
2. recent, fresh

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	repēns			repentēs	repentia
genitive	repentis			repentium
dative	repentī			repentibus
accusative	repentem	repēns		repentēs	repentia
ablative	repentī			repentibus
vocative	repēns			repentēs	repentia

Derived terms

• repente
• repentinus

Descendants

• Italian: repente
• Portuguese: repente
• Spanish: repente

Adverb

repēns (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of repente

References

• “repens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “repens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• repens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Swedish

Noun

repens

1. definite genitive plural of rep