I.fut. reperibit, Caecil. ap. Non. 508, 16: “reperibitur,” Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 48; Pompon. ap. Non. 1. 1.; inf. reperirier, Plaut. Truc. 4, 1, 1; Lucr. 4, 480), v. a. pario (orig., perh., to procure or find again; hence), in gen., to find, meet with, find out, either by searching or by accident (cf.: invenio, offendo, nanciscor).
I. Lit.: “ego illam reperiam,” will find her again, will find her out, Plaut. Ep. 4, 2, 32: “Glycerium suos parentes repperit,” Ter. And. 4, 5, 11; 5, 6, 5: “perscrutabor fanum, si inveniam uspiam Aurum: sed si repperero, etc.,” Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 14: “quid repperisti? Non quod pueri clamitant in fabā se repperisse,” id. ib. 5, 10; cf. id. Bacch. 3, 6, 33: “facile invenies pejorem ... meliorem neque tu reperies, etc.,” id. Stich. 1, 2, 53: “curculiones in tritico,” id. Curc. 4, 4, 31; cf. Ov. M. 1, 654: “aliquem hominem,” Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 8: “multos,” Cic. Fin. 2, 9, 28: “mortui sunt reperti,” id. Tusc. 1, 47, 114: “puerum aut puellam sibi recens natum,” Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 16: “ibi quoque equi caput repertum,” Just. 18, 5, 16: “ceterarum artium repertos antistites agriculturae neque discipulos neque praeceptores inventos,” Col. 11, 1, 10: “divitiis incubare repertis,” Verg. A. 6, 610. —
II. Trop.
A. In gen., to find, find out, discern; to get, procure, obtain: “occasionem,” Plaut. Ps. 4, 4, 9: “propter paupertatem nomen,” id. Stich. 11, 3, 22: “gloriam armis,” Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 60: “quamvis malam rem quaeris, illic reperias,” Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 153; cf.: “si quaerimus, cur, etc. ... causas reperiemus verissimas duas,” Cic. Brut. 95, 325: “rem repperi omnem ex tuo magistro, ne nega,” Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 37: “verae amicitiae difficillime reperiuntur in iis, qui, etc.,” Cic. Lael. 17, 64: “nec quicquam difficilius quam reperire, quod sit omni ex parte in suo genere perfectum,” id. ib. 21, 79: “nec vos exitum reperitis,” id. N. D. 1, 38, 107: “perpauci lintribus inventis sibi salutem reppererunt,” found, obtained, Caes. B. G. 1, 53 Oud. N. cr.: “aristolochia nomen ex inventore reperit,” Cic. Div. 1, 10, 16: sollicitudinis finem, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 15, 4: “cujus praeclara apud Vergilium multa exempla reperio,” Quint. 8, 3, 79; cf. in pass., id. 1, 5, 43: “quibus (armis) quemadmodum salutariter uterentur, non reperiebant,” Cic. Brut. 2, 8. —
B. In partic.
1. With a double predicate, to find, discover, perceive, learn, ascertain a thing to be in any manner: “qui invident, omnes inimicos mihi istoc facto repperi,” Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 6: “hoc si secus reperies, nullam causam dico,” id. Capt. 3, 4, 92: “quam paucos reperias meretricibus Fideles evenire amatores,” Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 1; cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 3: “re ipsā repperi, Facilitate nihil esse homini melius,” id. Ad. 5, 4, 6; cf.: “cum transgressos repperisset consules,” Vell. 2, 50, 1: “quorum de moribus Caesar cum quaereret, sic reperiebat,” Caes. B. G. 2, 15: “neque, quanta esset insulae magnitudo, reperire poterat,” id. ib. 4, 20; “1, 50: Caesar repperit ab Suevis auxilia missa,” id. ib. 6, 9: “repperit esse vera,” id. ib. 1, 18: “quem Tarentum venisse reperio,” Cic. Sen. 4, 10.— So pass., with a double subject (i.e. with a predicate nom.), to be found, discovered, recognized to be any thing: “quos cum censeas Esse amicos, reperiuntur falsi falsimoniis,” Plaut. Bacch. 3. 6, 12: “ingrato ingratus repertus est,” id. Pers. 5, 2, 59: “improbissimus reperiebare,” Cic. Quint. 20, 56: “ceteris rebus aut pares aut etiam inferiores reperiemur, religione multo superiores,” id. N. D. 2, 3, 8; id. Fl. 38, 94.— With inf.: “quoniam duplex natura duarum Dissimilis rerum longe constare reperta'st,” Lucr. 1, 504: “Sybarim et Crotonem et in eas Italiae partes Pythagoras venisse reperitur,” Cic. Rep. 2, 15, 28: “nec ulli periisse nisi in proelio reperiuntur,” Suet. Caes. 75.—
2. To find out, hit upon, invent, devise, discover (freq. after the Aug. period; cf. repertor; “whereas invenire is used in this signif. in all periods): reperi, comminiscere, cedo calidum consilium cito,” Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 71; cf.: “aliquid calidi consilii,” id. Ep. 2, 2, 71: “sibi aliquam astutiam,” id. Capt. 3, 4, 7: “repperisti tibi quod placeat,” Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 35; 3, 2, 22: “consilium,” id. Phorm. 1, 4, 1: “causam,” id. ib. 2, 1, 4: “mihimet ineunda ratio et via reperiunda est, quā, etc.,” Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 110: “nihil novi reperiens,” id. Ac. 2, 6, 16: “hoc reperire difficilius, quam, cum inveneris, argumentis adjuvare,” Quint. 5, 10, 116: “reperta verba (opp. nativa),” id. 8, 3, 36: “medicina ex observatione salubrium reperta est,” id. 2, 17, 4; 9, 4, 114: “ludusque (scaenicus) repertus,” Hor. A. P. 405: “serrae reperit usum,” Ov. M. 8, 246; 1, 687: “repertā nuper conjuratione,” discovered, Tac. A. 16, 15; cf.: “posterius res inventa est aurumque repertum,” Lucr. 5, 1112; 1240: “in quarum exercitationem reperta est (declamatio),” Quint. 2, 10, 4; 4, 2, 21; 4, 3, 2; 8, 3, 72; 12, 10, 72; Tac. Agr. 19.— With dat., Quint. 8, 6, 19.— With object-clause: “Indi gemmas crystallum tingendo adulterare repererunt,” Plin. 35, 5, 20, § 79 (where, however, Jahn reads invenerunt).—Hence, rĕperta , ōrum, n., inventions (mostly in Lucr.): “exponunt praeclara reperta,” Lucr. 1, 732; 136; 5, 2; 13; 6, 7; “and (perh. in imitation),” Rhem. Fan. Pond. 15.
