INVENTI, inventi
Sounds Like: in-WEN-tee
Translations: found, discovered, invented, devised, a discovery, an invention, of a discovery, of an invention
From the root: INVENIO
Part of Speech: Participle, Noun
Explanation: This word is an inflection of the Latin verb 'invenio' (to find, discover, invent). As a perfect passive participle, 'inventi' can mean 'found' or 'discovered' and can function as an adjective. It can also be the genitive singular of the noun 'inventum' (a discovery, an invention). In the provided context, it appears to be a masculine plural nominative participle, meaning 'found' or 'discovered', likely modifying a plural subject.
Inflection: Perfect Passive Participle (Masculine Plural Nominative/Vocative), Noun (Genitive Singular Masculine/Neuter)
Instances
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 9 — 30:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, INVENIO.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
This concordance database is in beta
That means it's an unfinished preview of what we're building and is still being refined and corrected. It was initially generated from Google Gemini 2.5. It will be edited and corrected over time, with additional information added as we go.
It is your responsibility to double-check anything important.
Please report any errors or important missing information.