PERCIPIUNT, percipiunt
Sounds Like: per-KIP-ee-unt
Translations: they perceive, they understand, they grasp, they receive
From the root: PERCIPIO
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to perceive,' 'to understand,' 'to grasp,' or 'to receive.' It is used to describe the action of multiple subjects (they) who are actively taking in information or acquiring something. For example, it could be used in a sentence like 'Homines veritatem percipiunt' (The people perceive the truth).
Inflection: Third person, Plural, Present tense, Active voice, Indicative mood
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, PERCIPIO.
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.
- PERCIPIENSQUE — and perceiving, and understanding, and taking up, and seizing
- PERCIPIO — I perceive, I feel, I understand, I comprehend, I learn, I obtain, I receive, I take possession of
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