Latin

Verb

percipiō ‎(present infinitive percipere, perfect active percēpī, supine perceptum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. I seize or take on (entirely); assume; earn; occupy, keep (i.e. maintain control)
2. I perceive, observe, notice
3. I feel
4. I learn, know, conceive, understand

Inflection

Note there is an old form percēpset for percēpisset.

Synonyms

• (feel): sentiō

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References

• percipio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• percipio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “percipio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be perceptible to the senses: sensibus percipi
    
  • to derive (great) profit , advantage from a thing: fructum (uberrimum) capere, percipere, consequi ex aliqua re
    
  • to derive pleasure from a thing: voluptatem ex aliqua re capere or percipere
    
  • to have a thorough grasp of a subject: penitus percipere et comprehendere aliquid (De Or. 1. 23. 108)
    
  • to take pleasure in a thing: laetitiam capere or percipere ex aliqua re
    
  • to be vexed about a thing: dolorem capere (percipere) ex aliqua re
    
  • to feel sorrow about a thing: luctum percipere ex aliqua re
    
  • to reap: fructus demetere or percipere
    
• percipio in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016