Verbum Hodiernum: INVENIO

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INVENIO Dictionary Entry

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Today's word is the fourth conjugation verb INVENIO, which is a compound of the verb venio. It literally means to "come into, come upon," and, by extension, to "find." We get several English words from this root, including "invention," "inventive" and "inventor" as well as the word "inventory.

Here are some examples of today's word in Latin sayings and proverbs; for more information, see the page at the Scala Sapientiae, which contains notes on some of the proverbs cited below, as well as additional proverbs:

Quaerendo invenietis.

Quaerite et invenietis.

Qui quaerit, invenit.

Aut inveniam viam, aut faciam.

Fata viam invenient.

Beatus qui invenit amicum verum.

Facile invenies qui bene faciant, cum qui fecerunt coles.

Hic perierat et inventus est.

Tempus invenit, discit, docet, mutat omnia.

Beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam.

Multa ante temptes, quam virum invenias bonum.

Invenit amicum, invenit thesaurum.

Qui invenit amicum, invenit thesaurum.

Nihil est simul et inventum et perfectum.

Lupus, quando te solum invenit, audacior est.

Inventa lege, inventa est fraus legis.

Facito aliquid operis, ut te semper diabolus inveniat occupatum.

Numquam finem inveniet libido.

Ubi meum invenio, ibi vindico.

Effugi mala, inveni meliora.