saepe

Latin > English

saepe saepius, saepissime ADV :: often, oft, oftimes, many times, frequently

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

saepe: adv. old acc. n. of saepis.
I Often, oft, oftentimes, many times, frequently (at indefinite intervals, while crebro denotes in close succession): aperitur ostium, unde saturitate saepe ego exii ebrius, Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 35: multis damno et mihi lucro saepe eris, id. Cist. 1, 1, 52: audivi saepe hoc vulgo dicier, id. Stich. 1, 3, 13: saepe ex te audivi pater, id. Merc. 2, 3, 40; cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 30, 46: saepe hoc de majoribus natu audivimus, id. ib. 2, 15, 28: cum saepe mecum ageres, ut, etc., id. Lael. 1, 4: sed ... saepe enim redeo ad Scipionem, etc., id. ib. 17, 62; cf. comp.: quocirca ... dicendum est enim saepius, etc., id. ib. 22, 85: licet lascivire, dum nihil metuas, ut in navi ac saepe etiam in morbo levi, id. Rep. 1, 40, 63; so, saepe etiam, id. ib. 1, 17, 26: in hoc statu rei publicae, quem dixi jam saepe non posse esse diuturnum, id. ib. 2, 37: minime saepe, least frequently, Caes. B. G. 1, 1: haud saepe, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 33: non saepe, id. Ps. 2, 4, 37: solet jocari saepe mecum illo modo, id. Men. 2, 2, 42; cf. id. ib. 5, 2, 18; so (with solere) Cic. Rep. 3, 5, 9; cf. sup.: de quo (Homero) saepissime vigilans (Ennius) solebat cogitare et loqui, id. ib. 6, 10; id. Lael. 8, 26: vidi ego multa saepe picta, quae Acherunti fierent cruciamenta, Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 1; so (with multus) id. ib. 2, 2, 78; id. Cas. 2, 5, 41; id. Mil. 3, 3, 12; id. Poen. 1, 1, 1; Cic. Rep. 3, 30, 42; id. Lael. 1, 2; id. Off. 2, 6, 20; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 219; cf.: saepe et multum hoc mecum cogitavi, Cic. Inv. 1, 1, 1: in hac (causā) multum et saepe versatus, id. Quint. 1, 3: quorum saepe et diu ad pedes jacuit stratus, id. ib. 31, 96; Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 28: nullus (piscis) minus saepe ad terram venit, id. Rud. 4, 3, 56: illos (inimicos) saepe verum dicere, hos (amicos) numquam, Cato ap. Cic. Lael. 24, 90: quod vos nimium saepe dicitis, Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 41: bene saepe, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 3 (Ann. v. 241 Vahl.): saepe antea (ante), Sall. J. 107, 1; 112, 2.—
   (b)    Comp.: ibi eos conspicias quam praetorem saepius, Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 8; cf.: ego saepius quam vellem, Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 59.— More usu. without quam: quod, etsi saepe dictum est, dicendum est tamen saepius, etc., Cic. Off. 3, 17, 69; cf. Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 6, A: semel atque iterum ac saepius, Cic. Font. 12, 26 (16): semel et saepius, id. Inv. 2, 4, 14: bis ac saepius, Quint. 10, 5, 7: iterum et saepius te rogo, Cic. Fam. 13, 42, 2; id. Imp. Pomp. 11, 30: iterum ac saepius, Quint. 12, 8, 8: quo quidem schemate utuntur poëtae saepius, sed ne oratores quidem raro, id. 9, 3, 44: quo magis novi, tanto saepius, Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 14: propterea saepius te, ut memineris, moneo, Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 43: ut verbis, quid sit ... definiam saepius, Cic. Rep. 1, 24, 38: quasi ipsos induxi loquentes, ne inquam et inquit saepius interponeretur, id. Lael. 1, 3: quae potestas si mihi saepius sine meo vestroque periculo fiet, utar, id. Phil. 1, 15, 38: si saepius decertandum sit, id. ib. 2, 17, 43.—
   (g)    Sup.: tibi saepissime Cyathisso, Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 28; id. Ps. 2, 4, 56: optare ut quam saepissime peccet amicus, Cic. Lael. 16, 59: ut vinum aegrotis, qui prodest raro, nocet saepissime, id. N. D. 3, 27, 69: de quo (avo tuo) audisti multa ex me, eaque saepissime, id. Phil. 1, 14, 34.—
II In general propositions stating the results of experience, to denote that which is wont to take place frequently, Plaut. Capt. prol. 44: illud saepe fit, tempestas venit, etc., id. Most. 1, 2, 27; cf.: nam saepe est, quibus in rebus alius ne iratus quidem est, Cum, etc., Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 28: saepe ex hujusmodi re quāpiam ... magna familiaritas Conflatast, id. Eun. 5, 2, 34: non licet hominem esse saepe ita ut volt, id. Heaut. 4, 1, 53: in quo defuit fortasse ratio, sed tamen vincit ipsa rerum publicarum natura saepe rationem, Cic. Rep. 2, 33, 57; repeated: saepe ... saepe, Hor. C. 1, 8, 11; id. Ep. 1, 19, 19; Liv. 23, 15: saepe, five times in succession, Cic. Lael. 10, 33 sq.; cf.: saepe ... persaepe ... saepe ... saepe ... saepe ... modo ... modo, Hor. S. 1, 3, 9: modo ... saepe ... modo ... interdum, id. ib. 1, 10, 11: saepe ... modo, id. ib. 2, 7, 8.—Sup.: bonum consilium subripitur saepissime, si, etc., Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 8.—
III Sometimes with numero, and also joined in one word with it, saepenumero, to strengthen the main idea, like our oftentimes, again and again (perh. not before the class. per.): Aeduos fratres consanguineosque saepenumero a senatu appellatos, Caes. B. G. 1, 33; 1, 39; 1, 40; 6, 8; 7, 62; Cic. de Or. 1, 1, 1; id. Sen. 2, 4; id. Rosc. Am. 24, 67; 41, 119; id. Fam. 16, 21, 3; Sall. C. 52, 7; 53, 3; Auct. B. Afr. 35, 4 al.—Once also in comp.: gigni hominem saepe nono, saepiusnumero decimo mense, Gell. 3, 16, 1.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

sæpĕ, adv., souvent, fréquemment : nimium sæpe Cic. Fin. 2, 41, trop souvent || comp. sæpius, superl. sæpissime Cic., etc.

Latin > German (Georges)

saepe, Adv. (eig. neutr. eines Adjekt. *saepis), oft (Ggstz. nonnumquam, raro), Cic. u.a.: saepe... saepe, Ov.: bene saepe, Enn. fr. u. Cic.: saepe et multum, multum et s., Cic.: saepe multi, multi saepe, Cic. (s. Beier Cic. de off. 2, 20). – Compar. saepius, Superl. saepissime, Cic. u.a.

Translations

frequently

Armenian: հաճախ, հաճախակի; Bashkir: йыш; Bulgarian: често; Catalan: freqüentment; Chinese Dutch: veelvuldig, vaak; Estonian: sageli, sagedasti; Finnish: usein; French: fréquemment; Galician: frecuentemente, a miúdo; Georgian: ხშირად; German: häufig; Ancient Greek: ἁδινῶς, ἀκαμάτως, θαμά, πλεονάκις, πολλά, πολλάκις, πυκνά, συχνάκις, συχνόν, συχνῶς; Ido: freque; Interlingua: frequentemente; Irish: go minic; Italian: frequentemente, spesso, continuamente; Japanese: しばしば, しょっちゅう, 頻繁に; Latin: frequenter, saepe, crebriter; Malayalam: ആവർത്തിച്ച്; Polish: często; Portuguese: frequentemente; Romanian: în mod frecvent, frecvent, deseori; Russian: часто; Sorbian Lower Sorbian: cesto; Spanish: frecuentemente; Swedish: ofta; Ukrainian: часто

often

Afrikaans: dikwels; Albanian: shpesh, dendur; Arabic: كَثِيرًا‎, غَالِبًا‎, كَثِيرًا مَا‎, غَالِبًا مَا‎, طَالَمَا‎; Moroccan Arabic: بالزاف‎, غالبا‎, غالبا ما‎; Armenian: հաճախ; Azerbaijani: tez-tez; Bashkir: йыш; Basque: maiz; Belarusian: часта; Bengali: প্রায়ই; Breton: alies; Bulgarian: често; Burmese: မကြာခဏ, ခဏခဏ, ခုတင်ခု; Catalan: sovint; Chinese Cantonese: 好多時／好多时, 成日, 經常／经常; Mandarin: 常常, 經常／经常, 時常／时常, 往往; Czech: často; Dakota: s'a, ižehaŋ; Danish: ofte, hyppigt; Dutch: vaak, dikwijls, menigmaal; Elfdalian: kringgt; Esperanto: ofte; Estonian: tihti, sageli; Finnish: usein, monesti, monta kertaa; French: souvent, souventefois; Galician: a miúdo, frecuentemente, seguido; Georgian: ხშირად, ხშირ-ხშირად; German: häufig, oft; Gothic: 𐌿𐍆𐍄𐌰; Greek: συχνά; Ancient Greek: πολλά, πολλάκις; Haitian Creole: souvan; Hebrew: לְעִתִּים קְרוֹבוֹת‎; Hindi: अक्सर; Hungarian: gyakran, sűrűn, sokszor; Icelandic: oft, ósjaldan, iðulega, oftlega, títt, þrá-; Ido: ofte; Indonesian: sering; Interlingua: sovente; Irish: go minic; Italian: spesso, sovente; Japanese: よく, 度々, 頻繁に, しばしば; Javanese: kerep, asring; Kashubian: czãsto; Kazakh: жиі, жиі-жиі; Khmer: ញឹកញាប់; Kikuyu: kaingĩ; Korean: 수시로, 자주, 흔히; Kurdish Central Kurdish: گەلێ جار‎, زۆر جار‎, بارەھا‎; Kyrgyz: жыш, тез-тез; Ladin: suënz, suvënz, gonot; Ladino: akoruto; Lao: ຄ້ອຍ, ຈະໄຈ້, ບ່ອຍ; Latin: saepe, saepenumero; Latvian: bieži; Lithuanian: dažnai; Livonian: saggõld; Low German: oft, faken, vaken; Luxembourgish: dacks; Macedonian: често; Malay: sering, kerap; Maltese: spiss; Maori: putuputu, pūputu; Mongolian: байн байн, үргэлж; Ngazidja Comorian: naɗi; Norwegian: ofte, hyppig; Ojibwe: moozhag; Old English: oft; Old Norse: opt; Persian: اغلب‎, بارها‎; Plautdietsch: foaken; Polish: często; Portuguese: frequentemente, seguido, amiúde; Romanian: des; Romansch: savens; Russian: часто, зачастую, частенько; Scots: aften; Scottish Gaelic: gu tric, tric; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: че̑сто; Roman: čȇsto; Slovak: často; Slovene: pogósto; Sorbian Lower Sorbian: cesto; Spanish: a menudo, frecuentemente, seguido, con frecuencia; Swahili: mara nyingi; Swedish: ofta; Tagalog: madalas; Tajik: зич, ағлаб; Tamil: அடிக்கடி, பலநேரம், அவ்வப்பொழுது; Tatar: еш; Telugu: తరచూ, తరచుగా; Thai: บ่อย; Turkish: sık, sık sık; Turkmen: aglaba, ýygy, ýygy-ýygydan; Ukrainian: часто; Urdu: اکثر‎; Uzbek: tez-tez; Vietnamese: thường, hay, luôn, thường hay; Volapük: suvo; Walloon: sovint; Welsh: yn aml, yn fynych; Yiddish: אָפֿט‎