coepi

Latin

Etymology

From earlier *coēpī. The present stem coepio is a back-formation.

Pronunciation

Verb

coepī

  1. first-person singular perfect active indicative of coepiō

Verb

coepī (present infinitive coepisse, perfect active coeptum); irregular conjugation

  1. I began.

Usage notes

Defective verb, no present tense conjugations. For a full set of forms, incipiō is often used in its place.

Inflection
   Conjugation of coepi (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active perfect coepī coepistī coepit coepimus coepistis coepērunt, coepēre
pluperfect coeperam coeperās coeperat coeperāmus coeperātis coeperant
future perfect coeperō coeperis coeperit coeperimus coeperitis coeperint
passive perfect coeptus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect coeptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect coeptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active perfect coeperim coeperīs coeperit coeperīmus coeperītis coeperint
pluperfect coepissem coepissēs coepisset coepissēmus coepissētis coepissent
passive perfect coeptus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect coeptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives — coepisse coeptūrus esse — coeptus esse coeptum īrī
participles — — coeptūrus — coeptus coepiendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
— — — — coeptum coeptū

References
  • coepi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • he fell ill: aegrotare coepit
    • a man's credit begins to go down: fides aliquem deficere coepit
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “apīscor”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 47
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