inceptus
Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of incipiō (“begin”).
Participle
inceptus m (feminine incepta, neuter inceptum); first/second declension
- begun, having been begun
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | inceptus | incepta | inceptum | inceptī | inceptae | incepta | |
| Genitive | inceptī | inceptae | inceptī | inceptōrum | inceptārum | inceptōrum | |
| Dative | inceptō | inceptae | inceptō | inceptīs | inceptīs | inceptīs | |
| Accusative | inceptum | inceptam | inceptum | inceptōs | inceptās | incepta | |
| Ablative | inceptō | inceptā | inceptō | inceptīs | inceptīs | inceptīs | |
| Vocative | incepte | incepta | inceptum | inceptī | inceptae | incepta | |
Derived terms
Descendants
- English: incept
- Romansh: antschet
References
- inceptus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- inceptus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- inceptus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- inceptus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to persevere in one's resolve: in incepto or conatu perstare
- (ambiguous) to give up one's project: incepto or conatu desistere
- (ambiguous) to persevere in one's resolve: in incepto or conatu perstare
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