incipio

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ capiō (“I seize upon”, “I lay hold of”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈki.pi.oː/, [ɪŋˈkɪpioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈt͡ʃi.pi.o/, [in̠ʲˈt͡ʃiːpio]

Verb

incipiō (present infinitive incipere, perfect active incēpī, supine inceptum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. to begin, to commence

   Synonyms: incohō, exōrdior, occipiō, coepiō, ōrdior, initiō, ineō, ingredior, aggredior, sūmō, moveō, committō, exorior, mōlior

   Antonyms: dēsistō, subsistō, cessō

Conjugation

Conjugation of incipiō (third conjugation iō-variant)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	incipiō	incipis	incipit	incipimus	incipitis	incipiunt
	imperfect	incipiēbam	incipiēbās	incipiēbat	incipiēbāmus	incipiēbātis	incipiēbant
	future	incipiam	incipiēs	incipiet	incipiēmus	incipiētis	incipient
	perfect	incēpī	incēpistī	incēpit	incēpimus	incēpistis	incēpērunt, incēpēre
	pluperfect	incēperam	incēperās	incēperat	incēperāmus	incēperātis	incēperant
	future perfect	incēperō	incēperis	incēperit	incēperimus	incēperitis	incēperint
passive	present	incipior	inciperis, incipere	incipitur	incipimur	incipiminī	incipiuntur
	imperfect	incipiēbar	incipiēbāris, incipiēbāre	incipiēbātur	incipiēbāmur	incipiēbāminī	incipiēbantur
	future	incipiar	incipiēris, incipiēre	incipiētur	incipiēmur	incipiēminī	incipientur
	perfect	inceptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	inceptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	inceptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	incipiam	incipiās	incipiat	incipiāmus	incipiātis	incipiant
	imperfect	inciperem	inciperēs	inciperet	inciperēmus	inciperētis	inciperent
	perfect	incēperim	incēperīs	incēperit	incēperīmus	incēperītis	incēperint
	pluperfect	incēpissem	incēpissēs	incēpisset	incēpissēmus	incēpissētis	incēpissent
passive	present	incipiar	incipiāris, incipiāre	incipiātur	incipiāmur	incipiāminī	incipiantur
	imperfect	inciperer	inciperēris, inciperēre	inciperētur	inciperēmur	inciperēminī	inciperentur
	perfect	inceptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	inceptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	incipe	—	—	incipite	—
	future	—	incipitō	incipitō	—	incipitōte	incipiuntō
passive	present	—	incipere	—	—	incipiminī	—
	future	—	incipitor	incipitor	—	—	incipiuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		incipere	incēpisse	inceptūrum esse	incipī	inceptum esse	inceptum īrī
participles		incipiēns	—	inceptūrus	—	inceptus	incipiendus, incipiundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		incipiendī	incipiendō	incipiendum	incipiendō	inceptum	inceptū

Derived terms

• inceptiō
• inceptīvus
• inceptō
• inceptor
• inceptum
• inceptus
• incipiens
• incipissō

 

Descendants

• Aromanian: ntsep, ntseapiri
• Romanian: începe, începere
• Romansch: entschaiver, entscheiver, antschever
• → English: incipit, incept

See also

• coepiō

References

• “incipio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “incipio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• incipio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to begin with a thing: initium capere; incipere ab aliqua re
    
  • to commence hostilities: bellum incipere, belli initium facere (B. G. 7. 1. 5)
    
• incipio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016