coepio
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From co- + apō (“lit. to lay hold of something on different sides, to lay hold of; hence of an action, to begin”). The present stem is a back-formation from the perfect stem coepī.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkoe̯.pi.oː/, [ˈkoe̯pioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.pi.o/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːpio]
Verb edit
coepiō (present infinitive coepere, perfect active coepī, supine coeptum); third conjugation iō-variant
- (pre-Classical and post-classical, transitive, intransitive) to begin, commence, initiate
Usage notes edit
In classical times, only the perfect tenses were in use; the present, imperfect and future indicative and the present and imperfect subjunctive, were supplied by incipiō. This is similar to odiō.
Conjugation edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- “coepio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “coepio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- coepio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.