inceptio
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From inceptus + -tiō, where inceptus is the past participle of incipiō (“begin; take hold”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /inˈkep.ti.oː/, [ɪŋˈkɛpt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /inˈt͡ʃep.t͡si.o/, [in̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛpt̪͡s̪io]
Noun edit
inceptiō f (genitive inceptiōnis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | inceptiō | inceptiōnēs |
| Genitive | inceptiōnis | inceptiōnum |
| Dative | inceptiōnī | inceptiōnibus |
| Accusative | inceptiōnem | inceptiōnēs |
| Ablative | inceptiōne | inceptiōnibus |
| Vocative | inceptiō | inceptiōnēs |
Synonyms edit
- (beginning): prīncipium
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- English: inception
- French: inception
- Italian: incezzione
- Spanish: incepción
References edit
- “inceptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “inceptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- inceptio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- inceptio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.