inceptor
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
inceptor (plural inceptors)
- A beginner; one in the rudiments.
- (UK) One who is on the point of taking a Master of Arts degree at an English university.
- 1670, Izaak Walton, “The Life of Mr. Rich[ard] Hooker, the Author of Those Learned Books of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity”, in The Lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr. Richard Hooker, Mr. George Herbert. […], volume III, London: […] Tho[mas] Newcomb for Rich[ard] Marriott, […], →OCLC, pages 21–22:
- And in the year 1576. Febr. 23. Mr. Hookers Grace was given him for Inceptor of Arts, Doctor Herbert Weſtphaling, a man of note for Learning, being then Vice-chancellour [of the University of Oxford].
Further reading edit
- “inceptor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /inˈkep.tor/, [ɪŋˈkɛpt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /inˈt͡ʃep.tor/, [in̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛpt̪or]
Noun edit
inceptor m (genitive inceptōris); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | inceptor | inceptōrēs |
| Genitive | inceptōris | inceptōrum |
| Dative | inceptōrī | inceptōribus |
| Accusative | inceptōrem | inceptōrēs |
| Ablative | inceptōre | inceptōribus |
| Vocative | inceptor | inceptōrēs |
Descendants edit
- English: inceptor
Verb edit
inceptor
References edit
- “inceptor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “inceptor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- inceptor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.