Latin edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

inceptum n (genitive inceptī); second declension

  1. beginning
  2. attempt, enterprise
    Synonyms: commissum, facinus, gestum, coeptum

Declension edit

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative inceptum incepta
Genitive inceptī inceptōrum
Dative inceptō inceptīs
Accusative inceptum incepta
Ablative inceptō inceptīs
Vocative inceptum incepta

Participle edit

inceptum

  1. inflection of inceptus:
    1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
    2. accusative masculine singular

Verb edit

inceptum

  1. accusative supine of incipiō

References edit

  • inceptum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • inceptum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • inceptum 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)
  • inceptum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], 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