Latin edit

Etymology edit

Perfect passive participle of incohō (begin, commence).

Pronunciation edit

Participle edit

incohātus (feminine incohāta, neuter incohātum); first/second-declension participle

  1. just begun, unfinished, having been commenced (but not completed)
  2. incomplete, imperfect
    Synonyms: imperfectus, īnfectus
    Antonyms: complētus, absolūtus, perfectus, factus, dēfūnctus

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative incohātus incohāta incohātum incohātī incohātae incohāta
Genitive incohātī incohātae incohātī incohātōrum incohātārum incohātōrum
Dative incohātō incohātō incohātīs
Accusative incohātum incohātam incohātum incohātōs incohātās incohāta
Ablative incohātō incohātā incohātō incohātīs
Vocative incohāte incohāta incohātum incohātī incohātae incohāta

Descendants edit

  • English: inchoate

References edit

  • incohatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • incohatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • vague, undeveloped ideas: intellegentiae adumbratae or incohatae (De Leg. 1. 22. 59)