coeptum

Latin

Participle

coeptum

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

Noun

coeptum

1. accusative singular of coeptus

Noun

coeptum n (genitive coeptī); second declension

1. Something started, a work begun, an undertaking, enterprise, beginning.

   Synonyms: commissum, facinus, gestum, āctiō, factum, rēs, inceptum

   • 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.2–4:

     […] dī, coeptīs (nam vōs mūtāstis et illa)
     adspīrāte meīs prīmāque ab orīgine mundī
     ad mea perpetuum dēdūcite tempora carmen!

     O gods, favor my undertakings (for you have changed them too), and lead my uninterrupted song down from the first origin of the world to my times!

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	coeptum	coepta
Genitive	coeptī	coeptōrum
Dative	coeptō	coeptīs
Accusative	coeptum	coepta
Ablative	coeptō	coeptīs
Vocative	coeptum	coepta

References

• “coeptum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “coeptum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• coeptum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) swords must now decide the day: res gladiis geri coepta est