coeptus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Perfect passive participle of coepī (“began”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkoe̯p.tus/, [ˈkoe̯pt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃep.tus/, [ˈt͡ʃɛpt̪us]
Participle edit
coeptus (feminine coepta, neuter coeptum); first/second-declension participle
- having been begun
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | coeptus | coepta | coeptum | coeptī | coeptae | coepta | |
| Genitive | coeptī | coeptae | coeptī | coeptōrum | coeptārum | coeptōrum | |
| Dative | coeptō | coeptō | coeptīs | ||||
| Accusative | coeptum | coeptam | coeptum | coeptōs | coeptās | coepta | |
| Ablative | coeptō | coeptā | coeptō | coeptīs | |||
| Vocative | coepte | coepta | coeptum | coeptī | coeptae | coepta | |
Noun edit
coeptus m (genitive coeptūs); fourth declension
- beginning, undertaking, enterprise. See also coeptum.
Declension edit
Fourth-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | coeptus | coeptūs |
| Genitive | coeptūs | coeptuum |
| Dative | coeptuī | coeptibus |
| Accusative | coeptum | coeptūs |
| Ablative | coeptū | coeptibus |
| Vocative | coeptus | coeptūs |
References edit
- “coeptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “coeptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- coeptus 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
- (ambiguous) swords must now decide the day: res gladiis geri coepta est