conceptus
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin cōncipiō (“to take hold of, to receive”), from Latin capiō (“to capture”).
Noun
editconceptus (plural conceptuses or concepti or conceptūs)
- The fetus or embryo, including all the surrounding tissues protecting and nourishing it during pregnancy.
References
editThe American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fifth Edition.
Latin
editEtymology 1
editPerfect passive participle of concipiō (“I receive, catch”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /konˈkep.tus/, [kɔŋˈkɛpt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /konˈt͡ʃep.tus/, [kon̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛpt̪us]
Participle
editconceptus (feminine concepta, neuter conceptum); first/second-declension participle
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | conceptus | concepta | conceptum | conceptī | conceptae | concepta | |
Genitive | conceptī | conceptae | conceptī | conceptōrum | conceptārum | conceptōrum | |
Dative | conceptō | conceptō | conceptīs | ||||
Accusative | conceptum | conceptam | conceptum | conceptōs | conceptās | concepta | |
Ablative | conceptō | conceptā | conceptō | conceptīs | |||
Vocative | concepte | concepta | conceptum | conceptī | conceptae | concepta |
Etymology 2
editFrom concipiō (“I receive, catch”) + -tus (forms nouns from verbs, usually signifying the result of an action).
Noun
editconceptus m (genitive conceptūs); fourth declension
Declension
editFourth-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | conceptus | conceptūs |
Genitive | conceptūs | conceptuum |
Dative | conceptuī | conceptibus |
Accusative | conceptum | conceptūs |
Ablative | conceptū | conceptibus |
Vocative | conceptus | conceptūs |
Related terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “conceptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “conceptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to blot out a reproach: maculam (conceptam) delere, eluere
- to blot out a reproach: maculam (conceptam) delere, eluere
- conceptus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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