inceptor
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
inceptor (plural inceptors)
- A beginner; one in the rudiments.
- (UK) One who is on the point of taking a Master of Arts degree at an English university.
- 1670, Izaak Walton, “The Life of Mr. Rich[ard] Hooker, the Author of Those Learned Books of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity”, in The Lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr. Richard Hooker, Mr. George Herbert. […], volume III, London: […] Tho[mas] Newcomb for Rich[ard] Marriott, […], →OCLC, pages 21–22:
- And in the year 1576. Febr. 23. Mr. Hookers Grace was given him for Inceptor of Arts, Doctor Herbert Weſtphaling, a man of note for Learning, being then Vice-chancellour [of the University of Oxford].
Further reading[edit]
- “inceptor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /inˈkep.tor/, [ɪŋˈkɛpt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /inˈt͡ʃep.tor/, [in̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛpt̪or]
Noun[edit]
inceptor m (genitive inceptōris); third declension
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | inceptor | inceptōrēs |
Genitive | inceptōris | inceptōrum |
Dative | inceptōrī | inceptōribus |
Accusative | inceptōrem | inceptōrēs |
Ablative | inceptōre | inceptōribus |
Vocative | inceptor | inceptōrēs |
Descendants[edit]
- English: inceptor
Verb[edit]
inceptor
References[edit]
- “inceptor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “inceptor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- inceptor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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