incipit

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Etymology [edit]

Latin incipit (“it begins”)

Noun [edit]

incipit (plural incipits)

  1. The first few words of a text, especially its first line.

Latin [edit]

Verb [edit]

incipit

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of incipiō
    1. "he (she, it) begins"
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