inceptum

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈkep.tum/, [ɪŋˈkɛpt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈt͡ʃep.tum/, [in̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛpt̪um]

Noun

inceptum n (genitive inceptī); second declension

1. beginning
2. attempt, enterprise

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	inceptum	incepta
Genitive	inceptī	inceptōrum
Dative	inceptō	inceptīs
Accusative	inceptum	incepta
Ablative	inceptō	inceptīs
Vocative	inceptum	incepta

Participle

(deprecated template usage) inceptum

1. nominative neuter singular of inceptus
2. accusative masculine singular of inceptus
3. accusative neuter singular of inceptus
4. vocative neuter singular of inceptus

Verb

(deprecated template usage) inceptum

1. accusative supine of incipiō

References

• “inceptum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “inceptum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• inceptum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• inceptum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to persevere in one's resolve: in incepto or conatu perstare
    
  • (ambiguous) to give up one's project: incepto or conatu desistere