incipiens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of incipiō (“begin”).

Participle

incipiēns (genitive incipientis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. beginning

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	incipiēns			incipientēs	incipientia
Genitive	incipientis			incipientium
Dative	incipientī			incipientibus
Accusative	incipientem	incipiēns		incipientēs incipientīs	incipientia
Ablative	incipiente incipientī1			incipientibus
Vocative	incipiēns			incipientēs	incipientia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

• English: incipient
• Italian: incipiente
• Portuguese: incipiente
• Romanian: incipient
• Spanish: incipiente

References

• incipiens 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)