incipio
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From in- + capiō (“I seize upon”, “I lay hold of”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /inˈki.pi.oː/, [ɪŋˈkɪpioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /inˈt͡ʃi.pi.o/, [in̠ʲˈt͡ʃiːpiɔ]
Verb[edit]
incipiō (present infinitive incipere, perfect active incēpī, supine inceptum); third conjugation iō-variant
Conjugation[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Aromanian: ntsep, ntseapiri
- English: incipit
- Romanian: începe, începere
- Romansch: entschaiver, entscheiver, antschever
- Spanish: incipiente
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- incipio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
- incipio in Charlton T. Lewis, An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891
- incipio in Gaffiot, Félix, Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, 1934
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden, Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co., 1894
- to begin with a thing: initium capere; incipere ab aliqua re
- to commence hostilities: bellum incipere, belli initium facere (B. G. 7. 1. 5)
- to begin with a thing: initium capere; incipere ab aliqua re
- incipio in Ramminger, Johann, Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016, retrieved 16 July 2016