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accepto
accepto
Latin
Etymology
Frequentative from accipiō (“to receive, accept”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + capiō (“take”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /akˈkep.toː/
Verb
acceptō (present infinitive acceptāre, perfect active acceptāvī, supine acceptātum); first conjugation
- I take, receive, accept (regularly)
- I submit to
- I understand, comprehend
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References
- accepto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- accepto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “accepto”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
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(ambiguous) on receiving the news: nuntio allato or accepto
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(ambiguous) having exchanged pledges, promises: fide data et accepta (Sall. Iug. 81. 1)
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(ambiguous) after mutual greeting: salute data (accepta) redditaque
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(ambiguous) wounds (scars) on the breast: vulnera adverso corpore accepta
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(ambiguous) on receiving the news: nuntio allato or accepto