Latin

Verb

inceptō ‎(present infinitive inceptāre, perfect active inceptāvī, supine inceptātum); first conjugation

1. I begin, undertake.
2. I begin business, that is, I quarrel.

Inflection

Descendants

• Italian: incettare
• Portuguese: encetar
• Romansch: entschaiver
• Spanish: encetar

Etymology 2

Inflected form of inceptus, which is the perfect passive participle of incipiō ‎(“begin”).

Participle

inceptō

1. dative masculine singular of inceptus
2. dative neuter singular of inceptus
3. ablative masculine singular of inceptus
4. ablative neuter singular of inceptus

References

• incepto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• incepto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “incepto”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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