Latin

Verb

incipiō ‎(present infinitive incipere, perfect active incēpī, supine inceptum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. I begin

Inflection

Synonyms

Although much more limited in tenses, coepi is equivalent in meaning.

Derived terms

• inceptiō
• inceptīvus
• inceptum

Descendants

• Aromanian: ntsep, ntseapiri
• Romanian: începe, începere
• Romansch: entschaiver, entscheiver, antschever

References

• incipio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• incipio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “incipio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to begin with a thing: initium capere; incipere ab aliqua re
    
  • to commence hostilities: bellum incipere, belli initium facere (B. G. 7. 1. 5)
    
• incipio in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016