acceptum

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /akˈkep.tum/, [äkˈkɛpt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /atˈt͡ʃep.tum/, [ätˈt͡ʃɛpt̪um]

Verb

acceptum

1. accusative supine of accipiō

Participle

acceptum

1. inflection of acceptus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

Noun

acceptum n (genitive acceptī); second declension

1. (accounting) receipt; the credit side in account books

   in acceptum referre ― to carry over to the credit side, to place to one's credit; to owe or be indebted (to someone)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	acceptum	accepta
genitive	acceptī	acceptōrum
dative	acceptō	acceptīs
accusative	acceptum	accepta
ablative	acceptō	acceptīs
vocative	acceptum	accepta

Descendants

• → Old Irish: aiccept
  • Middle Irish: aiccecht
    • Irish: aiceacht, ceacht
• Old Spanish: acceptar
  • Spanish: aceptar

References

• “acceptum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “acceptum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• acceptum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) on receiving the news: nuntio allato or accepto
    
  • (ambiguous) having exchanged pledges, promises: fide data et accepta (Sall. Iug. 81. 1)
    
  • (ambiguous) after mutual greeting: salute data (accepta) redditaque
    
  • (ambiguous) for a trifle, a beggarly pittance: nummulis acceptis (Att. 1. 16. 6)
    
  • (ambiguous) account-book; ledger: codex or tabulae ratio accepti et expensi
    
  • (ambiguous) to put down to a man's credit: alicui acceptum referre aliquid (Verr. 2. 70. 170)
    
  • (ambiguous) the account of receipts and expenditure: ratio acceptorum et datorum (accepti et expensi) (Amic. 16. 58)
    
  • (ambiguous) after many had been wounded on both sides: multis et illatis et acceptis vulneribus (B. G. 1. 50)
    
  • (ambiguous) wounds (scars) on the breast: vulnera adverso corpore accepta
    
  • (ambiguous) much damage was done by this collision: ex eo navium concursu magnum incommodum est acceptum