accipio

Latin

Etymology

ad- (“towards”) +‎ capiō (“I take”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /akˈki.pi.oː/, [äkˈkɪpioː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /atˈt͡ʃi.pi.o/, [ätˈt͡ʃiːpio]

Verb

accipiō (present infinitive accipere, perfect active accēpī, supine acceptum); third conjugation iō-variant

to receive, accept, take
- 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Actus Apostolorum.20.35:
  Beatius est magis dare quam accipere.
  It is more blessed to give than to receive.
to hear (of), learn (of), learn
to bear, endure, suffer (particularly something disagreeable or troublesome)
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.29:
  Uti hoc incommodum acciperetur
  That this loss was sustained
(something that was said or done) to take, to regard, to interpret (as) (with ad or in + acc.)
- 62 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares 4.4.1:
  et ego ipse, quem tu per iocum sic enim accipio divitias orationis habere dicis
  and I myself, whom you declare to be a joke (as I take it) to possess a rich store of language.
to entertain (e.g., guests)
to treat, to deal with
to understand (receive as true)

Conjugation

Conjugation of accipiō (third conjugation iō-variant)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	accipiō	accipis		accipit	accipimus	accipitis		accipiunt
	imperfect	accipiēbam	accipiēbās		accipiēbat	accipiēbāmus	accipiēbātis		accipiēbant
	future	accipiam	accipiēs		accipiet	accipiēmus	accipiētis		accipient
	perfect	accēpī	accēpistī		accēpit	accēpimus	accēpistis		accēpērunt, accēpēre
	pluperfect	accēperam	accēperās		accēperat	accēperāmus	accēperātis		accēperant
	future perfect	accēperō	accēperis		accēperit	accēperimus	accēperitis		accēperint
	sigmatic future¹	accepsō	accepsis		accepsit	accepsimus	accepsitis		accepsint
passive	present	accipior	acciperis, accipere		accipitur	accipimur	accipiminī		accipiuntur
	imperfect	accipiēbar	accipiēbāris, accipiēbāre		accipiēbātur	accipiēbāmur	accipiēbāminī		accipiēbantur
	future	accipiar	accipiēris, accipiēre		accipiētur	accipiēmur	accipiēminī		accipientur
	perfect	acceptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	acceptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	acceptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	accipiam	accipiās		accipiat	accipiāmus	accipiātis		accipiant
	imperfect	acciperem	acciperēs		acciperet	acciperēmus	acciperētis		acciperent
	perfect	accēperim	accēperīs		accēperit	accēperīmus	accēperītis		accēperint
	pluperfect	accēpissem	accēpissēs		accēpisset	accēpissēmus	accēpissētis		accēpissent
	sigmatic aorist¹	accepsim	accepsīs		accepsīt	accepsīmus	accepsītis		accepsint
passive	present	accipiar	accipiāris, accipiāre		accipiātur	accipiāmur	accipiāminī		accipiantur
	imperfect	acciperer	acciperēris, acciperēre		acciperētur	acciperēmur	acciperēminī		acciperentur
	perfect	acceptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	acceptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	accipe		—	—	accipite		—
active	future	—	accipitō		accipitō	—	accipitōte		accipiuntō
passive	present	—	accipere		—	—	accipiminī		—
passive	future	—	accipitor		accipitor	—	—		accipiuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		accipere		accipī		accipiēns		—
future		acceptūrum esse		acceptum īrī		acceptūrus		accipiendus, accipiundus
perfect		accēpisse		acceptum esse		—		acceptus
future perfect		—		acceptum fore		—		—
perfect potential		acceptūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		accipiendī	accipiendō		accipiendum	accipiendō	acceptum		acceptū

¹At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").

Synonyms

(accept): recipio, concipio, ascīscō, sūmō
(bear): tolerō, sustineo, patio, sino, perpetior, recipio, sufferō, perfero, dūrō, sustentō, subeo, ferō
(understand): apprehendō, comprehendō, cognōscō, concipiō, teneō, dēprehendō, apīscor, capiō, complector, excipiō, exaudiō, cōnsequor

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “accept”): negō, dēnegō, recusō
(antonym(s) of “understand”): nesciō, ignōrō

Derived terms

Descendants

Spanish: accipir

References

“accipio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“accipio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
accipio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to suffer mishap: calamitatem accipere, subire
- to suffer loss, harm, damage: detrimentum capere, accipere, facere
- to know from hearsay: auditione et fama accepisse aliquid
- we know; we have been told: accepimus
- to overestimate a thing: in maius accipere aliquid
- to take a thing in good (bad) part: in bonam (malam) partem accipere aliquid
- to be in correspondence with..: litteras inter se dare et accipere
- to give one's word that..: fidem dare alicui (opp. accipere) (c. Acc. c. Inf.)
- to be the victim of an injustice: iniuriam accipere
- to accept as a happy omen: omen accipere (opp. improbare)
- to interpret something as an omen: accipere, vertere aliquid in omen
- to entertain, regale a person: accipere aliquem (bene, copiose, laute, eleganter, regio apparatu, apparatis epulis)
- to welcome a man as a guest in one's house: hospitio aliquem accipere or excipere (domum ad se)
- to inherit something: hereditate aliquid accipere
- to lend, borrow money at interest: pecuniam fenori (fenore) alicui dare, accipere ab aliquo
- to reject a bill: legem antiquare (opp. accipere, iubere)
- to submit to the yoke of slavery: iugum servitutis accipere
- to suffer a defeat: cladem accipere
- to be (seriously, mortally) wounded: vulnus (grave, mortiferum) accipere, excipere
- to accept the terms of the peace: pacis condiciones accipere, subire (opp. repudiare, respuere)
- to accept the submission of a people: populum in deditionem accipere
- (ambiguous) to put down to a man's credit: alicui acceptum referre aliquid (Verr. 2. 70. 170)
- (ambiguous) much damage was done by this collision: ex eo navium concursu magnum incommodum est acceptum