coepi

Latin

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Etymology

From earlier Old Latin coëpiō, coapiō, with a trisyllabic stem, from co- +‎ apiō (literally “to lay hold of something on different sides, to lay hold of”). Late Latin coepiō, with a disyllabic stem, is a back-formation.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkoe̯.piː/, [ˈkoe̯piː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.pi/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːpi]

Verb

coepī (perfect infinitive coepisse, supine coeptum); third conjugation, no present stem

to have begun
(uncommon) to begin

Usage notes

A defective verb in Classical Latin, with incipiō (“to begin”) generally used as a substitute for the present tense. Fully-conjugated coepiō (“to begin”) is attested Late Latin.
Occasionally, the perfect forms are used with a present-tense meaning; compare nōvī and ōdī.

Conjugation

Conjugation of coepī (third conjugation, no present stem)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	perfect	coepī	coepistī		coepit	coepimus	coepistis		coepērunt, coepēre
	pluperfect	coeperam	coeperās		coeperat	coeperāmus	coeperātis		coeperant
	future perfect	coeperō	coeperis		coeperit	coeperimus	coeperitis		coeperint
passive	perfect	coeptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	coeptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	coeptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	perfect	coeperim	coeperīs		coeperit	coeperīmus	coeperītis		coeperint
active	pluperfect	coepissem	coepissēs		coepisset	coepissēmus	coepissētis		coepissent
passive	perfect	coeptus + present active subjunctive of sum
passive	pluperfect	coeptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
future		coeptūrum esse		coeptum īrī		coeptūrus		—
perfect		coepisse		coeptum esse		—		coeptus
future perfect		—		coeptum fore		—		—
perfect potential		coeptūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		—	—		—	—	coeptum		coeptū

Derived terms

recoepī

Related terms

coeptō

Descendants

Late Latin: coepiō

Verb

coepī

first-person singular perfect active indicative of coepiō

References

coepi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- he fell ill: aegrotare coepit
- a man's credit begins to go down: fides aliquem deficere coepit
De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “apīscor”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 47