coepi
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Latin
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Etymology
[edit]From earlier *coēpī. The present stem coepio is a back-formation.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkoe̯.piː/, [ˈkoe̯piː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.pi/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːpi]
Verb
[edit]coepī
Verb
[edit]coepī (perfect infinitive coepisse, supine coeptum); irregular conjugation, irregular
- to begin
Usage notes
[edit]Defective verb, no present tense conjugations. For a full set of forms, incipiō is often used in its place.
Conjugation
[edit]| Conjugation of coepī (third conjugation, no present stem) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | perfect | coeperim | coeperīs | coeperit | coeperīmus | coeperītis | coeperint |
| pluperfect | coepissem | coepissēs | coepisset | coepissēmus | coepissētis | coepissent | |
| passive | perfect | coeptus + present active subjunctive of sum | |||||
| pluperfect | coeptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | — | coepisse | coeptūrum esse | — | coeptum esse | coeptum īrī | |
| participles | — | — | coeptūrus | — | coeptus | — | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| — | — | — | — | coeptum | coeptū | ||
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- 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
- he fell ill: aegrotare 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