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coepi

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Etymology

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From earlier *coēpī. The present stem coepio is a back-formation.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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coepī

  1. first-person singular perfect active indicative of coepiō

Verb

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coepī (perfect infinitive coepisse, supine coeptum); irregular conjugation, irregular

  1. to begin

Usage notes

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Defective verb, no present tense conjugations. For a full set of forms, incipiō is often used in its place.

Conjugation

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References

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  • 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