coeptus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of coepī (“began”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkoe̯p.tus/, [ˈkoe̯pt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃep.tus/, [ˈt͡ʃɛpt̪us]

Participle

coeptus (feminine coepta, neuter coeptum); first/second-declension participle

1. having been begun

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	coeptus	coepta	coeptum		coeptī	coeptae	coepta
genitive	coeptī	coeptae	coeptī		coeptōrum	coeptārum	coeptōrum
dative	coeptō	coeptae	coeptō		coeptīs
accusative	coeptum	coeptam	coeptum		coeptōs	coeptās	coepta
ablative	coeptō	coeptā	coeptō		coeptīs
vocative	coepte	coepta	coeptum		coeptī	coeptae	coepta

Noun

coeptus m (genitive coeptūs); fourth declension

1. beginning, undertaking, enterprise. See also coeptum.

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	coeptus	coeptūs
genitive	coeptūs	coeptuum
dative	coeptuī	coeptibus
accusative	coeptum	coeptūs
ablative	coeptū	coeptibus
vocative	coeptus	coeptūs

References

• “coeptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “coeptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• coeptus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) swords must now decide the day: res gladiis geri coepta est