inceptio
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From inceptus + -tiō, where inceptus is the past participle of incipiō (“begin; take hold”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /inˈkep.ti.oː/, [ɪŋˈkɛpt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /inˈt͡ʃep.t͡si.o/, [in̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛpt̪͡s̪io]
Noun
[edit]inceptiō f (genitive inceptiōnis); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | inceptiō | inceptiōnēs |
| genitive | inceptiōnis | inceptiōnum |
| dative | inceptiōnī | inceptiōnibus |
| accusative | inceptiōnem | inceptiōnēs |
| ablative | inceptiōne | inceptiōnibus |
| vocative | inceptiō | inceptiōnēs |
Synonyms
[edit]- (beginning): prīncipium
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- English: inception
- French: inception
- Italian: incezzione
- Spanish: incepción
References
[edit]- “inceptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “inceptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- inceptio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- inceptio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.