inceptor

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inceptor.

Noun

inceptor (plural inceptors)

1. A beginner; one in the rudiments.
2. (UK) One who is on the point of taking a Master of Arts degree at an English university.
   • 1670, Izaak Walton, “The Life of Mr. Rich[ard] Hooker, the Author of Those Learned Books of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity”, in The Lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr. Richard Hooker, Mr. George Herbert. […], volume III, London: […] Tho[mas] Newcomb for Rich[ard] Marriott, […], →OCLC, pages 21–22:

     And in the year 1576. Febr. 23. Mr. Hookers Grace was given him for Inceptor of Arts, Doctor Herbert Weſtphaling, a man of note for Learning, being then Vice-chancellour [of the University of Oxford].

Further reading

• “inceptor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• entropic, pretonic

Latin

Etymology

incipiō +‎ -tor

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈkep.tor/, [ɪŋˈkɛpt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈt͡ʃep.tor/, [in̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛpt̪or]

Noun

inceptor m (genitive inceptōris); third declension

1. beginner

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	inceptor	inceptōrēs
genitive	inceptōris	inceptōrum
dative	inceptōrī	inceptōribus
accusative	inceptōrem	inceptōrēs
ablative	inceptōre	inceptōribus
vocative	inceptor	inceptōrēs

Descendants

• English: inceptor

Verb

inceptor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of inceptō

References

• “inceptor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “inceptor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• inceptor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.