incipio

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ capiō (“I seize upon”, “I lay hold of”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈki.pi.oː/, [ɪŋˈkɪpioː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈt͡ʃi.pi.o/, [in̠ʲˈt͡ʃiːpio]

Verb

incipiō (present infinitive incipere, perfect active incēpī, supine inceptum); third conjugation iō-variant

to begin, to commence
Synonyms: incohō, exōrdior, occipiō, coepiō, ōrdior, initiō, ineō, ingredior, aggredior, sūmō, moveō, committō, exorior, mōlior

Antonyms: dēsistō, subsistō, cessō

Conjugation

Conjugation of incipiō (third conjugation iō-variant)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	incipiō	incipis		incipit	incipimus	incipitis		incipiunt
	imperfect	incipiēbam	incipiēbās		incipiēbat	incipiēbāmus	incipiēbātis		incipiēbant
	future	incipiam	incipiēs		incipiet	incipiēmus	incipiētis		incipient
	perfect	incēpī	incēpistī		incēpit	incēpimus	incēpistis		incēpērunt, incēpēre
	pluperfect	incēperam	incēperās		incēperat	incēperāmus	incēperātis		incēperant
	future perfect	incēperō	incēperis		incēperit	incēperimus	incēperitis		incēperint
passive	present	incipior	inciperis, incipere		incipitur	incipimur	incipiminī		incipiuntur
	imperfect	incipiēbar	incipiēbāris, incipiēbāre		incipiēbātur	incipiēbāmur	incipiēbāminī		incipiēbantur
	future	incipiar	incipiēris, incipiēre		incipiētur	incipiēmur	incipiēminī		incipientur
	perfect	inceptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	inceptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	inceptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	incipiam	incipiās		incipiat	incipiāmus	incipiātis		incipiant
	imperfect	inciperem	inciperēs		inciperet	inciperēmus	inciperētis		inciperent
	perfect	incēperim	incēperīs		incēperit	incēperīmus	incēperītis		incēperint
	pluperfect	incēpissem	incēpissēs		incēpisset	incēpissēmus	incēpissētis		incēpissent
passive	present	incipiar	incipiāris, incipiāre		incipiātur	incipiāmur	incipiāminī		incipiantur
	imperfect	inciperer	inciperēris, inciperēre		inciperētur	inciperēmur	inciperēminī		inciperentur
	perfect	inceptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	inceptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	incipe		—	—	incipite		—
active	future	—	incipitō		incipitō	—	incipitōte		incipiuntō
passive	present	—	incipere		—	—	incipiminī		—
passive	future	—	incipitor		incipitor	—	—		incipiuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		incipere		incipī		incipiēns		—
future		inceptūrum esse		inceptum īrī		inceptūrus		incipiendus, incipiundus
perfect		incēpisse		inceptum esse		—		inceptus
future perfect		—		inceptum fore		—		—
perfect potential		inceptūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		incipiendī	incipiendō		incipiendum	incipiendō	inceptum		inceptū

Derived terms

Descendants

Aromanian: ntsep, ntseapiri
Romanian: începe, începere
Romansch: entschaiver, entscheiver, antschever
→ English: incipit, incept

References

“incipio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“incipio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
incipio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to begin with a thing: initium capere; incipere ab aliqua re
- to commence hostilities: bellum incipere, belli initium facere (B. G. 7. 1. 5)
incipio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016