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Latin
Etymology
From co- + apō (“lit. to lay hold of something on different sides, to lay hold of; hence of an action, to begin”). The present stem is a back-formation from the perfect stem coepī.
Pronunciation
Verb
coepiō (present infinitive coepere, perfect active coepī, supine coeptum); third conjugation iō-variant
- (pre-Classical and post-classical, transitive, intransitive) to begin, commence, initiate
- Synonyms: incohō, exōrdior, occipiō, incipiō, ōrdior, initiō, ineō, ingredior, aggredior, sūmō, moveō, committō, mōlior, exorior
- Antonyms: dēsistō, subsistō, cessō
Usage notes
In classical times, only the perfect tenses were in use; the present, imperfect and future indicative and the present and imperfect subjunctive, were supplied by incipiō. This is similar to odiō.
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References
- “coepio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “coepio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- coepio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.