coeptus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of coepī (“began”).

Pronunciation

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, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) swords must now decide the day: res gladiis geri coepta est
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