conceptus

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English

Etymology

From Latin cōncipiō (“to take hold of, to receive”), from Latin capiō (“to capture”).

Noun

conceptus (plural conceptuses or concepti or conceptūs)

  1. The fetus or embryo, including all the surrounding tissues protecting and nourishing it during pregnancy.

References

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fifth Edition.

Latin

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of concipiō (“I receive, catch”).

Pronunciation

Participle

conceptus (feminine concepta, neuter conceptum); first/second-declension participle

  1. received, caught
  2. derived from
  3. contained, held
  4. adopted
  5. conceived
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative conceptus concepta conceptum conceptī conceptae concepta
genitive conceptī conceptae conceptī conceptōrum conceptārum conceptōrum
dative conceptō conceptae conceptō conceptīs
accusative conceptum conceptam conceptum conceptōs conceptās concepta
ablative conceptō conceptā conceptō conceptīs
vocative concepte concepta conceptum conceptī conceptae concepta

Etymology 2

From concipiō (“I receive, catch”) +‎ -tus (forms nouns from verbs, usually signifying the result of an action).

Noun

conceptus m (genitive conceptūs); fourth declension

  1. conception
  2. embryo, fetus
  3. cistern
Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative conceptus conceptūs
genitive conceptūs conceptuum
dative conceptuī conceptibus
accusative conceptum conceptūs
ablative conceptū conceptibus
vocative conceptus conceptūs
Descendants

References

  • “conceptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “conceptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to blot out a reproach: maculam (conceptam) delere, eluere
  • conceptus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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