inceptio

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Latin

Etymology

From inceptus +‎ -tiō, where inceptus is the past participle of incipiō (begin; take hold).

Pronunciation

Noun

inceptiō f (genitive inceptiōnis); third declension

  1. a beginning, start
  2. (figuratively) enterprise, undertaking

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative inceptiō inceptiōnēs
Genitive inceptiōnis inceptiōnum
Dative inceptiōnī inceptiōnibus
Accusative inceptiōnem inceptiōnēs
Ablative inceptiōne inceptiōnibus
Vocative inceptiō inceptiōnēs

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References

  • inceptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • inceptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • inceptio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • inceptio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.