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Latin
Etymology 1
Frequentative of incipiō (“begin, undertake”).
Verb
inceptō (present infinitive inceptāre, perfect active inceptāvī, supine inceptātum); first conjugation
- to begin, undertake
- to begin business, that is, to haggle
Conjugation
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle
inceptō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of inceptus
References
- “incepto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “incepto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- incepto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to persevere in one's resolve: in incepto or conatu perstare
- (ambiguous) to give up one's project: incepto or conatu desistere