inceptum

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Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

inceptum n (genitive inceptī); second declension

  1. beginning
  2. attempt, enterprise
    Synonyms: commissum, facinus, gestum, coeptum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative inceptum incepta
Genitive inceptī inceptōrum
Dative inceptō inceptīs
Accusative inceptum incepta
Ablative inceptō inceptīs
Vocative inceptum incepta

Participle

inceptum

  1. inflection of inceptus:
    1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
    2. accusative masculine singular

Verb

inceptum

  1. accusative supine of incipiō

References

  • “inceptum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “inceptum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • inceptum 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)
  • inceptum 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
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