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Latin
Etymology
From in- + capiō (“I seize upon”, “I lay hold of”).
Pronunciation
Verb
incipiō (present infinitive incipere, perfect active incēpī, supine inceptum); third conjugation iō-variant
- to begin, to commence
- Synonyms: incohō, exōrdior, occipiō, coepiō, ōrdior, initiō, ineō, ingredior, aggredior, sūmō, moveō, committō, exorior, mōlior
- Antonyms: dēsistō, subsistō, cessō
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References
- “incipio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “incipio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- incipio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to begin with a thing: initium capere; incipere ab aliqua re
- to commence hostilities: bellum incipere, belli initium facere (B. G. 7. 1. 5)
- incipio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016