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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From ob- + capiō.
Pronunciation
Verb
occipiō (present infinitive occipere, perfect active occēpī, supine occeptum); third conjugation iō-variant
- to begin, start, commence
- Synonyms: incohō, exōrdior, incipiō, coepiō, ōrdior, initiō, ineō, committō, ingredior, aggredior, sūmō, exorior, moveō, mōlior
- Antonyms: dēsistō, subsistō, cessō
Conjugation
1At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").
Related terms
References
- “occipio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “occipio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- occipio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.