accepto

Catalan

Verb

accepto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of acceptar

Latin

Etymology

Frequentative from accipiō (to receive, accept), from ad- (to, towards, at) +‎ capiō (take).

Pronunciation

Verb

acceptō (present infinitive acceptāre, perfect active acceptāvī, supine acceptātum); first conjugation

  1. to take, receive, accept (regularly)
  2. to submit to
  3. to understand, comprehend

Conjugation

1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • accepto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • accepto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • accepto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) on receiving the news: nuntio allato or accepto
    • (ambiguous) having exchanged pledges, promises: fide data et accepta (Sall. Iug. 81. 1)
    • (ambiguous) after mutual greeting: salute data (accepta) redditaque
    • (ambiguous) wounds (scars) on the breast: vulnera adverso corpore accepta