coepi

Latin

Etymology

From earlier Old Latin coëpiō, coapiō, with a trisyllabic stem, from co- +‎ apiō (literally “to lay hold of something on different sides, to lay hold of”). Late Latin coepiō, with a disyllabic stem, is a back-formation.

Pronunciation

Verb

coepī (perfect infinitive coepisse, supine coeptum); third conjugation, no present stem

  1. to have begun
  2. (uncommon) to begin

Usage notes

  • A defective verb in Classical Latin, with incipiō (“to begin”) generally used as a substitute for the present tense. Fully-conjugated coepiō (“to begin”) is attested Late Latin.
  • Occasionally, the perfect forms are used with a present-tense meaning; compare nōvī and ōdī.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of coepī (third conjugation, no present stem)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active perfect coepī coepistī coepit coepimus coepistis coepērunt,
coepēre
pluperfect coeperam coeperās coeperat coeperāmus coeperātis coeperant
future perfect coeperō coeperis coeperit coeperimus coeperitis coeperint
passive perfect coeptus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect coeptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect coeptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active perfect coeperim coeperīs coeperit coeperīmus coeperītis coeperint
pluperfect coepissem coepissēs coepisset coepissēmus coepissētis coepissent
passive perfect coeptus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect coeptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
future coeptūrum esse coeptum īrī coeptūrus —
perfect coepisse coeptum esse — coeptus
future perfect — coeptum fore — —
perfect potential coeptūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
— — — — coeptum coeptū

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Late Latin: coepiō

Verb

coepī

  1. first-person singular perfect active indicative of coepiō

References

  • coepi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • he fell ill: aegrotare coepit
    • a man's credit begins to go down: fides aliquem deficere coepit
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “apīscor”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 47
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