coepio

From co- +‎ apiō (literally “to lay hold of something on different sides, to lay hold of”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [koˈɛ.pi.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [koˈɛː.pi.o]

coëpiō (present infinitive coëpere); third conjugation iō-variant, no perfect or supine stems

1. (Old Latin, transitive) to begin, commence, initiate (something)

• coapiō

• Classical Latin: coepī (defective)
  • Late Latin: coepiō

Back-formation from defective Classical Latin coepī, from earlier trisyllabic coëpio.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkoe̯.pi.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛː.pi.o]

coepiō (present infinitive coepere, perfect active coepī, supine coeptum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. (post-classical, ambitransitive) to begin, commence, initiate

   Synonyms: incohō, exōrdior, occipiō, incipiō, ōrdior, initiō, ineō, ingredior, aggredior, sūmō, moveō, committō, mōlior, exorior

   Antonyms: dēsistō, subsistō, cessō

In classical times, only the perfect tenses were in use; the present, imperfect and future indicative and the present and imperfect subjunctive, were supplied by incipiō. This is similar to odiō.

• coepī
• coeptō

• “coepio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “coepio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• coepio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.