inceptio
Latin
Etymology
From inceptus + -tiō, where inceptus is the past participle of incipiō (“begin; take hold”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪŋˈkɛp.ti.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [in̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛp.t̪͡s̪i.o]
Noun
inceptiō f (genitive inceptiōnis); third declension
- a beginning, start
- (figuratively) enterprise, undertaking
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | inceptiō | inceptiōnēs |
| genitive | inceptiōnis | inceptiōnum |
| dative | inceptiōnī | inceptiōnibus |
| accusative | inceptiōnem | inceptiōnēs |
| ablative | inceptiōne | inceptiōnibus |
| vocative | inceptiō | inceptiōnēs |
Synonyms
- (beginning): prīncipium
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “inceptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “inceptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "inceptio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- inceptio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.