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accipere to receive
accipere is a Latin Verb that primarily means to receive.
Definitions for accipere
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
to take (to one's self), receive, accept
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To take in one's grasp (a thing offered or given), receive. (b) to receive in or on the body; (also, of a part of the body). (c) to take (food, drink, medicine, etc.).
- 2
To take into one's possession or control, receive. (b) to take (as a bribe). (c) to take (a name, statement, etc.).
- 3
To have given to one, acquire, get; actionem ~ipere, to have an action granted one. (b) to receive (pledges, greetings, etc.); ~ipere dareque (or sim.), to exchange. (c) to receive (orders, etc.). (d) to be provided with, have (a quality) imparted, acquire. (e) to conceive, become possessed with (a state of mind).
- 4
To take over from another, take charge of; SATIS ~ipere, to obtain a satisfactory receipt or guarantee for. (b) to undertake (a task), accept (a post). (c) to borrow.
- 5
To have handed down to one, inherit.
Sentences with accipere
Latin to English
Puer minor maius dōnum accēpit.Compare The smaller boy received a larger gift.
Hic plūrimōs honōrēs quam facillimē accipere vult.Compare This man wishes to get very many honors as easily as possible.
Accēpērunt id triumphāle congiārium in colōnīs hominum circiter centum et vīgint millia. (Res gestae divi Augusti 15)Compare At the time of my triumph about 120,000 men in the colonies received this donation.
Cōnsul tertium decimum sexāgēnos dēnāriōs plēbēi quae tum frūmentum pūblicum accipiēbat dedī; ea mīllia hominum paullō plūra quam dūcenta fuērunt. (Res gestae divi Augusti 15)Compare In my thirteenth consulship I gave 60 denarii each to the plebs who were then receiving public grain; this made up a few more than 200,000 people
Sto obnisus Samnites, quanquam plus accipio, quam infero, vulnus.Compare The Samnites keep their ground obstinately, although they receive more wounds than they inflict.
Multus (homo) utrinque cado, multus vulnus accipio.Compare Many fall on both sides, more receive wounds.
Respondeo sui, familia funestus Q. Fabius frater mors, laurea non accipio.Compare He answered that he would not accept the laurel, while his family were in mourning of the death of his brother, Q. Fabius.
Beneficium accipere libertatem est vendere.Compare To accept a favor is to sell one's freedom.
Conjugation table for accipere
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| accipiō accipis accipit accipimus accipitis accipiunt | accipiēbam accipiēbās accipiēbat accipiēbāmus accipiēbātis accipiēbant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| accēpī accēpistī accēpit accēpimus accēpistis accēpērunt / accēpēre | accēperam accēperās accēperat accēperāmus accēperātis accēperant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| accipiam accipiēs accipiet accipiēmus accipiētis accipient | accēperō accēperis accēperit accēperimus accēperitis accēperint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| accipiam accipiās accipiat accipiāmus accipiātis accipiant | acciperem acciperēs acciperet acciperēmus acciperētis acciperent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| accēperim accēperis accēperit accēperimus accēperitis accēperint | accēpissem accēpissēs accēpisset accēpissēmus accēpissētis accēpissent |
Infinitive present accipere Infinitive perfect accēpisse Infinitive future acceptūrum esse | Imperative present accipe accipite Imperative future accipitō accipitō accipitōte accipiuntō |
| PASSIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| accipior acciperis accipitur accipimur accipiminī accipiuntur | accipiēbar accipiēbāris / accipiēbāre accipiēbātur accipiēbāmur accipiēbāminī accipiēbantur |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| acceptus sum acceptus es acceptus est acceptī sumus acceptī estis acceptī sunt | acceptus eram acceptus erās acceptus erat acceptī erāmus acceptī erātis acceptī erant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| accipiar accipiēris / accipiēre accipiētur accipiēmur accipiēminī accipientur | acceptus erō acceptus eris acceptus erit acceptī erimus acceptī eritis acceptī erunt |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| accipiar accipiāris / accipiāre accipiātur accipiāmur accipiāminī accipiantur | acciperer acciperēris / acciperēre acciperētur acciperēmur acciperēminī acciperentur |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| acceptus sim acceptus sīs acceptus sit acceptī sīmus acceptī sītis acceptī sint | acceptus essem acceptus essēs acceptus esset acceptī essēmus acceptī essētis acceptī essent |
Infinitive present accipī Infinitive perfect acceptum esse Infinitive future acceptum īrī | Imperative present accipere accipiminī Imperative future accipitor accipitor - accipiuntor |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | accipiēns | accipientēs |
| Gen. | accipientis | accipientium |
| Dat. | accipientī | accipientibus |
| Acc. | accipientem | accipientēs |
| Abl. | accipiente | accipientibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | acceptūrus | acceptūrī |
| Gen. | acceptūrī | acceptūrōrum |
| Dat. | acceptūrō | acceptūrīs |
| Acc. | acceptūrum | acceptūrōs |
| Abl. | acceptūrō | acceptūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | acceptus | acceptī |
| Gen. | acceptī | acceptōrum |
| Dat. | acceptō | acceptīs |
| Acc. | acceptum | acceptōs |
| Abl. | acceptō | acceptīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | accipiendus | accipiendī |
| Gen. | accipiendī | accipiendōrum |
| Dat. | accipiendō | accipiendīs |
| Acc. | accipiendum | accipiendōs |
| Abl. | accipiendō | accipiendīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | accipere | acceptum |
| Gen. | accipiendī | acceptū |
| Dat. | accipiendō | |
| Acc. | accipiendum | |
| Abl. | accipiendō | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 158.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 21.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 119.
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Citation
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Wheelock's Latin
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