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Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 867.incipiō on page 867
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incipere to begin
incipere is a Latin Verb that primarily means to begin.
Definitions for incipere
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
to begin
English derivatives:
incipient inception
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
(tr.) To take in hand, start, embark on (an enterprise).
- 2
(in ellipt. use); (a) To begin an action, set to work, etc. (b) to begin speaking or writing; (with acc.) to begin to utter or recite (words, etc.). (c) to embark on a study or profession.
- 3
(int., with ab, advs., etc.) To begin an activity, speech, etc. (from a particular point).
- 4
(with inf., of persons or things) To begin, start (to).
- 5
(int. or ellipt.): (a) (of periods, conditions, etc.) To begin, commence; (also pass.). (b) (of persons or things( to commence one's period of activity, begin to function (in a capacity implied by the context). (c) to begin to move.
Sentences with incipere
Latin to English
Sidera terra ut distant et flamma mari, sic utile recto. Sceptrorum vis tota perit, si pendere iusta incipit, evertitque arces respectus honesti.Compare The useful is as distant from the right as the stars from the earth and fire from water. The whole strength of rulers goes when justice begins to be weighed, and respect for truth undermines their citadels.
Incipe, parve puer: qui non risere parenti, nec deus hunc mensa, dea nec dignata cubuli est.Compare Begin, dear babe. The boy who does not smile at his mother, will never deserve to sup with a god or sleep with a goddess.
Haud ignarus summa scelera incipi cum periculo, peragi cum praemio.Compare He knew that the greatest crimes are perilous in their inception, but well rewarded after their consummation.
Omne bellum sumi facile, ceterum aegerrume desinere ... incipere cuivis, etiam ignavo licere, deponi, cum victores velint.Compare War is always easy to start, but very hard to end ... anyone, even a coward, may take up arms, but only the victors can say when they are to be laid down.
Tempus erat quo prima quies mortalibus aegris incipit et dono divum gratissima serpit.Compare It was the hour when worn-out men begin to get some rest, and by god's grace genial sleep steals over them.
Dimidium facti qui coepit habet; sapere aude; incipe! Qui recte vivendi prorogat horam, rusticus exspectat dum defluat amnis; at ille labitur et labetur in omne volunilis aevum.Compare He who has begun his task has half done it. Have the courage to be wise. Begin! He who keeps putting off the moment of reform is like the countryman waiting for the river to run by. But the river slides and rolls, will slide and roll on to all time.
Quem recitas meus est, o Fidentine, libellus: sed male cum recitas, incipit esse tuus.Compare The book you're reading out loud, Fidentinus, is mine. But the way you're mangling it, you're making it yours.
Convivarum numerum incipere oportere a Gratiarum numero et progredi ad Musarum, id est profisci a tribus et consistere in novem.Compare The number of guests at dinner should not be less than the number of Graces nor exceed that of the Muses, i.e., it should begin with three and stop at nine.
Conjugation table for incipere
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| incipiō incipis incipit incipimus incipitis incipiunt | incipiēbam incipiēbās incipiēbat incipiēbāmus incipiēbātis incipiēbant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| incēpī incēpistī incēpit incēpimus incēpistis incēpērunt / incēpēre | incēperam incēperās incēperat incēperāmus incēperātis incēperant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| incipiam incipiēs incipiet incipiēmus incipiētis incipient | incēperō incēperis incēperit incēperimus incēperitis incēperint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| incipiam incipiās incipiat incipiāmus incipiātis incipiant | inciperem inciperēs inciperet inciperēmus inciperētis inciperent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| incēperim incēperis incēperit incēperimus incēperitis incēperint | incēpissem incēpissēs incēpisset incēpissēmus incēpissētis incēpissent |
Infinitive present incipere Infinitive perfect incēpisse Infinitive future inceptūrum esse | Imperative present incipe incipite Imperative future incipitō incipitō incipitōte incipiuntō |
| PASSIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| incipior inciperis incipitur incipimur incipiminī incipiuntur | incipiēbar incipiēbāris / incipiēbāre incipiēbātur incipiēbāmur incipiēbāminī incipiēbantur |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| inceptus sum inceptus es inceptus est inceptī sumus inceptī estis inceptī sunt | inceptus eram inceptus erās inceptus erat inceptī erāmus inceptī erātis inceptī erant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| incipiar incipiēris / incipiēre incipiētur incipiēmur incipiēminī incipientur | inceptus erō inceptus eris inceptus erit inceptī erimus inceptī eritis inceptī erunt |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| incipiar incipiāris / incipiāre incipiātur incipiāmur incipiāminī incipiantur | inciperer inciperēris / inciperēre inciperētur inciperēmur inciperēminī inciperentur |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| inceptus sim inceptus sīs inceptus sit inceptī sīmus inceptī sītis inceptī sint | inceptus essem inceptus essēs inceptus esset inceptī essēmus inceptī essētis inceptī essent |
Infinitive present incipī Infinitive perfect inceptum esse Infinitive future inceptum īrī | Imperative present incipere incipiminī Imperative future incipitor incipitor - incipiuntor |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | incipiēns | incipientēs |
| Gen. | incipientis | incipientium |
| Dat. | incipientī | incipientibus |
| Acc. | incipientem | incipientēs |
| Abl. | incipiente | incipientibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | inceptūrus | inceptūrī |
| Gen. | inceptūrī | inceptūrōrum |
| Dat. | inceptūrō | inceptūrīs |
| Acc. | inceptūrum | inceptūrōs |
| Abl. | inceptūrō | inceptūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | inceptus | inceptī |
| Gen. | inceptī | inceptōrum |
| Dat. | inceptō | inceptīs |
| Acc. | inceptum | inceptōs |
| Abl. | inceptō | inceptīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | incipiendus | incipiendī |
| Gen. | incipiendī | incipiendōrum |
| Dat. | incipiendō | incipiendīs |
| Acc. | incipiendum | incipiendōs |
| Abl. | incipiendō | incipiendīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | incipere | inceptum |
| Gen. | incipiendī | inceptū |
| Dat. | incipiendō | |
| Acc. | incipiendum | |
| Abl. | incipiendō | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 112.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 867.
- 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): 122.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "incipiō, incipere, incēpī, inceptum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/incipio-incipere-incepi-inceptum.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 112.incipiō, incipere, incēpī, inceptum on page 112
