inceptum

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈkep.tum/, [ɪŋˈkɛpt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈt͡ʃep.tum/, [in̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛpt̪um]

Noun

inceptum n (genitive inceptī); second declension

1. beginning
2. attempt, enterprise

   Synonyms: commissum, facinus, gestum, coeptum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	inceptum	incepta
Genitive	inceptī	inceptōrum
Dative	inceptō	inceptīs
Accusative	inceptum	incepta
Ablative	inceptō	inceptīs
Vocative	inceptum	incepta

Participle

inceptum

1. inflection of inceptus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

Verb

inceptum

1. accusative supine of incipiō

References

• “inceptum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “inceptum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• inceptum 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)
• inceptum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to persevere in one's resolve: in incepto or conatu perstare
    
  • (ambiguous) to give up one's project: incepto or conatu desistere