coeptus
Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of coepī (“to have begun”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkoe̯p.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛp.t̪us]
Participle
coeptus (feminine coepta, neuter coeptum); first/second-declension participle
- having been begun
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | coeptus | coepta | coeptum | coeptī | coeptae | coepta | |
| genitive | coeptī | coeptae | coeptī | coeptōrum | coeptārum | coeptōrum | |
| dative | coeptō | coeptae | coeptō | coeptīs | |||
| accusative | coeptum | coeptam | coeptum | coeptōs | coeptās | coepta | |
| ablative | coeptō | coeptā | coeptō | coeptīs | |||
| vocative | coepte | coepta | coeptum | coeptī | coeptae | coepta | |
Noun
coeptus m (genitive coeptūs); fourth declension
- beginning, undertaking, enterprise. See also coeptum.
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | coeptus | coeptūs |
| genitive | coeptūs | coeptuum |
| dative | coeptuī | coeptibus |
| accusative | coeptum | coeptūs |
| ablative | coeptū | coeptibus |
| vocative | coeptus | coeptūs |
References
- “coeptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “coeptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- coeptus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) swords must now decide the day: res gladiis geri coepta est
- (ambiguous) swords must now decide the day: res gladiis geri coepta est