incohatus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of incohō (“begin, commence”).

Pronunciation

Participle

incohātus (feminine incohāta, neuter incohātum); first/second-declension participle

  1. just begun, unfinished, having been commenced (but not completed)
  2. incomplete, imperfect
    Synonyms: imperfectus, īnfectus
    Antonyms: complētus, absolūtus, perfectus, factus, dēfūnctus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative incohātus incohāta incohātum incohātī incohātae incohāta
genitive incohātī incohātae incohātī incohātōrum incohātārum incohātōrum
dative incohātō incohātae incohātō incohātīs
accusative incohātum incohātam incohātum incohātōs incohātās incohāta
ablative incohātō incohātā incohātō incohātīs
vocative incohāte incohāta incohātum incohātī incohātae incohāta

Descendants

  • English: inchoate

References

  • “incohatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • incohatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • vague, undeveloped ideas: intellegentiae adumbratae or incohatae (De Leg. 1. 22. 59)
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