coepio

Latin

Etymology

From co- +‎ apō (“lit. to lay hold of something on different sides, to lay hold of; hence of an action, to begin”). The present stem is a back-formation from the perfect stem coepī.

Pronunciation

Verb

coepiō (present infinitive coepere, perfect active coepī, supine coeptum); third conjugation iō-variant

  1. (pre-Classical and post-classical, transitive, intransitive) to begin, commence, initiate
    Synonyms: incohō, exōrdior, occipiō, incipiō, ōrdior, initiō, ineō, ingredior, aggredior, sūmō, moveō, committō, mōlior, exorior
    Antonyms: dēsistō, subsistō, cessō

Usage notes

In classical times, only the perfect tenses were in use; the present, imperfect and future indicative and the present and imperfect subjunctive, were supplied by incipiō. This is similar to odiō.

Conjugation
   Conjugation of coepiō (third conjugation iō-variant)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present coepiō coepis coepit coepimus coepitis coepiunt
imperfect coepiēbam coepiēbās coepiēbat coepiēbāmus coepiēbātis coepiēbant
future coepiam coepiēs coepiet coepiēmus coepiētis coepient
perfect coepī coepistī coepit coepimus coepistis coepērunt,
coepēre
pluperfect coeperam coeperās coeperat coeperāmus coeperātis coeperant
future perfect coeperō coeperis coeperit coeperimus coeperitis coeperint
passive present coepior coeperis,
coepere		 coepitur coepimur coepiminī coepiuntur
imperfect coepiēbar coepiēbāris,
coepiēbāre		 coepiēbātur coepiēbāmur coepiēbāminī coepiēbantur
future coepiar coepiēris,
coepiēre		 coepiētur coepiēmur coepiēminī coepientur
perfect coeptus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect coeptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect coeptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present coepiam coepiās coepiat coepiāmus coepiātis coepiant
imperfect coeperem coeperēs coeperet coeperēmus coeperētis coeperent
perfect coeperim coeperīs coeperit coeperīmus coeperītis coeperint
pluperfect coepissem coepissēs coepisset coepissēmus coepissētis coepissent
passive present coepiar coepiāris,
coepiāre		 coepiātur coepiāmur coepiāminī coepiantur
imperfect coeperer coeperēris,
coeperēre		 coeperētur coeperēmur coeperēminī coeperentur
perfect coeptus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect coeptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — coepe — — coepite —
future — coepitō coepitō — coepitōte coepiuntō
passive present — coepere — — coepiminī —
future — coepitor coepitor — — coepiuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives coepere coepisse coeptūrum esse coepī coeptum esse coeptum īrī
participles coepiēns — coeptūrus — coeptus coepiendus,
coepiundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
coepiendī coepiendō coepiendum coepiendō coeptum coeptū

References
  • “coepio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “coepio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • coepio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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