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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkoe̯.pi.oː/, [ˈkoe̯pioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.pi.o/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːpio]

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

Related terms

• coepī
• coeptō

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.