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) IPA(key): /ˈkoe̯.pi.oː/
Verb
coepiō (present infinitive coepere, perfect active coepī, supine coeptum); third conjugation iō-variant
- (pre-classical and post-classical) begin, commence, initiate (= incipiō)
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 odio
Inflection
| Conjugation of coepio (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 | coeperimus | coeperitis | 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 | coeptūrus esse | coepī | coeptus esse | coeptum īrī | |
| participles | coepiēns | — | coeptūrus | — | coeptus | coepiendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| coepere | coepiendī | coepiendō | coepiendum | 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