coepio

== Latin == === Etymology 1 === From co- +‎ apiō (literally “to lay hold of something on different sides, to lay hold of”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [koˈɛ.pi.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [koˈɛː.pi.o] ==== Verb ==== coëpiō (present infinitive coëpere); third (-iō variant) conjugation, no perfect or supine stems (Old Latin, transitive) to begin, commence, initiate (something) ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Alternative forms ===== coapiō ===== Descendants ===== Classical Latin: coepī (defective)Late Latin: coepiō === Etymology 2 === Back-formation from defective Classical Latin coepī, from earlier trisyllabic coëpio. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkoe̯.pi.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛː.pi.o] ==== Verb ==== coepiō (present infinitive coepere, perfect active coepī, supine coeptum); third (-iō variant) conjugation (post-classical, ambitransitive) 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 ===== ===== 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.