inceptio

== Latin == === Etymology === From inceptus +‎ -tiō, where inceptus is the past participle of incipiō (“begin; take hold”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪŋˈkɛp.ti.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [in̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛp.t͡si.o] === Noun === inceptiō f (genitive inceptiōnis); third declension a beginning, start (figuratively) enterprise, undertaking ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== (beginning): prīncipium ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “inceptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “inceptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "inceptio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “inceptio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.