incipiens

== Latin == === Etymology === Present active participle of incipiō (“begin”). === Participle === incipiēns (genitive incipientis); third-declension one-termination participle beginning ==== Declension ==== Third-declension participle. 1When used purely as an adjective. ==== Descendants ==== → English: incipient → Italian: incipiente → Portuguese: incipiente → Romanian: incipient → Spanish: incipiente === References === "incipiens", 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)