coeptus

Latin

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of coepī (“to have begun”).

Pronunciation

Participle

coeptus (feminine coepta, neuter coeptum); first/second-declension participle

  1. having been begun
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative coeptus coepta coeptum coeptī coeptae coepta
genitive coeptī coeptae coeptī coeptōrum coeptārum coeptōrum
dative coeptō coeptae coeptō coeptīs
accusative coeptum coeptam coeptum coeptōs coeptās coepta
ablative coeptō coeptā coeptō coeptīs
vocative coepte coepta coeptum coeptī coeptae coepta

Etymology 2

From coepī +‎ -tus (forming action nouns).

Pronunciation

Noun

coeptus m (genitive coeptūs); fourth declension

  1. beginning, undertaking, enterprise
    See also: coeptum
Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative coeptus coeptūs
genitive coeptūs coeptuum
dative coeptuī coeptibus
accusative coeptum coeptūs
ablative coeptū coeptibus
vocative coeptus coeptūs

References

  • “coeptus¹”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “coeptus²”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “coeptus¹”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “coeptus²”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “coeptus / coeptŭs”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) swords must now decide the day: res gladiis geri coepta est
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