inceptum Latin · revision 31527

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la capiō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɪŋˈkɛp.tũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [in̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛp.tum]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''inceptum''' ''n'' (genitive inceptī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the neuter of the participle of [[incipiō|t=to begin]], used as a noun.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) The verb is formed from [[m|la|in-]] and [[capiō|t=to take]].^(de Vaan 2008) De Vaan traces ⟨capiō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*kap-i-]] and either [[ine-pro|*kh₂p-i-]] or a non-Indo-European ⟨*kap-i-⟩ “to seize”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest quotation is Plautus: “this is the way to carry one's undertakings through finely”;^(OLD 2012) Köbler gives Cicero.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a thing undertaken or begun, an undertaking, enterprise or attempt,^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) and the theme or subject of a book, as Sallust's remark that a digression would draw him away from his subject.^(OLD 2012) In Livy it seems to mean the beginning of something, a plan foul both in its start and its outcome.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In medieval Latin it is a notary's minute.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of carrying undertakings through.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust of the subject of a work.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of the beginning of a plan.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An undertaking, [[m|en|enterprise]], attempt.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The theme or subject of a book.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A beginning, start.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A notary's [[m|en|minute]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[incipiō]]

+ * [[inceptiō]]

+ * [[capiō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}