coeptum

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Latin

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Participle

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coeptum

  1. inflection of coeptus:
    1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
    2. accusative masculine singular

Noun

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coeptum

  1. accusative singular of coeptus

Noun

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coeptum n (genitive coeptī); second declension

  1. Something started, a work begun, an undertaking, enterprise, beginning.
    Synonyms: commissum, facinus, gestum, āctiō, factum, rēs, inceptum
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.2–4:
      [] dī, coeptīs (nam vōs mūtāstis et illa)
      adspīrāte meīs prīmāque ab orīgine mundī
      ad mea perpetuum dēdūcite tempora carmen!
      O gods, favor my undertakings (for you have changed them too), and lead my uninterrupted song down from the first origin of the world to my times!

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative coeptum coepta
Genitive coeptī coeptōrum
Dative coeptō coeptīs
Accusative coeptum coepta
Ablative coeptō coeptīs
Vocative coeptum coepta

References

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  • coeptum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • coeptum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • coeptum 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