coeptum

Latin

Participle

coeptum

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

Noun

coeptum

  1. accusative singular of coeptus

Noun

coeptum n (genitive coeptī); second declension

  1. Something started, a work begun, an undertaking, enterprise, beginning.
    Synonyms: commissum, facinus, gestum, āctiō, factum, rēs, inceptum
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, book 1 :
      dī, coeptīs adspīrāte meīs
      gods, inspire these undertakings of mine

Declension

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
  • “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, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) swords must now decide the day: res gladiis geri coepta est
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