coepit
Dictionary entries
- Entry →coepio, coepere, -, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Age:
- Archaic
begin, commence, initiate; (rare early form, usu. shows only PERFDEF);
sg. pres. act. ind. 3rd - Entry →coepio, coepere, coepi, coeptus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
begin, commence, initiate; set foot on; (usu. PERF PASS w/PASS INF; PRES early);
sg. perf. act. ind. 3rdsg. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- P
Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...saltem placidis in morte quiescam.' talia fatus erat coepit cum talia vates: 'unde haec, o Palinure, tibi..." - P
Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...lucem sub nubila iactant: fluctus uti primo coepit cum albescere vento, paulatim sese tollit mare et altius undas..." - P
Ecloga VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...tenera pecori gratissimus herba, incumbens tereti Damon sic coepit oliuae: "Nascere, praeque diem ueniens age, Lucifer, almum, coniugis..." - P
Liber III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...praecepsque oblitum fertur in hostem: fluctus uti medio coepit cum albescere ponto, longius ex altoque sinum trahit, utque..." - G
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...postquam cupide spectando Thessala pubes expleta est, sanctis coepit decedere divis. hic, qualis flatu placidum mare matutino horrificans..." - M
In Catilinam II
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...pridem deseruit, fides nuper deficere coepit; eadem tamen illa, quae erat in abundantia, lubido permanet. Quodsi in vino..." - M
Liber Quartus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...acutus, causam non optinens repugnante natura verba versare coepit et primum rebus iis, quas nos bonas ducimus, concessit..." - P
Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...data copia fandi, maximus Ilioneus placido sic pectore coepit: 'O Regina, novam cui condere Iuppiter urbem iustitiaque dedit..."
