coepti
Dictionary entries
- Entry →coeptus, coepta, coeptum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
begun, started, commenced; undertaken;
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.) - 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);
gen. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →coeptum, coepti:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
undertaking (usu.pl.), enterprise, scheme; work begun/started/taken in hand;
gen. sg.loc. sg. - Entry →coeptus, coeptus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
beginning, undertaking;
gen. sg.
Examples
Liber I
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...Iuppiter AlbaVestalesque foci summique o numinis instarRoma, faue coeptis. non te furialibus armis 200persequor: en, adsum uictor terraque..."Timotheus
Cornelius Nepos
"...magistratus gerere desisset, bello Athenienses undique premi sunt coepti. Defecerat Samus, descierat Hellespontus, Philippus iam tum valens, Macedo..."Libri XVII-XVIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...impetu veneram, deindead civitatis vitam reductus ex bene coeptis pauca servavi. Inde ostreisboletisque in omnem vitam renuntiatum..."Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...certe, sine aetatis excusatione tractemus. Crescit animus, quotiens coepti magnitudinem attendit, et cogitat quantum proposito, non quantum sibi..."Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...tuetur errorem; coargui non uult, et in male coeptis honestior illi pertinacia uidetur quam paenitentia. 3. Cn. Piso..."de Tranquillitate Animi
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...praua, sed frustra uoluisse. Tunc illos et paenitentia coepti tenet et incipiendi timor, subrepitque illa animi iactatio..."Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...relucet mundus alterna uice, Hecate triformis, en ades coeptis fauens. animum rigentem tristis Hippolyti doma: det facilis aures..."Liber VIII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...abit, aut unde redi maiore triumpho?Roma, faue coeptis; quid enim tibi laetius umquampraestiterint superi, quam, si ciuilia..."
