inchoatis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →inchoo, inchoare, inchoavi, inchoatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
begin/start (work); set going, establish; draft/sketch/outline; enter upon;
abl. pl. perf. pass. part.dat. pl. perf. pass. part.pl. pres. act. ind. 2nd
Examples
- A
Liber XI
Aulus Gellius
"...ista indicat". VII. Tum ille opicus verbis meis inchoatis et inconditis adductus virtutemque esse polypragmosynen ratus: "hortatur" inquit..." - M
XIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...omnem partem opus aequaliter crescit, nec quicquam ex inchoatis parum est quod non sua portione perfectum..." - M
Liber Quartus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...quod katortwma dicebas - contingitque sapienti soli, hoc autem inchoati cuiusdam officii est, non perfecti, quod cadere..."