coepto
coepto, to begin eagerly, begin, undertake, attempt
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coeptans present active participle masculine nominative singular, present active participle feminine vocative singular, present active participle masculine vocative singular, present active participle neuter accusative singular, present active participle feminine nominative singular, present active participle neuter nominative singular, present active participle neuter vocative singular of coepto
coepto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. and n. [coepi] (mostly poet., and in Tac.; in Cic. in prose only once, apparently for a change with coepit and incipit).
- Act., to begin eagerly, to begin, undertake, attempt.
- a With inf.: diffidere dictis, Lucr. 1, 267: oculi coeptant non posse tueri, id. 4, 113; 4, 405; 6, 255: contingere portus, Cic. Arat. 131: appetere ea, quae, etc., id. Fin. 5, 9, 24 (v. the passage in connection): coercere seditionem, Tac. H. 2, 29: loqui, id. ib. 3, 10; 3, 81; 5, 10: discedere et abire, * Suet. Oth. 11; Sil. 15, 696.—
- b With acc.: quid coeptas, Thraso? Ter. Eun. 1025; id. Phorm. 626; and (acc. to Bentley's correction) id. Heaut. 734: seditionem, Tac. A. 1, 38; 1, 45; 2, 81: defectionem, id. ib. 4, 24: fugam, id. H. 3, 73: pontem, id. A. 1, 56: coeptata libertas, id. H. 4, 44.—
- II Intr., to begin, commence, make a beginning (only post-Aug. and rare): coeptantem conjurationem disjecit, Tac. A. 4, 27; id. H. 3, 4: Olympiade septimā coeptante, Sol. 1: nocte coeptante, Amm.20, 4, 14.
coepto, āvi, ātum, āre (Intens. v. coepi), I) tr. eifrig anfangen, -beginnen, -unternehmen, -ergreifen, mit Infin., diffidere dictis, Lucr.: appetere ea, Cic.: discedere et abire, Suet.: coërcere seditionem, Tac.: milites alloqui minus faustā oratione, Lampr.: m. Acc., quid hic coeptas? Ter.: c. insidias an proditionem, vel aliquod honestum consilium, Tac.: nova, nach N. streben, Amm. – absol., perge, quā coeptas, Sall. hist. fr. 1, 48, 16 (1, 51, 6). – II) intr. anfangen, beginnen = den Anfang nehmen, coeptantem iam coniurationem disiecit, Tac. ann. 4, 27: Olympiade septimā coeptante, Solin. 1, 28: nocte coeptante, Amm. 20, 4, 14: luce coeptante, Amm. 31, 15, 2.
See: coeptare
cœptō, (11) āvī, ātum, āre, fréq. de cœpio, ¶ 1 tr., commencer, entreprendre : cœptare hostilia Tac. H. 3, 70, commencer les hostilités ; fugam Tac. H. 3, 73, essayer de fuir ; quid hic cœptat ? Ter. Phorm. 626, quʼest-ce quʼil veut faire || [av. inf.] cœptat appetere... Cic. Fin. 5, 24, il commence à se porter vers..., cf. Lucr. 1, 267 ; 4, 113 ; Tac. H. 2, 29 ¶ 2 intr., commencer, être au début : cœptante nocte Amm. 20, 4, 14, au commencement de la nuit.
coeptō —, —, āre, intens,
- coepio, to begin eagerly, begin, undertake, attempt: contingere portūs, C.(poet.): appetere ea. quae, etc.: quid coeptas, Thraso? T.: insidias, Ta.