inceptio
From LSJ
καὶ κεραμεὺς κεραμεῖ κοτέει καὶ τέκτονι τέκτων, καὶ πτωχὸς πτωχῷ φθονέει καὶ ἀοιδὸς ἀοιδῷ → and potter is ill-disposed to potter, and carpenter to carpenter, and the beggar is envious of the beggar, the singer of the singer
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
inceptĭo: ōnis, f. incipio,
I a beginning, undertaking (rare but class.): tam praeclari operis, Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 119: patrociniorum, App. Mag. p. 317, 5.—Absol. (opp. depositio), Quint. 11, 3, 46.—
II Transf., enterprise, undertaking: inceptio est amentium, non amantium, Ter. And. 1, 3, 13.
