inceptio

Latin > English

inceptio inceptionis N F :: start, beginning; undertaking, enterprise

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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

inceptĭō, ōnis, f. (incipio), action de commencer, entreprise : Ter. Andr. 218 ; Cic. Ac. 2, 119.

Latin > German (Georges)

inceptio, ōnis, f. (incipio), I) das Anfangen, Beginnen, tam praeclari operis, Cic. Acad. 2, 119: patrociniorum, Apul. apol. 66. – absol., Ggstz. depositio, Quint. 11, 3, 46: Plur. principia ipsa inceptionesque, Donat. Ter. Andr. 3, 1, 13. – II) meton., das Unternehmen, Vorhaben, Ter. Andr. 218.