LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation

coeptō

coeptō (present infinitive coeptāre, perfect active coeptāvī, supine coeptātum)
Classical[ˈkoe̯p.toː]Ecclesiastical[ˈt͡ʃɛp.to]

Meaning

  1. transitiveto begin eagerly, undertake, attempt
  2. intransitiveto begin, commence, make a start

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.coeptōcoeptābamcoeptābōcoeptāvīcoeptāveramcoeptāverō
2nd sg.coeptāscoeptābāscoeptābiscoeptāvistīcoeptāverāscoeptāveris
3rd sg.coeptatcoeptābatcoeptābitcoeptāvitcoeptāveratcoeptāverit
1st pl.coeptāmuscoeptābāmuscoeptābimuscoeptāvimuscoeptāverāmuscoeptāverimus
2nd pl.coeptātiscoeptābātiscoeptābitiscoeptāvistiscoeptāverātiscoeptāveritis
3rd pl.coeptantcoeptābantcoeptābuntcoeptāvērunt
coeptāvēre		coeptāverantcoeptāverint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.coeptemcoeptāremcoeptāverimcoeptāvissem
2nd sg.coeptēscoeptārēscoeptāverīscoeptāvissēs
3rd sg.coeptetcoeptāretcoeptāveritcoeptāvisset
1st pl.coeptēmuscoeptārēmuscoeptāverīmuscoeptāvissēmus
2nd pl.coeptētiscoeptārētiscoeptāverītiscoeptāvissētis
3rd pl.coeptentcoeptārentcoeptāverintcoeptāvissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.coeptorcoeptābarcoeptābor
2nd sg.coeptāris
coeptāre		coeptābāris
coeptābāre		coeptāberis
coeptābere
3rd sg.coeptāturcoeptābāturcoeptābitur
1st pl.coeptāmurcoeptābāmurcoeptābimur
2nd pl.coeptāminīcoeptābāminīcoeptābiminī
3rd pl.coeptanturcoeptābanturcoeptābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.coeptercoeptārer
2nd sg.coeptēris
coeptēre		coeptārēris
coeptārēre
3rd sg.coeptēturcoeptārētur
1st pl.coeptēmurcoeptārēmur
2nd pl.coeptēminīcoeptārēminī
3rd pl.coeptenturcoeptārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.coeptācoeptāre
pres. 2nd pl.coeptātecoeptāminī
fut. 2nd sg.coeptātōcoeptātor
fut. 3rd sg.coeptātōcoeptātor
fut. 2nd pl.coeptātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.coeptantōcoeptantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivecoeptārecoeptārī
perfect infinitivecoeptāvissecoeptātum esse
future infinitivecoeptātūrum essecoeptātum īrī
present participlecoeptāns—
perfect participle—coeptātus
future participlecoeptātūruscoeptandus
gerundcoeptandī, coeptandō, coeptandumsupinecoeptātum, coeptātū

coepto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. and n. coepio (mostly poet., and in Tac.; in Cic. in prose only once, apparently for a change with coepit and incipit).
I. 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. 5, 7, 1; id. Phorm. 4, 3, 21; and (acc. to Bentley's correction) id. Heaut. 4, 4, 12: 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.

Origins

coeptus, perfect passive participle of coepī (“to begin”) + -tō

Quick answers

What does coeptō mean in Latin?
coeptō, a verb, means “to begin eagerly, undertake, attempt; to begin, commence, make a start”.
What are the principal parts of coeptō?
coeptō, coeptāre, coeptāvī, coeptātum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce coeptō?
In classical Latin, [ˈkoe̯p.toː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈt͡ʃɛp.to].