LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation

incohō

incohō (present infinitive incohāre, perfect active incohāvī, supine incohātum)
Classical[ˈɪŋ.ko.(ɦ)oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈiŋ.ko.o]

Meaning

  1. to begin, commence
  2. to start making or forming
  3. to make a first draft

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

incipiō
incohō -āre — in Epistulae, ch. 15

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.incohōincohābamincohābōincohāvīincohāveram
incohāram		incohāverō
incohārō
2nd sg.incohāsincohābāsincohābisincohāvistī
incohāstī		incohāverās
incohārās		incohāveris
incohāris
3rd sg.incohatincohābatincohābitincohāvit
incohāt		incohāverat
incohārat		incohāverit
incohārit
1st pl.incohāmusincohābāmusincohābimusincohāvimus
incohāmus		incohāverāmus
incohārāmus		incohāverimus
incohārimus
2nd pl.incohātisincohābātisincohābitisincohāvistis
incohāstis		incohāverātis
incohārātis		incohāveritis
incohāritis
3rd pl.incohantincohābantincohābuntincohāvērunt
incohārunt, incohāvēre		incohāverant
incohārant		incohāverint
incohārint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.incohemincohāremincohāverim
incohārim		incohāvissem
incohāssem
2nd sg.incohēsincohārēsincohāverīs
incohārīs		incohāvissēs
incohāssēs
3rd sg.incohetincohāretincohāverit
incohārit		incohāvisset
incohāsset
1st pl.incohēmusincohārēmusincohāverīmus
incohārīmus		incohāvissēmus
incohāssēmus
2nd pl.incohētisincohārētisincohāverītis
incohārītis		incohāvissētis
incohāssētis
3rd pl.incohentincohārentincohāverint
incohārint		incohāvissent
incohāssent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.incohorincohābarincohābor
2nd sg.incohāris
incohāre		incohābāris
incohābāre		incohāberis
incohābere
3rd sg.incohāturincohābāturincohābitur
1st pl.incohāmurincohābāmurincohābimur
2nd pl.incohāminīincohābāminīincohābiminī
3rd pl.incohanturincohābanturincohābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.incoherincohārer
2nd sg.incohēris
incohēre		incohārēris
incohārēre
3rd sg.incohēturincohārētur
1st pl.incohēmurincohārēmur
2nd pl.incohēminīincohārēminī
3rd pl.incohenturincohārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.incohāincohāre
pres. 2nd pl.incohāteincohāminī
fut. 2nd sg.incohātōincohātor
fut. 3rd sg.incohātōincohātor
fut. 2nd pl.incohātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.incohantōincohantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveincohāreincohārī
perfect infinitiveincohāvisse
incohāsse		incohātum esse
future infinitiveincohātūrum esseincohātum īrī
present participleincohāns
incohante, incohantem, incohantēs, incohantī, incohantia, incohantibus, incohantis, incohantīs, incohantium		—
perfect participle—incohātus
incohāta, incohātā, incohātae, incohātam, incohātārum, incohātās, incohātī, incohātōrum, incohātōs
future participleincohātūrus
incohātūra, incohātūrā, incohātūrae, incohātūram, incohātūrārum, incohātūrās, incohātūre, incohātūrī, incohātūrīs, incohātūrō, incohātūrōrum, incohātūrōs, incohātūrum		incohandus
incohanda, incohandā, incohandae, incohandam, incohandārum, incohandās, incohande, incohandīs, incohandōrum, incohandōs
gerundincohandī, incohandō, incohandumsupineincohātum, incohātū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

intellegentiae adumbratae or incohatae (De Leg. 1. 22. 59)
vague, undeveloped ideas.

incoho (better than inchŏo, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 95; cf. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 109; Cic. Rep. 1, 35 Mai.; 3, 2; Front. p. 154 Rom.; Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 363; Bramb. p. 291 sq.), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. for in-coco; from in and Sanscr. root kuk-, to take, grasp.
I. Act., to lay the foundation of a thing, to begin, commence (syn. incipere; opp. absolvere, perficere; class.).
A. In gen.
(a). With acc.: ut Phidias potest a primo instituere signum idque perficere, potest ab alio incohatum accipere et absolvere, Cic. Fin. 4, 13, 34; cf.: ut nemo pictor esset inventus, qui Coae Veneris eam partem, quam Apelles incohatam reliquisset, absolveret, id. Off. 3, 2, 9; 3, 7, 33: statuam, Quint. 2, 1, 12: res in animis nostris, Cic. Leg. 1, 16, 44: quas res nos in consulatu nostro gessimus, attigit hic versibus atque incohavit, id. Arch. 11, 28: philosophiam multis locis incohasti, id. Ac. 1, 3, 9: quod mihi nuper in Tusculano incohasti de oratoribus, id. Brut. 5, 20: quod hic liber incohat, Quint. 3, 1, 2: hanc materiam, id. 4 praef. § 5: abrupto, quem incohaverat, sermone, id. 4, 3, 13: esse videatur octonarium incohat, id. 9, 4, 73: referamus nos igitur ad eum, quem volumus incohandum et eloquentia informandum, Cic. Or. 9, 33: Favonius ver incohans, Plin. 16, 25, 39, § 94: incohandae vindemiae dies, id. 11, 14, 14, § 35: pulcherrimum facinus, Curt. 6, 7: tum Stygio regi nocturnas incohat aras, i. e. begins to sacrifice, Verg. A. 6, 252: reges plures incohantur, ne desint, are chosen, Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 51.—
(b). With inf.: quam si mens fieri proponit et incohat ipsa, Lucr. 3, 183; Luc. 10, 174; Pall. Dec. 2.—
B. In partic., pregn. in the part. perf.: incŏhātus, a, um, only begun (opp. to finished, completed), unfinished, incomplete, imperfect (mostly Ciceron.): ne hanc incohatam transigam comoediam, Plaut. Am. 3, 1, 8: qui exaedificaret suam incohatam ignaviam, id. Trin. 1, 2, 95: quae adulescentulis nobis ex commentariolis nostris incohata ac rudia exciderunt, Cic. de Or. 1, 2, 5: cognitio manca atque incohata, id. Off. 1, 43, 153: incohatum quiddam et confusum, id. Rep. 3, 2: rem tam praeclaram incohatam relinquere, id. N. D. 1, 20, 56; cf. id. Rep. 1, 35: perfecta anteponuntur incohatis, id. Top. 18, 69; cf.: hoc incohati cujusdam officii est, non perfecti, id. Fin. 4, 6, 15.—
II. Neutr., to begin, commence, take a beginning.
A. In gen. (post-class.): moris est, ut munus hujusmodi a proficiscentibus incohat, Symm. Ep. 7, 75: incohante mense, Pall. Febr. 25, 20 and 33.— *
B. In partic., like infit, to begin to speak: post longa silentia rursus Incohat Ismene, Stat. Th. 8, 623. — Hence, incōhātē, adv., incipiently, incompletely, Aug. Gen. ad Lit. 6, 11.

Origins

Latin cohum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin incohō From in- + cohum (“thong, strap”) + -ō.

Descendants
  • Englishinchoate
  • Italianincoare
  • Spanishincoar

In English words that came into English from incohō

  • inchoateincohātus
  • inchoativeinchoātīvus

Quick answers

What does incohō mean in Latin?
incohō, a verb, means “to begin, commence; to start making or forming; to make a first draft”.
What are the principal parts of incohō?
incohō, incohāre, incohāvī, incohātum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce incohō?
In classical Latin, [ˈɪŋ.ko.(ɦ)oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈiŋ.ko.o].