incepto

incepto, āre, v. freq. a. [incipio],

• to begin, undertake, attempt (ante- and post-class.): inceptas facinus facere, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 23 (23); so, with inf.: loqui, id. Trin. 4, 3, 23 (1030): canere, Gell. 1, 11, 3: quo iter inceptas? Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 28 (122): quid inceptas? Ter. Eun. 1025.—
• II Esp., to begin business, cum aliquo, i. e. to quarrel: si cum illo inceptas homine, Ter. Phorm. 629.

in-cepto, āvī, āre (Intens. v. incipio), I) anfangen, vorhaben, beginnen, dic, quo iter inceptas? Plaut. truc. 130: magnum inceptas, si illud exspectas, quod nusquamst, Plaut. Curc. 144: vah, vide quod inceptat facinus, Ter. heaut. 600: quid inceptat? ibid. 734. – m. folg. Infin., Plaut. Curc. 24 u. trin. 1030. Gell. 1, 11, 3 u. 17, 21, 33. Lampr. Heliog. 28, 6. – II) intr. mit jmd. anfangen, anbinden = sich in Streit einlassen, cum alqo, Ter. Phorm. 629.

See: inceptare

inceptō, (14) āvī, āre (incipio), ¶ 1 tr., commencer, entreprendre : Pl. Curc. 144 ; Truc. 126 || [avec inf.] Pl. Curc. 24 ; Trin. 1030 ; Gell. 1, 11, 3 ¶ 2 intr., cum aliquo Ter. Phorm. 629, sʼentreprendre, se quereller avec qqn.

incepto , as, are. (incipio.)
起工。下手。

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inceptō —, —, āre, freq.

• incipio, to begin, attempt: fabulam, T.—To begin, get into a quarrel: cum illo homine, T.