coepi

Meaning

1. (conjugation-3) to have begun
2. (conjugation-3, uncommon) to begin

Concepts

began

initiated

started

undertook

Translations

αναλαμβάνω

entreprenant

imprende

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈkoe̯.piː]

Etymology

From earlier Old Latin coëpiō, coapiō, with a trisyllabic stem, from co- + apiō (literally “to lay hold of something on different sides, to lay hold of”). Late Latin coepiō, with a disyllabic stem, is a back-formation.