coepio

From co- +‎ apō (“lit. to lay hold of something on different sides, to lay hold of; hence of an action, to begin”). The present stem is a back-formation from the perfect stem coepī.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkoe̯.pi.oː/, [ˈkoe̯pioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.pi.o/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːpio]

coepiō (present infinitive coepere, perfect active coepī, supine coeptum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. (pre-Classical and post-classical, transitive, intransitive) to begin, commence, initiate

   Synonyms: incohō, exōrdior, occipiō, incipiō, ōrdior, initiō, ineō, ingredior, aggredior, sūmō, moveō, committō, mōlior, exorior

   Antonyms: dēsistō, subsistō, cessō

In classical times, only the perfect tenses were in use; the present, imperfect and future indicative and the present and imperfect subjunctive, were supplied by incipiō. This is similar to odiō.

• coepī
• coeptō

• “coepio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “coepio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• coepio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.