concipio

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ capio. Calque of Ancient Greek σῠλλᾰμβᾰ́νω (sullambánō).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈki.pi.oː/, [kɔŋˈkɪpioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈt͡ʃi.pi.o/, [kon̠ʲˈt͡ʃiːpio]

Verb

concipiō (present infinitive concipere, perfect active concēpī, supine conceptum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. to receive or catch, grasp

   Synonyms: habeō, teneo, apprehendō, comprehendō, dēprehendō, capesso, recipio, accipio

2. to derive (from)
3. to contain or hold

   Synonym: contineo

4. to comprehend intellectually, think

   Synonyms: apprehendō, comprehendō, dēprehendō, accipiō, cognōscō, teneō, apīscor, capiō, complector, excipiō, exaudiō

   Antonyms: ignōrō, nesciō

5. to adopt

   Synonyms: assumo, induco, adhibeo, suscipio, sumo, accipio

6. to devise or conceive
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.485–486:

     cōnscia mēns ut cuique sua est, ita concipit intrā
     pectora prō factō spemque metumque suō.

     As the mind of each man is conscious [of good or evil], so does he conceive within his breast hope or fear, according to his actions.
     1851. The Fasti &c of Ovid. Translated by H. T. Riley. London: H. G. Bohn. pg. 31.

7. to conceive, become pregnant
   • 45 BCE, Cicero, De Natura Deorum 2.128:

     Nam primum aliae (bestiae) mares, aliae feminae sunt, quod perpetuitatis causa machinata natura est, deinde partes corporis et ad procreandum et ad concipiendum aptissimae, et in mari et in femina commiscendorum corporum mirae libidines; [...]

     To begin with, some of them (animals) are of gender males, others females, the which is for nature's perpetuity wrought, whence of each their parts in procreation and conceiving be optimal, and so the wanton desires in male and female towards sexual union of their own body; [...]

Conjugation

Conjugation of concipiō (third conjugation iō-variant)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	concipiō	concipis	concipit	concipimus	concipitis	concipiunt
	imperfect	concipiēbam	concipiēbās	concipiēbat	concipiēbāmus	concipiēbātis	concipiēbant
	future	concipiam	concipiēs	concipiet	concipiēmus	concipiētis	concipient
	perfect	concēpī	concēpistī	concēpit	concēpimus	concēpistis	concēpērunt, concēpēre
	pluperfect	concēperam	concēperās	concēperat	concēperāmus	concēperātis	concēperant
	future perfect	concēperō	concēperis	concēperit	concēperimus	concēperitis	concēperint
passive	present	concipior	conciperis, concipere	concipitur	concipimur	concipiminī	concipiuntur
	imperfect	concipiēbar	concipiēbāris, concipiēbāre	concipiēbātur	concipiēbāmur	concipiēbāminī	concipiēbantur
	future	concipiar	concipiēris, concipiēre	concipiētur	concipiēmur	concipiēminī	concipientur
	perfect	conceptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	conceptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	conceptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	concipiam	concipiās	concipiat	concipiāmus	concipiātis	concipiant
	imperfect	conciperem	conciperēs	conciperet	conciperēmus	conciperētis	conciperent
	perfect	concēperim	concēperīs	concēperit	concēperīmus	concēperītis	concēperint
	pluperfect	concēpissem	concēpissēs	concēpisset	concēpissēmus	concēpissētis	concēpissent
passive	present	concipiar	concipiāris, concipiāre	concipiātur	concipiāmur	concipiāminī	concipiantur
	imperfect	conciperer	conciperēris, conciperēre	conciperētur	conciperēmur	conciperēminī	conciperentur
	perfect	conceptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	conceptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	concipe	—	—	concipite	—
	future	—	concipitō	concipitō	—	concipitōte	concipiuntō
passive	present	—	concipere	—	—	concipiminī	—
	future	—	concipitor	concipitor	—	—	concipiuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		concipere	concēpisse	conceptūrum esse	concipī	conceptum esse	conceptum īrī
participles		concipiēns	—	conceptūrus	—	conceptus	concipiendus, concipiundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		concipiendī	concipiendō	concipiendum	concipiendō	conceptum	conceptū

Derived terms

• conceptāculum
• conceptiō
• conceptīvus
• conceptō
• conceptor
• conceptus
• concipilō

 

Related terms

• conceptē
• conceptim

Descendants

• Catalan: concebre
• → Danish: koncipere
• → Dutch: concipiëren
• English: conceive (through Old French)
• Friulian: concepî
• Italian: concepire
• Occitan: concéber, concebre
• Old French: conceivre
  • French: concevoir
• Piedmontese: concepì
• Portuguese: conceber
• → Romanian: concepe
• Sicilian: cuncipiri
• Spanish: concebir
• Venetan: consepir

References

• “concipio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “concipio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• concipio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to take fire: ignem concipere, comprehendere
    
  • to incur ignominy: infamiam concipere, subire, sibi conflare
    
  • to form an idea of a thing, imagine, conceive: animo concipere aliquid
    
  • to form a conception, notion of a thing: notionem or rationem alicuius rei in animo informare or animo concipere
    
  • to conceive an ideal: singularem quandam perfectionis imaginem animo concipere
    
  • to conceive a hope: spem concipere animo
    
  • to commit a crime and so make oneself liable to the consequences of it: scelus (in se) concipere, suscipere
    
  • to make a vow: vota facere, nuncupare, suscipere, concipere