incohatus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of incohō (“begin, commence”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /in.koˈhaː.tus/, [ɪŋkoˈ(ɦ)äːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.koˈa.tus/, [iŋkoˈäːt̪us]

Participle

incohātus (feminine incohāta, neuter incohātum); first/second-declension participle

1. just begun, unfinished, having been commenced (but not completed)
2. incomplete, imperfect

   Synonyms: imperfectus, īnfectus

   Antonyms: complētus, absolūtus, perfectus, factus, dēfūnctus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	incohātus	incohāta	incohātum		incohātī	incohātae	incohāta
Genitive	incohātī	incohātae	incohātī		incohātōrum	incohātārum	incohātōrum
Dative	incohātō		incohātō		incohātīs
Accusative	incohātum	incohātam	incohātum		incohātōs	incohātās	incohāta
Ablative	incohātō	incohātā	incohātō		incohātīs
Vocative	incohāte	incohāta	incohātum		incohātī	incohātae	incohāta

Descendants

• English: inchoate

References

• “incohatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• incohatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • vague, undeveloped ideas: intellegentiae adumbratae or incohatae (De Leg. 1. 22. 59)