Latin

Verb

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

1. I receive or catch
2. I derive (from)
3. I contain or hold
4. I grasp
5. I adopt
6. I devise or conceive

Inflection

Derived terms

• conceptus
• conceptiō

Descendants

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “concipio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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