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Learn Hardcore Latin: incipere - to begin

Hardcore Latin
/Lesson 10
/incipere

incipere

Word

incipere

Meaning

to begin

Part of speech

verb

Pronunciation

Course

Lesson

Usages of incipere

Servus dicit se opus novum hodie incipere.

The servant says that he is beginning a new task today.

Mane mater opus incipit; vespere tamen finire potest.

In the morning mother begins the work; in the evening, however, she can finish it.

In theatro actor in scaena stat et fabulam incipit.

In the theater an actor stands on the stage and begins a story.

In foro iudex in alto loco sedet, et iudicium incipit.

In the forum the judge sits in a high place, and the trial begins.

Mater mane laborare incipit, sed vespere in horto cum familia sedet.

Mother begins to work in the morning, but in the evening she sits in the garden with the family.

Hoc mense soror diem natalem celebrat, et mater convivium parvum parare incipit.

This month my sister celebrates her birthday, and mother begins to prepare a small feast.

Cum sol occiderit, convivae in atrio sedebunt et convivium incipient.

When the sun has set, the guests will sit in the atrium and begin the feast.

Postquam magistra in scholam ingressa est, discipuli tacere incipiunt.

After the teacher has entered the school, the students begin to be silent.

Parvus agnus prope ovem stat et balare incipit.

A little lamb stands near the sheep and begins to bleat.

Si tempestas bona manet, messis cras incipiet et omnes in agro laborabunt.

If the weather remains good, the harvest will begin tomorrow and everyone will work in the field.

Post breve silentium omnes rursus laborare incipiunt, et magistra creta alba in tabula scribit.

After a short silence everyone begins to work again, and the teacher writes on the board with white chalk.

Cum sol occiderit, convivae in atrio convenient et convivium incipient.

When the sun has set, the guests will gather in the atrium and begin the feast.

Pater nescit quid faciat, quia infans flere incipit et mater abest.

Father does not know what to do, because the baby begins to cry and mother is away.

Cum fuga hostium inciperet, milites agros et vias diligenter explorabant.

When the enemies’ retreat was beginning, the soldiers were carefully scouting the fields and roads.

Quamquam fuga hostium iam incipit, dux milites monet ne sine ordine procedant.

Although the enemy’s flight is already beginning, the general warns the soldiers not to advance without order.

Mense Martio ver incipere videtur, et Martius agricolas ad campos revocat.

In March spring seems to begin, and March calls the farmers back to the fields.

Socer dicit se oratorem non expectare, sed tantum propinquos; tamen omnes tacent, cum ille benigne loqui incipit.

The father-in-law says that he is not waiting for a speaker, but only for relatives; nevertheless everyone is silent when he begins to speak kindly.

Antequam nuptiae incipiant, magistra, quae etiam propinqua est, puellis dicit bonos mores in omni domo servandos esse.

Before the wedding begins, the teacher, who is also a relative, tells the girls that good manners must be kept in every house.

Horologium vetus tardius movetur, itaque pater non statim intellegit quo tempore nuptiae incipiant.

The old clock runs more slowly, and so father does not immediately understand at what time the wedding is to begin.

Canis lepori latrare incipit, sed pater eum revocat.

The dog begins to bark at the hare, but father calls it back.

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