Questions & Answers about Missus nunc incipit.
Incipit is the 3rd person singular present active indicative of incipere (to begin).
That means it can be translated as begins or, depending on context, is beginning. The ending -t is the normal Latin ending for he/she/it in the present tense.
So even without any separate pronoun, incipit already contains the idea of he begins, she begins, or it begins.
Here missus is functioning as the subject of the sentence, so it is in the nominative.
Because incipit is singular, missus is being understood as singular as well. In other words, missus is the thing or person that begins.
The ending -us is a very common Latin ending, especially for a masculine nominative singular form.
For a learner, the main takeaway is:
- missus is in a subject form
- it is singular
- it is typically masculine in form
That -us ending is one of the signals that helps you recognize its role in the sentence.