# concipio
## Latin
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Verb

concipiō (present infinitive concipere, perfect active concēpī, supine conceptum); third conjugation iō-variant
* to receive or catch, grasp
    Synonyms: habeō, teneo, apprehendō, comprehendō, dēprehendō, capesso, recipio, accipio
* to derive (from)
* to contain or hold
    Synonym: contineo
* to comprehend intellectually, think
    Synonyms: apprehendō, comprehendō, dēprehendō, accipiō, cognōscō, teneō, apīscor, capiō, complector, excipiō, exaudiō
    Antonyms: ignōrō, nesciō
* to adopt
    Synonyms: assumo, induco, adhibeo, suscipio, sumo, accipio
* 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.
* 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; [...]

#### 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
* Galician: concibir
* 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, 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