accepto

Catalan

Verb

accepto

1. first-person singular present indicative of acceptar

Latin

Etymology

Frequentative from accipiō (“to receive, accept”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) +‎ capiō (“take”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /akˈkep.toː/, [äkˈkɛpt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /atˈt͡ʃep.to/, [ätˈt͡ʃɛpt̪o]

Verb

acceptō (present infinitive acceptāre, perfect active acceptāvī, supine acceptātum); first conjugation

1. to take, receive, accept (regularly)
2. to submit to
3. to understand, comprehend

Conjugation

Conjugation of acceptō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	acceptō	acceptās	acceptat	acceptāmus	acceptātis	acceptant
	imperfect	acceptābam	acceptābās	acceptābat	acceptābāmus	acceptābātis	acceptābant
	future	acceptābō	acceptābis	acceptābit	acceptābimus	acceptābitis	acceptābunt
	perfect	acceptāvī	acceptāvistī	acceptāvit	acceptāvimus	acceptāvistis	acceptāvērunt, acceptāvēre
	pluperfect	acceptāveram	acceptāverās	acceptāverat	acceptāverāmus	acceptāverātis	acceptāverant
	future perfect	acceptāverō	acceptāveris	acceptāverit	acceptāverimus	acceptāveritis	acceptāverint
passive	present	acceptor	acceptāris, acceptāre	acceptātur	acceptāmur	acceptāminī	acceptantur
	imperfect	acceptābar	acceptābāris, acceptābāre	acceptābātur	acceptābāmur	acceptābāminī	acceptābantur
	future	acceptābor	acceptāberis, acceptābere	acceptābitur	acceptābimur	acceptābiminī	acceptābuntur
	perfect	acceptātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	acceptātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	acceptātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	acceptem	acceptēs	acceptet	acceptēmus	acceptētis	acceptent
	imperfect	acceptārem	acceptārēs	acceptāret	acceptārēmus	acceptārētis	acceptārent
	perfect	acceptāverim	acceptāverīs	acceptāverit	acceptāverīmus	acceptāverītis	acceptāverint
	pluperfect	acceptāvissem	acceptāvissēs	acceptāvisset	acceptāvissēmus	acceptāvissētis	acceptāvissent
passive	present	accepter	acceptēris, acceptēre	acceptētur	acceptēmur	acceptēminī	acceptentur
	imperfect	acceptārer	acceptārēris, acceptārēre	acceptārētur	acceptārēmur	acceptārēminī	acceptārentur
	perfect	acceptātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	acceptātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	acceptā	—	—	acceptāte	—
	future	—	acceptātō	acceptātō	—	acceptātōte	acceptantō
passive	present	—	acceptāre	—	—	acceptāminī	—
	future	—	acceptātor	acceptātor	—	—	acceptantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		acceptāre	acceptāvisse	acceptātūrum esse	acceptārī	acceptātum esse	acceptātum īrī
participles		acceptāns	—	acceptātūrus	—	acceptātus	acceptandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		acceptandī	acceptandō	acceptandum	acceptandō	acceptātum	acceptātū

Derived terms

• acceptābilis
• acceptātor

Related terms

• acceptiō
• acceptor
• acceptōrius
• acceptrix
• acceptus
• accipiō

Descendants

• Asturian: aceptar, aceutar
• → Catalan: acceptar
• Corsican: accittà
• → Old French: accepter, acepter
  • Middle French: accepter
    • French: accepter
      • → Franco-Provençal: accèptar
    • → Middle Dutch: accepteren
      • Dutch: accepteren
    • French: accepter
  • → Middle English: accepten
    • English: accept
    • Scots: accep
• → Italian: accettare
  • → Franco-Provençal: accèptar
• → Occitan: acceptar
• Old Galician-Portuguese: aceitar
  • Portuguese: aceitar
• → Romanian: accepta
• Old Spanish: acetar
  • Spanish: acetar
• Sicilian: accittari
• → Spanish: aceptar
• Venetan: acetar
• → Middle English: accepten (perhaps via Old French)
  • English: accept
• → German: akzeptieren
• → Low German: akzepteren
• → Danish: acceptere
• Norwegian:
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: akseptere
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: akseptere, akseptera
• → Swedish: acceptera
• → Russian: акцептова́ть (akceptovátʹ)
• → Polish: akceptować
• → Uzbek: akseptlamoq
• → Estonian: aktsepteerima
• → Esperanto: akcepti
• → Ido: aceptar

References

• “accepto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “accepto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• accepto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) on receiving the news: nuntio allato or accepto
    
  • (ambiguous) having exchanged pledges, promises: fide data et accepta (Sall. Iug. 81. 1)
    
  • (ambiguous) after mutual greeting: salute data (accepta) redditaque
    
  • (ambiguous) wounds (scars) on the breast: vulnera adverso corpore accepta