accepto

Catalan

Verb

accepto

first-person singular present indicative of acceptar

Latin

Etymology

Frequentative from accipiō (“to receive, accept”) +‎ -tō. The former term is itself from ad- (“to, towards, at”) +‎ capiō (“take”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [akˈkɛp.toː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [atˈt͡ʃɛp.to]

Verb

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

to take, receive, accept (regularly)
to submit to
to understand, comprehend

Conjugation

Conjugation of acceptō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		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, acceptāstī¹		acceptāvit, acceptāt¹	acceptāvimus, acceptāmus¹	acceptāvistis, acceptāstis¹		acceptāvērunt, acceptārunt, acceptāvēre¹
	pluperfect	acceptāveram, acceptāram¹	acceptāverās, acceptārās¹		acceptāverat, acceptārat¹	acceptāverāmus, acceptārāmus¹	acceptāverātis, acceptārātis¹		acceptāverant, acceptārant¹
	future perfect	acceptāverō, acceptārō¹	acceptāveris, acceptāris¹		acceptāverit, acceptārit¹	acceptāverimus, acceptārimus¹	acceptāveritis, acceptāritis¹		acceptāverint, acceptārint¹
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
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	acceptem	acceptēs		acceptet	acceptēmus	acceptētis		acceptent
	imperfect	acceptārem	acceptārēs		acceptāret	acceptārēmus	acceptārētis		acceptārent
	perfect	acceptāverim, acceptārim¹	acceptāverīs, acceptārīs¹		acceptāverit, acceptārit¹	acceptāverīmus, acceptārīmus¹	acceptāverītis, acceptārītis¹		acceptāverint, acceptārint¹
	pluperfect	acceptāvissem, acceptāssem¹	acceptāvissēs, acceptāssēs¹		acceptāvisset, acceptāsset¹	acceptāvissēmus, acceptāssēmus¹	acceptāvissētis, acceptāssētis¹		acceptāvissent, acceptāssent¹
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
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	acceptā		—	—	acceptāte		—
active	future	—	acceptātō		acceptātō	—	acceptātōte		acceptantō
passive	present	—	acceptāre		—	—	acceptāminī		—
passive	future	—	acceptātor		acceptātor	—	—		acceptantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		acceptāre		acceptārī		acceptāns		—
future		acceptātūrum esse		acceptātum īrī		acceptātūrus		acceptandus
perfect		acceptāvisse, acceptāsse¹		acceptātum esse		—		acceptātus
future perfect		—		acceptātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		acceptātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		acceptandī	acceptandō		acceptandum	acceptandō	acceptātum		acceptātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Romance borrowings:

→ Asturian: aceptar, aceutar
→ Catalan: acceptar
→ Corsican: accittà
→ Istriot: asetà
→ Italian: accettare (see there for further descendants)
→ Occitan: acceptar
→ Old French: accepter (see there for further descendants)
→ Old Galician-Portuguese: aceitar
- Portuguese: aceitar
→ Old Spanish: acetar
- Spanish: acetar, aceptar (latinized)
→ Romanian: accepta
→ Sicilian: accittari
→ Venetan: acetar

Unsorted borrowings:

→ Danish: acceptere
→ Esperanto: akcepti
→ Estonian: aktsepteerima
→ German: akzeptieren
- → Low German: akzepteren
→ Ido: aceptar
→ Norwegian Bokmål: akseptere
→ Norwegian Nynorsk: akseptere
→ Polish: akceptować
→ Russian: акцептова́ть (akceptovátʹ)
→ Swedish: acceptera
→ Uzbek: akseptlamoq

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