conceptus

From Latin cōncipiō (“to take hold of, to receive”), from Latin capiō (“to capture”).

conceptus (plural conceptuses or concepti or conceptūs)

1. The fetus or embryo, including all the surrounding tissues protecting and nourishing it during pregnancy.

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fifth Edition.

Perfect passive participle of concipiō (“to receive, catch”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔŋˈkɛp.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kon̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛp.tus]

conceptus (feminine concepta, neuter conceptum); first/second-declension participle

1. received, caught
2. derived from
3. contained, held
4. adopted
5. conceived

First/second-declension adjective.

From concipiō (“to receive, catch”) + -tus (forms nouns from verbs, usually signifying the result of an action).

conceptus m (genitive conceptūs); fourth declension

1. conception
2. embryo, fetus
3. cistern
4. concept, thought, notion

Fourth-declension noun.

• conceptiō

• “conceptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “conceptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to blot out a reproach: maculam (conceptam) delere, eluere
    
• conceptus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016