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conceptus
conceptus
English
Noun
conceptus (plural conceptuses or conceptūs)
- The fetus or embryo, including all the surrounding tissues protecting and nourishing it during pregnancy.
References
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.
Latin
Etymology 1
Perfect passive participle of concipiō (“I receive, catch”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /konˈkep.tus/, [kɔŋˈkɛp.tʊs]
Participle
conceptus m (feminine concepta, neuter conceptum); first/second declension
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | conceptus | concepta | conceptum | conceptī | conceptae | concepta | |
| genitive | conceptī | conceptae | conceptī | conceptōrum | conceptārum | conceptōrum | |
| dative | conceptō | conceptō | conceptīs | ||||
| accusative | conceptum | conceptam | conceptum | conceptōs | conceptās | concepta | |
| ablative | conceptō | conceptā | conceptō | conceptīs | |||
| vocative | concepte | concepta | conceptum | conceptī | conceptae | concepta | |
Etymology 2
From concipiō (“I receive, catch”) + -tus (forms nouns from verbs, usually signifying the result of an action).
Noun
conceptus m (genitive conceptūs); fourth declension
Inflection
Fourth declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | conceptus | conceptūs |
| genitive | conceptūs | conceptuum |
| dative | conceptuī | conceptibus |
| accusative | conceptum | conceptūs |
| ablative | conceptū | conceptibus |
| vocative | conceptus | conceptūs |
Related terms
References
- 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
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to blot out a reproach: maculam (conceptam) delere, eluere
- to blot out a reproach: maculam (conceptam) delere, eluere
- conceptus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016