incepto — Lewis & Short
incepto, āre, v. freq. a.id.,
I to begin, undertake, attempt (ante- and post-class.):
inceptas facinus facere,Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 23; so, with inf.:
loqui,id. Trin. 4, 3, 23:
canere,Gell. 1, 11, 3:
quo iter inceptas?Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 28:
quid inceptas?Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 1.—
II Esp., to begin business, cum aliquo, i. e. to quarrel:
si cum illo inceptas homine,Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 24.