accipio

Latin

Etymology

ad- (“towards”) +‎ capiō (“I take”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /akˈki.pi.oː/, [äkˈkɪpioː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /atˈt͡ʃi.pi.o/, [ätˈt͡ʃiːpio]

Verb

accipiō (present infinitive accipere, perfect active accēpī, supine acceptum); third conjugation iō-variant

to receive, accept, take
- 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Actus Apostolorum.20.35:
  Beatius est magis dare quam accipere.
  It is more blessed to give than to receive.
to hear (of), learn (of), learn
to bear, endure, suffer (particularly something disagreeable or troublesome)
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.29:
  Uti hoc incommodum acciperetur
  That this loss was sustained
(something that was said or done) to take, to regard, to interpret (as) (with ad or in + acc.)
- 62 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares 4.4.1:
  et ego ipse, quem tu per iocum sic enim accipio divitias orationis habere dicis
  and I myself, whom you declare to be a joke (as I take it) to possess a rich store of language.
to entertain (e.g., guests)
to treat, to deal with
to understand (receive as true)

Conjugation

Conjugation of accipiō (third conjugation iō-variant)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	accipiō	accipis	accipit	accipimus	accipitis	accipiunt
	imperfect	accipiēbam	accipiēbās	accipiēbat	accipiēbāmus	accipiēbātis	accipiēbant
	future	accipiam	accipiēs	accipiet	accipiēmus	accipiētis	accipient
	perfect	accēpī	accēpistī	accēpit	accēpimus	accēpistis	accēpērunt, accēpēre
	pluperfect	accēperam	accēperās	accēperat	accēperāmus	accēperātis	accēperant
	future perfect	accēperō	accēperis	accēperit	accēperimus	accēperitis	accēperint
	sigmatic future¹	accepsō	accepsis	accepsit	accepsimus	accepsitis	accepsint
passive	present	accipior	acciperis, accipere	accipitur	accipimur	accipiminī	accipiuntur
	imperfect	accipiēbar	accipiēbāris, accipiēbāre	accipiēbātur	accipiēbāmur	accipiēbāminī	accipiēbantur
	future	accipiar	accipiēris, accipiēre	accipiētur	accipiēmur	accipiēminī	accipientur
	perfect	acceptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	acceptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	acceptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	accipiam	accipiās	accipiat	accipiāmus	accipiātis	accipiant
	imperfect	acciperem	acciperēs	acciperet	acciperēmus	acciperētis	acciperent
	perfect	accēperim	accēperīs	accēperit	accēperīmus	accēperītis	accēperint
	pluperfect	accēpissem	accēpissēs	accēpisset	accēpissēmus	accēpissētis	accēpissent
	sigmatic aorist¹	accepsim	accepsīs	accepsīt	accepsīmus	accepsītis	accepsint
passive	present	accipiar	accipiāris, accipiāre	accipiātur	accipiāmur	accipiāminī	accipiantur
	imperfect	acciperer	acciperēris, acciperēre	acciperētur	acciperēmur	acciperēminī	acciperentur
	perfect	acceptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	acceptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	accipe	—	—	accipite	—
active	future	—	accipitō	accipitō	—	accipitōte	accipiuntō
passive	present	—	accipere	—	—	accipiminī	—
passive	future	—	accipitor	accipitor	—	—	accipiuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		accipere	accēpisse	acceptūrum esse	accipī	acceptum esse	acceptum īrī
participles		accipiēns	—	acceptūrus	—	acceptus	accipiendus, accipiundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		accipiendī	accipiendō	accipiendum	accipiendō	acceptum	acceptū

¹At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").

Synonyms

(accept): recipio, concipio, ascīscō, sūmō
(bear): tolerō, sustineo, patio, sino, perpetior, recipio, sufferō, perfero, dūrō, sustentō, subeo, ferō
(understand): apprehendō, comprehendō, cognōscō, concipiō, teneō, dēprehendō, apīscor, capiō, complector, excipiō, exaudiō, cōnsequor

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “accept”): negō, dēnegō, recusō
(antonym(s) of “understand”): nesciō, ignōrō

Derived terms

References

“accipio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“accipio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
accipio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to suffer mishap: calamitatem accipere, subire
- to suffer loss, harm, damage: detrimentum capere, accipere, facere
- to know from hearsay: auditione et fama accepisse aliquid
- we know; we have been told: accepimus
- to overestimate a thing: in maius accipere aliquid
- to take a thing in good (bad) part: in bonam (malam) partem accipere aliquid
- to be in correspondence with..: litteras inter se dare et accipere
- to give one's word that..: fidem dare alicui (opp. accipere) (c. Acc. c. Inf.)
- to be the victim of an injustice: iniuriam accipere
- to accept as a happy omen: omen accipere (opp. improbare)
- to interpret something as an omen: accipere, vertere aliquid in omen
- to entertain, regale a person: accipere aliquem (bene, copiose, laute, eleganter, regio apparatu, apparatis epulis)
- to welcome a man as a guest in one's house: hospitio aliquem accipere or excipere (domum ad se)
- to inherit something: hereditate aliquid accipere
- to lend, borrow money at interest: pecuniam fenori (fenore) alicui dare, accipere ab aliquo
- to reject a bill: legem antiquare (opp. accipere, iubere)
- to submit to the yoke of slavery: iugum servitutis accipere
- to suffer a defeat: cladem accipere
- to be (seriously, mortally) wounded: vulnus (grave, mortiferum) accipere, excipere
- to accept the terms of the peace: pacis condiciones accipere, subire (opp. repudiare, respuere)
- to accept the submission of a people: populum in deditionem accipere
- (ambiguous) to put down to a man's credit: alicui acceptum referre aliquid (Verr. 2. 70. 170)
- (ambiguous) much damage was done by this collision: ex eo navium concursu magnum incommodum est acceptum