conceptus

English

Etymology

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

Noun

conceptus (plural conceptuses or concepti or conceptūs)

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

References

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

Latin

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Participle

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

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

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	conceptus	concepta	conceptum		conceptī	conceptae	concepta
genitive	conceptī	conceptae	conceptī		conceptōrum	conceptārum	conceptōrum
dative	conceptō	conceptae	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

1. conception
2. embryo, fetus
3. cistern

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	conceptus	conceptūs
genitive	conceptūs	conceptuum
dative	conceptuī	conceptibus
accusative	conceptum	conceptūs
ablative	conceptū	conceptibus
vocative	conceptus	conceptūs

Related terms

• conceptiō

Descendants

• Catalan: concepte
• Friulian: concet
• Italian: concetto
  • → English: concetto
  • → French: concetto
• → Middle French: concept
  • French: concept
  • → English: concept
  • → Dutch: concept
• Neapolitan: concetto
• Piedmontese: concet
• Polish: koncept
• Portuguese: conceito
• Romanian: concept
• Spanish: concepto

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
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, 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, pre-publication website, 2005-2016