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.—
incepto , āre, v. freq. a. id.,