coepisset

coepisset is a Latin form of coepio, meaning “begin”. It is the 3rd person singular pluperfect active subjunctive.

Found 67 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 3.13.9: Accedebat ut, cum [saevire ventus coepisset et] se vento dedissent, et tempestatem ferrent facilius et in vadis consisterent tutius et ab aestu relictae nihil saxa et cotes timerent; quarum rerum omnium nostris navibus casus erat extimescendus.

Cicero, De Fato 35: … ns ullus Pelius! similiterque superiora repetentem regredi infinite licet. Neve índe navis ínchoandi exórdium Coepísset. Quorsum haec praeterita? Quia sequitur illud: Nam númquam era errans méa domo ecferrét pedem, Medéa, animo a …

All forms of coepio (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.