inceptus

ūs, m.

incipio

I. a beginning, undertaking (rare): foedum inceptu, foedum exitu, Liv. praef. 10: magno in omnia inceptu veneram, Sen. Ep. 108, 15: eriles, Val. Fl. 6, 124.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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