inceptĭo, ōnis, f. [incipio],
I a beginning , undertaking (rare but class.): tam praeclari operis, Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 119: patrociniorum, Ap. Mag. p. 317, 5.— Absol. (opp. depositio), Quint. 11, 3, 46.—
II Transf., enterprise , undertaking : inceptio est amentium, non amantium, Ter. And. 218.