Intercipiemus

Intercipiemus is the first-person plural future active indicative form of the Latin verb intercipio, meaning “we will intercept.” It is a genuine grammatical form found in classical Latin, used to express a future action in which the subject intercepts or takes something away.

Morphology and conjugation context: Intercipio belongs to the third-conjugation -io class. The future active endings for this class include -iam, -ies, -iet, -iemus, -ietis, -ient, with intercipiemus serving as the 1st person plural form. In the sentence structure, it typically appears with a direct object in the accusaive or with phrases denoting what is being intercepted.

Usage and examples: Intercipiemus can appear in military, diplomatic, or everyday narrative to indicate a planned future interception. For example, epistolas hostium intercipiemus means “we will intercept the enemy’s letters.” While not among the most common forms in every Latin text, it demonstrates the standard pattern of the 3rd-io conjugation’s future endings and is taught in Latin grammar as an المثال of future action.

Etymology and related forms: The verb intercipio combines the prefix inter- “between, among” with capere “to seize, take.” Related forms include intercēpi (perfect) and interceptum (past passive participle). Intercipior, intercipis, intercipit, intercipimus, intercipitis, intercipient complete the present system of the verb.

See also: intercipio; Latin verb conjugation; Latin future indicative; 3rd-io verbs.