conceptus

From Latin cōncipiō (“to take hold of, to receive”), from Latin capiō (“to capture”)

conceptus (plural conceptuses or concepti or conceptūs)

1. The fetus or embryo, including all the surrounding tissues protecting and nourishing it during pregnancy.

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fifth Edition.

Perfect passive participle of concipiō (“I receive, catch”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /konˈkep.tus/, [kɔŋˈkɛp.tʊs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈt͡ʃep.tus/

conceptus m (feminine concepta, neuter conceptum); first/second declension

1. received, caught
2. derived from
3. contained, held
4. adopted
5. conceived

First/second declension.

From concipiō (“I receive, catch”) +‎ -tus (forms nouns from verbs, usually signifying the result of an action).

conceptus m (genitive conceptūs); fourth declension

1. conception
2. embryo, fetus
3. cistern

Fourth declension.

• conceptiō

• conceptus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• conceptus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to blot out a reproach: maculam (conceptam) delere, eluere
    
• conceptus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016