ETYMFORGEincipit
The opening words of a text, song or poem
开篇的第一句话
Every story you've ever loved started somewhere. A first line, a first word, before you even knew it mattered.
你爱过的每一个故事，都有一个开始。第一句话，第一个词，在你意识到它有多重要之前。
Word parts词的构成
The story词源故事
It comes from the Latin incipere, to begin. In, meaning on,
它来自拉丁语 incipere，意思是“开始”。in，意思是“在……之上”，
and capere, to take. To begin was to take something in hand.
还有 capere，意思是“拿起”。所谓开始，就是把事情拿在手里。
Long before books had titles, medieval scribes opened their manuscripts with one word: incipit. Here begins.
在书还没有书名的年代，中世纪的抄写员会在手稿开头写下一个词：incipit——从这里开始。
Over time, it came to mean the opening words themselves.
后来，这个词就用来指开篇的那几句话本身。
In a sentence用法
The incipit of a story can decide whether we keep reading.
一个故事的开篇之词，往往决定了我们会不会读下去。
Every great story has one. So here is ours. Etymforge, episode one. Here begins.
每个精彩的故事，都有它的开篇。这就是我们的开篇。Etymforge，第一集，从这里开始。
Full transcript完整字幕
Every story you've ever loved started somewhere. A first line, a first word, before you even knew it mattered.
Those first words have a name.
Incipit.
It comes from the Latin incipere, to begin. In, meaning on,
and capere, to take. To begin was to take something in hand.
Long before books had titles, medieval scribes opened their manuscripts with one word: incipit. Here begins.
Over time, it came to mean the opening words themselves.
Here's how it sounds in a sentence.
The incipit of a story can decide whether we keep reading.
Your turn. Say it with me: Incipit.
Every great story has one.
So here is ours. Etymforge, episode one. Here begins.
你爱过的每一个故事，都有一个开始。第一句话，第一个词，在你意识到它有多重要之前。
这开篇的第一句话，有它自己的名字。
Incipit，开篇之词。
它来自拉丁语 incipere，意思是“开始”。in，意思是“在……之上”，
还有 capere，意思是“拿起”。所谓开始，就是把事情拿在手里。
在书还没有书名的年代，中世纪的抄写员会在手稿开头写下一个词：incipit——从这里开始。
后来，这个词就用来指开篇的那几句话本身。
放进句子里，是这样的：
一个故事的开篇之词，往往决定了我们会不会读下去。
轮到你了，跟我一起说：incipit。
每个精彩的故事，都有它的开篇。
这就是我们的开篇。Etymforge，第一集，从这里开始。