Comparative evidence

h₁ep

• Lat. apīscor -ī ‘to seize hold of’, ‘grasp’, ‘get’, ‘obtain’ (OLD: 147-148)

• Lat. apiō -ere ‘fasten’, ‘attach’, ‘bind’ (OLD: 147)

• Lat. coepiō -ere ‘begin’, ‘initiate’ (OLD: 342)

References

OLD = Glare, P. G. W. 1968. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.