"initium" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: /iˈni.ti.um/ [Classical], [ɪˈnɪt̪iʊ̃ˑ] [Classical], /iˈnit.t͡si.um/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [iˈnit̪ː͡s̪ium] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From ineō (“go in, make a start”) + -ium, the former from in (“in, into”) + eō (“go”). Etymology templates: {{suf|la|ineō|ium|t1=go in, make a start}} ineō (“go in, make a start”) + -ium, {{compound|la|in|eō|t1=in, into|t2=go}} in (“in, into”) + eō (“go”) Head templates: {{la-noun|initium<2>}} initium n (genitive initiī or initī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|initium<2>}} Forms: initiī [genitive], initī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], initium [nominative, singular], initia [nominative, plural], initiī [genitive, singular], initī [genitive, singular], initiōrum [genitive, plural], initiō [dative, singular], initiīs [dative, plural], initium [accusative, singular], initia [accusative, plural], initiō [ablative, singular], initiīs [ablative, plural], initium [singular, vocative], initia [plural, vocative]
  1. beginning, start Tags: declension-2, neuter Categories (topical): Time Synonyms: prīncipium, exordium, limen, orīgō, rudīmentum, prīmōrdium
    Sense id: en-initium-la-noun-6aPwyslj Disambiguation of Time: 100 0 0 0
  2. a going in, entrance Tags: declension-2, neuter Synonyms: ingressus, limen, iānua, ingressiō, foris, porta, vestibulum
    Sense id: en-initium-la-noun-ef2AWdGE Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the second declension, Latin terms suffixed with -ium Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 22 57 20 1 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 18 61 9 11 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -ium: 24 57 17 3
  3. (in the plural) rites, mysteries Tags: declension-2, in-plural, neuter
    Sense id: en-initium-la-noun-gxHF2rV9
  4. initiative, first move Tags: declension-2, neuter
    Sense id: en-initium-la-noun-uJGWt0KV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: initialis, initiō

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "initialis"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "obt",
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Breton: enet",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Breton: enet"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "br",
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          },
          "expansion": "Breton: Ened",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Breton: Ened"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "inici",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: inici",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: inici"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "inzo"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: inzo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: inzo"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "inicio",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Galician: inicio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Galician: inicio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "inizio",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: inizio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: inizio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "início",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: início",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: início"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "inicio",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: inicio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: inicio"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sga",
            "2": "init",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Irish: init\nMiddle Irish: init\nIrish: Inid\nScottish Gaelic: Inid\nManx: Ynnyd",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Irish: init\nMiddle Irish: init\nIrish: Inid\nScottish Gaelic: Inid\nManx: Ynnyd"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "Ynyd",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Welsh: Ynyd",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Welsh: Ynyd"
    }
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        "3": "ium",
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      "name": "suf"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "in",
        "3": "eō",
        "t1": "in, into",
        "t2": "go"
      },
      "expansion": "in (“in, into”) + eō (“go”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ineō (“go in, make a start”) + -ium, the former from in (“in, into”) + eō (“go”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "initiī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initiī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initiōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initiō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initiīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initiō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initiīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "initium<2>"
      },
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    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "initium<2>"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fīnis"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "_dis": "100 0 0 0",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Time",
          "orig": "la:Time",
          "parents": [
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "beginning, start"
      ],
      "id": "en-initium-la-noun-6aPwyslj",
      "links": [
        [
          "beginning",
          "beginning"
        ],
        [
          "start",
          "start"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "prīncipium"
        },
        {
          "word": "exordium"
        },
        {
          "word": "limen"
        },
        {
          "word": "orīgō"
        },
        {
          "word": "rudīmentum"
        },
        {
          "word": "prīmōrdium"
        }
      ],
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        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
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      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "abitus"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "_dis": "22 57 20 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 61 9 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 57 17 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -ium",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a going in, entrance"
      ],
      "id": "en-initium-la-noun-ef2AWdGE",
      "links": [
        [
          "going",
          "going"
        ],
        [
          "entrance",
          "entrance"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ingressus"
        },
        {
          "word": "limen"
        },
        {
          "word": "iānua"
        },
        {
          "word": "ingressiō"
        },
        {
          "word": "foris"
        },
        {
          "word": "porta"
        },
        {
          "word": "vestibulum"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "rites, mysteries"
      ],
      "id": "en-initium-la-noun-gxHF2rV9",
      "links": [
        [
          "rites",
          "rites"
        ],
        [
          "mysteries",
          "mysteries"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) rites, mysteries"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "in-plural",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "initiative, first move"
      ],
      "id": "en-initium-la-noun-uJGWt0KV",
      "links": [
        [
          "initiative",
          "initiative"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/iˈni.ti.um/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɪˈnɪt̪iʊ̃ˑ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iˈnit.t͡si.um/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[iˈnit̪ː͡s̪ium]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "initium"
}
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    "Latin 4-syllable words",
    "Latin compound terms",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin neuter nouns",
    "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin second declension nouns",
    "Latin terms suffixed with -ium",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "la:Time"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "initialis"
    },
    {
      "word": "initiō"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "args": {
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Breton: enet",
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        }
      ],
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    {
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          },
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Breton: Ened"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "inici",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: inici",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: inici"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "inzo"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: inzo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: inzo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Galician: inicio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Galician: inicio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "inizio",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: inizio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: inizio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "início",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: início",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: início"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "inicio",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: inicio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: inicio"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "sga",
            "2": "init",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Irish: init\nMiddle Irish: init\nIrish: Inid\nScottish Gaelic: Inid\nManx: Ynnyd",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Welsh: Ynyd",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Welsh: Ynyd"
    }
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      "name": "suf"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "in",
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      "name": "compound"
    }
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    {
      "form": "initiī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initiī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initiōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initiō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initiīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initiō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initiīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "initium<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "initium n (genitive initiī or initī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "initium<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fīnis"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "beginning, start"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beginning",
          "beginning"
        ],
        [
          "start",
          "start"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "prīncipium"
        },
        {
          "word": "exordium"
        },
        {
          "word": "limen"
        },
        {
          "word": "orīgō"
        },
        {
          "word": "rudīmentum"
        },
        {
          "word": "prīmōrdium"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "abitus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a going in, entrance"
      ],
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        [
          "going",
          "going"
        ],
        [
          "entrance",
          "entrance"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ingressus"
        },
        {
          "word": "limen"
        },
        {
          "word": "iānua"
        },
        {
          "word": "ingressiō"
        },
        {
          "word": "foris"
        },
        {
          "word": "porta"
        },
        {
          "word": "vestibulum"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "rites, mysteries"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rites",
          "rites"
        ],
        [
          "mysteries",
          "mysteries"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) rites, mysteries"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "in-plural",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "initiative, first move"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "initiative",
          "initiative"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/iˈni.ti.um/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɪˈnɪt̪iʊ̃ˑ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iˈnit.t͡si.um/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[iˈnit̪ː͡s̪ium]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "initium"
}

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