initialis

Latin

Etymology

From initium (“a beginning”) +‎ -ālis, from ineō (“go in, make a start”), from in (“in, into”) + eō (“go”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪ.nɪ.tiˈaː.lɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [i.nit.t͡siˈaː.lis]

Adjective

initiālis (neuter initiāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. initial, first, incipient

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	initiālis	initiāle		initiālēs	initiālia
genitive	initiālis			initiālium
dative	initiālī			initiālibus
accusative	initiālem	initiāle		initiālīs initiālēs	initiālia
ablative	initiālī			initiālibus
vocative	initiālis	initiāle		initiālēs	initiālia

Derived terms

• initiāles

Related terms

• initiālia
• initiātor
• initiō
• initium

Descendants

• → Catalan: inicial
• → English: initial
• → French: initial
• → German: initial
• Italian: iniziale
• → Norwegian: initial
• Portuguese: inicial
• Romanian: inițial
• Spanish: inicial

References

• “initialis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “initialis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.