Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 913.initium on page 913
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initium beginning
initium is a Latin Noun that primarily means beginning.
Definitions for initium
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
beginning, commencement
English derivatives:
initial initiate initiation
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
The fact or event of beginning, start, commencement; (of a monarch) accession; (of living creatures) birth. (b) ~ium facere (usu. w. gen.), to make a start, embark (on some activity). (c) ab ~io, from the beginning; also, at the beginning, originally; from a fresh beginning, over again.
- 2
The point at which a series of events, etc., begins, a starting point; ~ium facere (capere, accipere) ab (ex), to start from, take as one's starting point. (b) a starting-point in space, the place at which an area begins.
- 3
(esp. pl.) The initial phase, first part (of a period, activity, etc.). (b) the opening (of a book, speech, or sim.). (c) (pl.) the early part of a career or reign. (d) inter ~ia, during the early period, in the early days. (e) (advl.) ~io, in the beginning, originally, at first.
Sentences with initium
Latin to English
Neque vērō Caesarem fefellit, quin ab eīs cohortibus ... initium victōriae orīrētur.Compare Nor was Caesar wrong in thinking that the beginning of his victory would arise from those cohorts.
Corporis et fortunae bonorum ut initium sic finis est, omniaque orta occidunt et aucta senescunt; animus incorruptus, aeternus, rector humani generis agit atque habet cuncta neque ipse habetur.Compare The goods of the body and of fortune have an end just they have a beginning; they rise and fall, they prosper and decline; but the mind, incorrupt, eternal, ruler of the human race, is the master of all things, while it is itself free.
Mensis et annus initium observo.Compare They observe the beginnings of months and of years.
Declension table for initium
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | initium | initia |
| Gen. | initiī | initiōrum |
| Dat. | initiō | initiīs |
| Acc. | initium | initia |
| Abl. | initiō | initiīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 230.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 913.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 124.
Bibliography
Allen, Joseph H. Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges: Founded on Comparative Grammar. Edited by James B. Greenough, George L. Kittredge, Albert A. Howard, and Benjamin L. D'Ooge. Boston, MA: Ginn & Company, 1903.
Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
Delatte, Louis, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard. Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language]. Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège (L.A.S.L.A.), 1981.
Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.
Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
Krüger, Bernd. "Latin Conjugation Tables." Cactus2000. Accessed May 5, 2023. https://latin.cactus2000.de/index.en.php.
Pierson, Nick. "Sound of Text." Accessed October 26, 2019. https://soundoftext.com.
Wheelock, Frederick M. Wheelock's Latin. 6th ed. Revised by Richard A. LaFleur. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005.
Wiktionary Contributors. "Victionarium." Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Updated March 18, 2019. https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/Victionarium:Pagina_prima.
Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "initium, initiī (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/initium-initii.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 230.initium, initiī on page 230
