initialis

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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 initiālēs
initiālīs 		initiālia
ablative initiālī initiālibus
vocative initiālis initiāle initiālēs initiālia

Derived terms

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.
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