initio

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From initium (“beginning”) +‎ -ō.

Verb

initiō (present infinitive initiāre, perfect active initiāvī, supine initiātum); first conjugation

  1. to begin, originate
    Synonyms: incohō, exōrdior, occipiō, incipiō, coepiō, ōrdior, ineō, ingredior, aggredior, sūmō, moveō, committō, exorior, mōlior
    Antonyms: dēsistō, subsistō, cessō
  2. to initiate, consecrate
Conjugation
   Conjugation of initiō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present initiō initiās initiat initiāmus initiātis initiant
imperfect initiābam initiābās initiābat initiābāmus initiābātis initiābant
future initiābō initiābis initiābit initiābimus initiābitis initiābunt
perfect initiāvī initiāvistī initiāvit initiāvimus initiāvistis initiāvērunt,
initiāvēre
pluperfect initiāveram initiāverās initiāverat initiāverāmus initiāverātis initiāverant
future perfect initiāverō initiāveris initiāverit initiāverimus initiāveritis initiāverint
passive present initior initiāris,
initiāre 		initiātur initiāmur initiāminī initiantur
imperfect initiābar initiābāris,
initiābāre 		initiābātur initiābāmur initiābāminī initiābantur
future initiābor initiāberis,
initiābere 		initiābitur initiābimur initiābiminī initiābuntur
perfect initiātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect initiātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect initiātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present initiem initiēs initiet initiēmus initiētis initient
imperfect initiārem initiārēs initiāret initiārēmus initiārētis initiārent
perfect initiāverim initiāverīs initiāverit initiāverīmus initiāverītis initiāverint
pluperfect initiāvissem initiāvissēs initiāvisset initiāvissēmus initiāvissētis initiāvissent
passive present initier initiēris,
initiēre 		initiētur initiēmur initiēminī initientur
imperfect initiārer initiārēris,
initiārēre 		initiārētur initiārēmur initiārēminī initiārentur
perfect initiātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect initiātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — initiā — — initiāte —
future — initiātō initiātō — initiātōte initiantō
passive present — initiāre — — initiāminī —
future — initiātor initiātor — — initiantor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present initiāre initiārī initiāns —
future initiātūrum esse initiātum īrī initiātūrus initiandus
perfect initiāvisse initiātum esse — initiātus
future perfect — initiātum fore — —
perfect potential initiātūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
initiandī initiandō initiandum initiandō initiātum initiātū
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

initiō

  1. dative/ablative singular of initium

References

  • “initio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “initio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "initio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • initio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be initiated into the mysteries of a cult: sacris initiari (Quintil. 12. 10. 14)
    • (ambiguous) the elements: elementa; initia or principia rerum
    • (ambiguous) at the beginning of the year: initio anni, ineunte anno
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