iniens

iniens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of ineō (“enter”)

Participle

iniēns (genitive ineuntis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. entering, going into
2. beginning (an activity, enterprise, business)

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	iniēns			ineuntēs	ineuntia
Genitive	ineuntis			ineuntium
Dative	ineuntī			ineuntibus
Accusative	ineuntem	iniēns		ineuntēs ineuntīs	ineuntia
Ablative	ineunte ineuntī1			ineuntibus
Vocative	iniēns			ineuntēs	ineuntia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

References

• “iniens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• iniens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • at the beginning of the year: initio anni, ineunte anno
    
  • at the beginning of spring: ineunte, primo vere
    
  • from one's entry into civil life: ab ineunte (prima) aetate (De Or. 1. 21. 97)
    
  • the principles which I have followed since I came to man's estate: meae vitae rationes ab ineunte aetate susceptae (Imp. Pomp. 1. 1.)