initialis
Latin
Etymology
From initium (“a beginning”) + -ālis, from ineō (“go in, make a start”), from in (“in, into”) + eō (“go”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /i.ni.tiˈaː.lis/, [ɪ.nɪ.tiˈaː.lɪs]
Adjective
initiālis (neuter initiāle); third-declension two-termination adjective
- initial, first, incipient
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | 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
- initiāles
Related terms
- initiālia
- initiātor
- initiō
- initium
Descendants
- Catalan: inicial
- → English: initial
- French: initial
- → German: initial
- Italian: iniziale
- → Norwegian: initial
- Portuguese: inicial
- 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