initus

initus

Latin

Noun

initus m (genitive initūs); fourth declension

1. entrance (act of entering)
2. approach, arrival, advent
3. beginning, commencement, initiation
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.94:

     perque suōs initūs continet omne genus

     and through her initiations she maintains all species
     (In this section of Book IV, Ovid links all living beings to Venus; her ‘‘initūs’’ in this context may be translated several ways. See also Venus (mythology).)

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	initus	initūs
Genitive	initūs	inituum
Dative	inituī	initibus
Accusative	initum	initūs
Ablative	initū	initibus
Vocative	initus	initūs

Etymology 2

Perfect passive participle of ineō.

Participle

initus (feminine inita, neuter initum); first/second-declension participle

1. entered
2. begun

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	initus	inita	initum		initī	initae	inita
Genitive	initī	initae	initī		initōrum	initārum	initōrum
Dative	initō		initō		initīs
Accusative	initum	initam	initum		initōs	initās	inita
Ablative	initō	initā	initō		initīs
Vocative	inite	inita	initum		initī	initae	inita

References

• “initus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “initus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• initus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • after mature deliberation: inita subductaque ratione
    
  • to do something after careful calculation: inita subductaque ratione aliquid facere