initialis

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey-

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti

Proto-Italic *ejō

Proto-Italic *eō

Proto-Italic *eneō

Latin ineō

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -iusnom.

Latin -ium

Latin initium

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin initiālis

From initium (“a going in, entrance”) +‎ -ālis, from ineō (“to go into, enter”) +‎ -ium, from in (“into, to”) +‎ eō (“to go, walk, ride, sail, fly, move, pass”).

Pronunciation

• initiālis:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪ.nɪ.tiˈaː.lɪs]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [i.nit.t͡siˈaː.lis]
  • Hyphenation: i‧ni‧ti‧ā‧lis
• initiālīs:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪ.nɪ.tiˈaː.liːs]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [i.nit.t͡siˈaː.lis]
  • Hyphenation: i‧ni‧ti‧ā‧līs

Adjective

initiālis (neuter initiāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. initial (chronologically first)

   Synonym: prī̆ncipiālis

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		initiālīs initiālēs	initiālia
ablative	initiālī			initiālibus
vocative	initiālis	initiāle		initiālēs	initiālia

Related terms

• initiālia
• initiātor
• initiō
• initium

Descendants

• → Catalan: inicial
• → English: initial
• → French: initial
• → German: initial
• Italian: iniziale
• → Norwegian: initial
• Portuguese: inicial
• Romanian: inițial
• Spanish: inicial

References

• “ĭnĭtĭālis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• initiālis in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 279
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “initialis”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
• “ĭnĭtĭālis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 822, column 1.
• Harm Pinkster, editor (2018), “initiālis”, in Woordenboek Latijn/Nederlands‎^[2], 7th revised edition, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC