initialis

Latin

Etymology

From initium (“a beginning”) +‎ -ālis, from ineō (“go in, make a start”), from in (“in, into”) + eō (“go”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /i.ni.tiˈaː.lis/, [ɪnɪt̪iˈäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i.nit.t͡siˈa.lis/, [init̪ː͡s̪iˈäːlis]

Adjective

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

1. 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

• initium
• initiālia
• initiātor
• initiō

 

Descendants

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