ineo
Latin
Etymology
From in- (“in, into”) + eō (“go”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈi.ne.oː/, [ˈɪneoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈi.ne.o/, [ˈiːneo]
Verb
ineō (present infinitive inīre, perfect active iniī or inīvī, supine initum); irregular conjugation, irregular
- I enter, go into.
- I begin (a certain activity, enterprise, business).
- Synonyms: incohō, occipiō, incipiō, coepiō, ōrdior, initiō, ingredior, aggredior, sūmō, moveō, committō, mōlior, exorior
- Antonyms: subsistō, dēsistō, cessō
- inire consilium ― to take a resolution, to determine to perform a plan
- inire rationem ― to count/ to form a plan, take an initiative
- inire numerum ― to count
- Caesar, de Bello Gallico VII, 9:
- si quid etiam de sua salute ab Aeduis iniretur consili
- if any plot against his own safety should have been begun by the Aedui
- si quid etiam de sua salute ab Aeduis iniretur consili
- (transitive, by extension, followed by the accusative) I take up (an office, position).
- magistratum inire ― to take up the magistracy
- imperium inire ― to come to power
- 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 26.1:
- Cn. Fuluius Centumalus P. Sulpicius Galba consules cum idibus Martiis magistratum inissent, senatu in Capitolium uocato, de re publica, de administratione belli, de prouinciis exercitibusque patres consuluerunt.
- When the consuls Gnaeus Fulvius Centumalus and Publius Sulpicius Galba took up the magistracy on the Ides of March, they summoned the senate to the Capitoline Hill and consulted the senators on issues regarding the state, the handling of the war, the provinces and the armies.
- Cn. Fuluius Centumalus P. Sulpicius Galba consules cum idibus Martiis magistratum inissent, senatu in Capitolium uocato, de re publica, de administratione belli, de prouinciis exercitibusque patres consuluerunt.
- I have intercourse.
Conjugation
Irregular conjugation, but similar to fourth conjugation. The third principal part is most often contracted to iniī, but occasionally appears as inīvī.
Derived terms
References
- “ineo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ineo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ineo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to enter upon a route; to take a road: viam ingredi, inire (also metaphorically)
- to gain a person's esteem, friendship: gratiam inire ab aliquoor apud aliquem
- to form a friendship with any one: amicitiam cum aliquo jungere, facere, inire, contrahere
- to form a plan, make a resolution: consilium capere, inire (de aliqua re, with Gen. gerund., with Inf., more rarely ut)
- to associate with some one: societatem inire, facere cum aliquo
- to go through accounts, make a valuation of a thing: rationem alicuius rei inire, subducere
- to gain some one's favour: gratiam inire apud aliquem, ab aliquo (cf. sect. V. 12)
- to enter into office: inire magistratum
- to begin a war with some one: bellum cum aliquo inire
- to engage: proelium inire (Liv. 2. 14)
- to enter upon a route; to take a road: viam ingredi, inire (also metaphorically)
- Dizionario Latino, Olivetti