initialis
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From initium (“a beginning”) + -ālis, from ineō (“go in, make a start”), from in (“in, into”) + eō (“go”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /i.ni.tiˈaː.lis/, [ɪnɪt̪iˈäːlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /i.nit.t͡siˈa.lis/, [init̪ː͡s̪iˈäːlis]
Adjective edit
initiālis (neuter initiāle); third-declension two-termination adjective
Declension edit
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
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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 edit
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Descendants edit
References edit
- “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.