initiatus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of initiō (“begin, initiate”).

Participle

initiātus (feminine initiāta, neuter initiātum); first/second-declension participle

1. begun, originated, having been begun
2. consecrated, having been initiated into

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	initiātus	initiāta	initiātum		initiātī	initiātae	initiāta
Genitive	initiātī	initiātae	initiātī		initiātōrum	initiātārum	initiātōrum
Dative	initiātō		initiātō		initiātīs
Accusative	initiātum	initiātam	initiātum		initiātōs	initiātās	initiāta
Ablative	initiātō	initiātā	initiātō		initiātīs
Vocative	initiāte	initiāta	initiātum		initiātī	initiātae	initiāta

Descendants

• Catalan: iniciat
• → English: initiate
• Italian: iniziato

References

• initiatus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)