initio

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /iˈni.ti.oː/, [ɪˈnɪ.ti.oː]

Etymology 1

From initium (“beginning”) +‎ -ō.

Verb

initiō (present infinitive initiāre, perfect active initiāvī, supine initiātum); first conjugation

  1. I begin, originate.
  2. I initiate, consecrate.
Inflection
   Conjugation of initio (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present initiō initiās initiat initiāmus initiātis initiant
imperfect initiābam initiābās initiābat initiābāmus initiābātis initiābant
future initiābō initiābis initiābit initiābimus initiābitis initiābunt
perfect initiāvī initiāvistī initiāvit initiāvimus initiāvistis initiāvērunt, initiāvēre
pluperfect initiāveram initiāverās initiāverat initiāverāmus initiāverātis initiāverant
future perfect initiāverō initiāveris initiāverit initiāverimus initiāveritis initiāverint
passive present initior initiāris, initiāre initiātur initiāmur initiāminī initiantur
imperfect initiābar initiābāris, initiābāre initiābātur initiābāmur initiābāminī initiābantur
future initiābor initiāberis, initiābere initiābitur initiābimur initiābiminī initiābuntur
perfect initiātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect initiātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect initiātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present initiem initiēs initiet initiēmus initiētis initient
imperfect initiārem initiārēs initiāret initiārēmus initiārētis initiārent
perfect initiāverim initiāverīs initiāverit initiāverimus initiāveritis initiāverint
pluperfect initiāvissem initiāvissēs initiāvisset initiāvissēmus initiāvissētis initiāvissent
passive present initier initiēris, initiēre initiētur initiēmur initiēminī initientur
imperfect initiārer initiārēris, initiārēre initiārētur initiārēmur initiārēminī initiārentur
perfect initiātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect initiātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — initiā — — initiāte —
future — initiātō initiātō — initiātōte initiantō
passive present — initiāre — — initiāminī —
future — initiātor initiātor — — initiantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives initiāre initiāvisse initiātūrus esse initiārī initiātus esse initiātum īrī
participles initiāns — initiātūrus — initiātus initiandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
initiāre initiandī initiandō initiandum initiātum initiātū
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

initiō

  1. dative singular of initium
  2. ablative singular of initium

References
  • initio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • initio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • initio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • initio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be initiated into the mysteries of a cult: sacris initiari (Quintil. 12. 10. 14)
    • (ambiguous) the elements: elementa; initia or principia rerum
    • (ambiguous) at the beginning of the year: initio anni, ineunte anno
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