LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

initiālis

initiālis (neuter initiāle)
Classical[ɪ.nɪ.tiˈaː.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[i.nit.t͡siˈaː.lis]

Meaning

  1. two terminationinitial (chronologically first)

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeinitiālisinitiālisinitiāle
genitiveinitiālisinitiālisinitiālis
dativeinitiālīinitiālīinitiālī
accusativeinitiāleminitiāleminitiāle
ablativeinitiālīinitiālīinitiālī
vocativeinitiālisinitiālisinitiāle
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeinitiālēsinitiālēsinitiālia
genitiveinitiāliuminitiāliuminitiālium
dativeinitiālibusinitiālibusinitiālibus
accusativeinitiālīs
initiālēs		initiālīs
initiālēs		initiālia
ablativeinitiālibusinitiālibusinitiālibus
vocativeinitiālēsinitiālēsinitiālia

ĭnĭtĭālis, e, adj. id.,
I. initial, incipient, original (post-class.).
I. Adj.: elementorum origo initialis, App. M. 4, p. 156, 9: saeculorum progenies, id. ib. 11, p. 259: controversiae status, Aggen. ap. Front. de Limit. p. 63 Goes.—
II. Subst.: ĭnĭtĭāles, ium, m. plur., those who first assembled together in a collegium, Inscr. ap. Marin. Iscriz. Alb. p. 12.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ey-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éyti
  6. Proto-Italic*ejō
  7. Proto-Italic*eō
  8. Proto-Italic*eneō
  9. Latininitiālis

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin initium Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin initiālis From initium (“a going in, entrance”) + -ālis, from ineō (“to go into, enter”) + -ium, from in (“into, to”) + eō (“to go, walk, ride, sail, fly, move, pass”).

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Quick answers

What does initiālis mean in Latin?
initiālis, a adjective, means “initial (chronologically first)”.
How do you pronounce initiālis?
In classical Latin, [ɪ.nɪ.tiˈaː.lɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [i.nit.t͡siˈaː.lis].
Where does initiālis come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én → Proto-Italic *en → Proto-Italic *en- → Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- → Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti → Proto-Italic *ejō → Proto-Italic *eō → Proto-Italic *eneō → Latin initiālis.