LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefourth declension

initus

initus m (genitive initūs)
Classical[ˈɪ.nɪ.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈiː.ni.tus]

Meaning

  1. masculinean entering, entrance
  2. masculineapproach, arrival, advent
  3. masculinebeginning, commencement, initiation
    perque suōs initūs continet omne genus and through her initiations she maintains all species (In this section of Book IV, Ovid links all living beings to Venus; her ‘‘initūs’’ in this context may be translated several ways. See also Venus (mythology).)8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 4.94

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeinitusinitūs
genitiveinitūsinituum
dativeinituīinitibus
accusativeinituminitūs
ablativeinitūinitibus
vocativeinitusinitūs

ĭnĭtus, a, um, Part., from ineo.
ĭnĭtus, ūs, m. ineo,
I. a coming in, entrance.
I. Lit.
A. An approach, arrival, advent: volucres te, diva, tuumque Significant initum, Lucr. 1, 13.—
B. A beginning, commencement: movendi, Lucr. 1, 383: motūs, id. 2, 269.—
II. Transf., approach (in mal. part.), Ov. F. 4, 94; Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 172: sues initum matutinum appetere, id. 10, 63, 83, § 181.

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. Latininitus

Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin initus From ineō + -tus (forming action nouns).

Quick answers

What does initus mean in Latin?
initus, a noun, means “an entering, entrance; approach, arrival, advent; beginning, commencement, initiation”.
What is the genitive of initus?
The genitive singular is initūs. initus is masculine, fourth declension.
How do you pronounce initus?
In classical Latin, [ˈɪ.nɪ.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈiː.ni.tus].
Where does initus 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 initus.