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Latin
Etymology 1
Noun
initus m (genitive initūs); fourth declension
- entrance (act of entering)
- approach, arrival, advent
- beginning, commencement, initiation
8 CE,
Ovid,
Fasti 4.94:
- 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).)
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
Etymology 2
Perfect passive participle of ineō.
Participle
initus (feminine inita, neuter initum); first/second-declension participle
- entered
- begun
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
References
- “initus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “initus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- initus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- after mature deliberation: inita subductaque ratione
- to do something after careful calculation: inita subductaque ratione aliquid facere