initium

Meaning

1. (declension-2, neuter) beginning, start
2. (declension-2, neuter) a going in, entrance
3. (declension-2, in-plural, neuter) rites, mysteries
4. (declension-2, neuter) initiative, first move

Concepts

beginning

start

outset

commencement

origin

dawn

genesis

incipience

initial

initiation

jump-off

launching

morning

offset

onset

opening

openings

blastoff

birth

effort

first

1st

inauguration

inception

Opposite of

fīnis, abitus

Synonyms

inceptum

origo

principium

aurora

exordium

coeptus

limen

initus

Translations

début

commencement

começo

comienzo

início

inizio

princípio

principio

Beginn

Anfang

inicio

principio

begin

başlangıç

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ɪˈnɪ.ti.ũː]

Etymology

From ineō (“go in, make a start”) + -ium, the former from in (“in, into”) + eō (“go”).