initialis Latin · revision 4506

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Varro|origins=la eō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɪ.nɪ.tiˈaː.lɪs], [ɪ.nɪ.tiˈaː.liːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [i.nit.t͡siˈaː.lis], [i.nit.t͡siˈaː.lis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''initiālis''' (neuter initiāle); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|initium|-ālis|t1=beginning]],^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) from [[m|la|initium]], from [[ineo|alt=ineō]] “to go in, begin”.^(Köbler 2010)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler records it from Varro.^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant relating to the beginning, original, primary, and Lewis & Short call it post-classical.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Apuleius speaks of the original source of the elements, and the land-surveyors of the initial state of a dispute.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) In grammar it meant standing at the beginning, the opposite of [[finalis|alt=fīnālis]].^(Georges 1913) As a plural noun ''initiālēs'' were the founding members of a society in inscriptions.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Medieval writers used it of what comes first and of elementary instruction.^(DMLBS)^(MLW) [[en|initial]] is recorded in the 1520s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius speaks of the origin of the elements.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1520s – English ''initial'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of the beginning, [[m|en|original]], primary.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(grammar)'' Standing at the beginning, [[m|en|initial]].^(Georges 1913)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # In the plural, the founding members of a society.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[initium]]

+ * [[en|initial]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}