initium

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ἡδέως γὰρ ἀνέχεσθε τῶν ἀφρόνων → for you suffer fools gladly (2 Corinthians 11:19)

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Latin > English

initium initi(i) N N :: beginning, commencement; entrance; [ab initio => from the beginning]

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ĭnĭtĭum: ĭi, n. ineo,
I a going in, en trance.
I A beginning, commencement (syn.: principium, exordium).
   A Lit.: bonis initiis orsus tribunatus, tristes exitus habuit consulatus, id. Brut. 34, 128: initio accusationis, id. de Or. 1, 26, 121: initium capere, Caes. B. G. 1, 1: dicendi initium sumere, Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 1: facere initium confligendi, id. Phil. 14, 14, 36: caedis initium ab aliquo facere, id. ib. 5, 7, 20: male ponere initia, id. Att. 10, 18, 2: ducere ab aliqua re, id. ib. 9, 9, 2: ab initio res quem ad modum facta sint, exponemus, Cic. Rosc. Am. 5, 14: ab ultimo initio repetere, Auct. Her. 1, 9, 14: seditionem ab altiore initio repetam, Tac. H. 2, 27: quia initio caedis orto difficilis modus, id. ib. 1, 39.— Pleon.: querellae ab initio tantae ordiendae rei absint, Liv. praef. § 12; cf.: prima initia incohare, id. 3, 54, 9: primum initium certaminis, id. 6, 12, 10. — The abl. sing. is used adverbially, in the beginning, at first: quemadmodum senatus initio censuit, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 4: redeo ad illud quod initio scripsi, id. ib. 1, 7, 5; Nep. Thras. 1, 5; id. Tim. 3, 1; id. Alc. 5, 3; Curt. 3, 8, 17 al.; cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 475. —
   B Transf.
   1    Constituent parts, elements: inde est indagatio nata initiorum, et tamquam seminum, unde essent omnia orta, generata, concreta, Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 69: illa initia, et, ut e Graeco vertam, elementa dicuntur ( = στοιχεῖα), id. Ac. 1, 7, 26; so of death: Augustus in sua resolutus initia, Vell. 2, 123, 3. —
   2    First principles, elements cf a science: illa initia mathematicorum, quibus non concessis digitum progredi non possunt, Cic. Ac. 2, 36, 116.—
   3    Beginning, origin: quomodo initium nobis rerum omnium ortus noster adferat, sic exitum mors, etc., Cic. Tusc. 1, 38, 91: natus obscurissimis initiis, Vell. 2, 761; cf.: pauca ab initio causisque talium facinorum non absurda, which relate to the origin, etc., Tac. H. 4, 48.—
   4    Auspices, because with them everything was begun; hence, the beginning of a reign: novis initiis et ominibus opus est, i. e. of a new king, Curt. 5, 9, 4.—
II Secret sacred rites, sacred mysteries, to which only the initiated were admitted: initia vocantur potissimum ea, quae Cereri fiunt sacra, Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 5: initia Cereris, Liv. 31, 47, 2; cf. 39, 8, 5: nihil melius illis mysteriis, quibus ex agresti immanique vita exculti ad humanitatem et mitigati sumus, initiaque ut appellantur, ita re vera principia vitae cognovimus, Cic. Leg. 2, 14, 36; Just. 2, 6: initia Samothracum, Curt. 8, 1, 12: initiis pacis, foedus cum feritur, Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 9.—
   B Things (musical instruments) used in celebrating these mysteries: Typanum, tubam, Cybele, tua, mater, initia, Cat. 63, 9.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

ĭnĭtĭum,⁷ ĭī, n. (inire),
1 commencement, début : initio orationis Cæs. G. 1, 43, 4, au début du discours ; initium capere ab... Cæs. G. 1, 1, 5, commencer à... ; initium dicendi sumere Cic. Leg. 2, 1, commencer à parler ; rei initium ab aliquo facere Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 1, commencer une chose par qqn, cf. Cic. Phil. 5, 20 ; belli initium ducetur a fame Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2, la guerre commencera par la famine ; initia male ponere Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2, mal débuter || initio Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 4 ; 1, 7, 5, au début, en commençant
2 [surtout au pl.] a) principes, éléments [du monde] : Cic. Tusc. 5, 69 ; Ac. 1, 26 ; b) principes [d’une science] : Cic. Ac. 2, 116 ; c) principe, origine, fondement : Cic. Ac. 2, 29 ; d) auspices : Curt. 5, 9, 4 ; e) mystères [de Cérès] : Varro R. 3, 1, 5 ; Cic. Leg. 2, 36 ; Liv. 31, 47, 2 ; [de Bacchus Liv. 39, 8, 5.

Latin > German (Georges)

initium, iī, n. (ineo, īre), der Eingang, der Anfang, I) im allg. (Ggstz. exitus, eventus), initium belli, orationis, Cic. u. Caes.: initio anni, Suet.: initium dicendi sumere, machen, Cic.: initium caedis od. confligendi facere, Cic.: initium belli facere, losschlagen, Cic.: initium capere ab od. ex etc., Caes. u. Quint.: initium ducere ex alqa re, Quint.: pauca repetere ab initio, Tac.: altiore initio repetere alqd, Tac.: si non ab ultimo initio repetere volemus, Cornif. rhet.: ut male posuimus initia, sic cetera sequentur, Cic. – ab initio, von Anfang an (nur von der Zeit), zB. quod tibi et esse antiquissimum et ab initio fuisse, Cic.: cui consuli non animus ab initio, non fides ad extremum defuit, Cic. – initio (Abl.), zu Anfang, anfänglich, anfangs, zB. quemadmodum initio senatus censuit, Cic.: iste, qui initio proditor, deinde perfuga fuit, Cic.: u. so korresp. initio... mox, Suet.: initio... mox... novissime, Suet. – inter initia, anfangs, Tac. hist. 3, 18. – II) insbes., u. zwar meist im Plur.: A) die Anfangsgründe einer Wissenschaft, omnis disciplinae, Quint.: initia mathematicorum, die ersten Regeln, -Lehrsätze der Mathematik, Cic. – B) bei den Physikern = die Uranfänge, Elemente, Grundstoffe (griech. στοιχεια), Cic. Acad. 1, 26. Cic. Tusc. 1, 91. Vell. 2, 123, 3. – C) der Ursprung, die Abstammung, Herkunft, obscura, Tac.: clara Iudaeorum, Tac.: natus obscurissimis initiis, aus ganz niedrigem Stande, Vell. 2, 76, 4. – D) der Regierungsanfang, initiis Tiberii auditis, Tac. – E) das Prinzip, cognoscendi initium, das Erkenntnisprinzip, Cic. Acad. 2, 29. – F) der Anlaß, die Veranlassung, Ter. Hec. 821. Quint. 3, 11, 5. – G) die Auspizien, mit denen alles begonnen wurde, Curt. 5, 9 (26), 4. – H) initia, ein geheimer Gottesdienst, zu dem nur der Eingeweihte Zutritt hat, wie der der Ceres, sonst der eleusinische gen., Varro, Cic. u.a.: der bacchische = die Bacchanalien, Liv. – meton., v. Dingen, die bei derartigen gottesdienstlichen Zusammenkünften gebraucht wurden, Catull. 63, 9. – I) initia = primitiae (ἡ ἀπαρχή), populo et Levitis initia dare, Itala (Colb.) 3 Esdr. 1, 8 u. 9. – / arch. endoitium, Paul. ex Fest. 76, 9.

Latin > Chinese

initium, ii. n. :: 起初。始。來歷。 Initiis obscurissimis natus 甚卑家子出身。

Translations

Arabic: بِدَايَة‎; Armenian: սկիզբ; Asturian: comienzu, entamu, empiezu, aniciu; Avar: авал; Azerbaijani: əvvəl; Belarusian: пачатак; Bulgarian: начало; Burmese: ကနဦး, အစ, အာဒိ; Catalan: començament, inici, principi; Chinese Mandarin: 開始, 开始; Czech: začátek, počátek; Dutch: begin; Estonian: alustamine; Finnish: alkaminen, alku, aloitus; French: début, commencement; Middle French: commencement; Old French: comencement; Galician: comezo, empezo, principio, inicio; Georgian: დაწყება; German: Anfang, Beginn; Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌹, 𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼, 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃; Ancient Greek: ἀρχή; Guaraní: ñepyrumby; Haitian Creole: kòmansman; Hindi: शुरू; Hungarian: kezdet, kezdés; Hunsrik: Aanfang; Ido: komenco; Interlingua: comenciamento; Japanese: 開始, 到来, 始まり; Khmer: ការចាប់ផ្ដើម; Korean: 시작(始作), 처음; Kurdish Central Kurdish: دەستپێکردن‎; Ladino: empesijo, impisiju, principio; Latin: initium, principium, primordium, exordium; Lithuanian: pradžia, pradėjimas, debiutas; Macedonian: почеток; Malayalam: തുടക്കം, ആരംഭം; Norman:'menchement; Norwegian Bokmål: begynnelse; Occitan: començament; Oriya: ଆରମ୍ଭ; Papiamentu: kuminsamentu; Plautdietsch: Aunfank; Polish: początek; Portuguese: começo, início, princípio; Romanian: începere, început, inițiere, debut; Romansch: entschatta, antscheata, antschatta, prinzipi; Russian: начало; Sanskrit: आद, आरम्भ, आदि; Scottish Gaelic: toiseach; Serbo-Croatian: почетак, početak, почињање, počinjanje; Slovak: začiatok, počiatok; Slovene: začetek; Spanish: comienzo, principio, inicio; Swedish: början, begynnelse, start; Tagalog: simula, umpisa; Tamil: ஆரம்பம், ஆதி; Telugu: ప్రారంభం, మొదలు; Thai: การเริ่ม; Turkish: başlangıç, iptida; Ukrainian: початок; Vietnamese: phần đầu, bắt đầu; Walloon: kimince, kiminçmint; Yiddish: אָנהייב‎