initiatio

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin initium

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin initiō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin initiātiō

From initiō + -tiō.

Noun

initiātiō f (genitive initiātiōnis); third declension

1. participation in secret rites
2. initiation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	initiātiō	initiātiōnēs
genitive	initiātiōnis	initiātiōnum
dative	initiātiōnī	initiātiōnibus
accusative	initiātiōnem	initiātiōnēs
ablative	initiātiōne	initiātiōnibus
vocative	initiātiō	initiātiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: iniciació
• English: initiation
• French: initiation
• Italian: iniziazione
• Portuguese: iniciação
• Russian: инициация (iniciacija)
• Spanish: iniciación

References

• “initiatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "initiatio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “initiatio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.