initiatio

Latin

Etymology

initiō +‎ -tiō

Noun

initiātiō f (genitive initiātiōnis); third declension

participation in secret rites
initiation

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	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’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
initiatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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