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inicio
inicio
Latin
Etymology
From in- (“in, at, on; into, onto”) + iaciō (“throw, hurl”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɪnˈjɪ.ki.oː/
Verb
iniciō (present infinitive inicere, perfect active iniēcī, supine iniectum); third conjugation iō-variant
- I throw, cast, hurl or place in, on, into, upon, over or at.
- I take hold of, lay my hands upon.
- I seize, take possession of.
- I inspire, infuse, cause.
- I dwell or reflect upon.
- I suggest, mention.
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References
- inicio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- inicio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “inicio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to lay violent hands on a person: manus inicere, inferre, afferre alicui
- to mention a thing incidentally, casually: mentionem inicere de aliqua re or Acc. c. Inf.
- a doubt arises in my mind: dubitatio mihi affertur, inicitur
- to inspire fear, terror: timorem, terrorem alicui inicere, more strongly incutere
- to inspire any one with hope: spem alicui facere, afferre, inicere
- to rouse a person's suspicions: suspicionem movere, excitare, inicere, dare alicui
- to inspire some one with religious scruples: religionem alicui afferre, inicere, incutere
- to build a bridge over a river: inicere pontem
- to rush into the midst of the foe: in medios hostes se inicere
- to throw grappling irons on board; to board: copulas, manus ferreas (in navem) inicere
- to lay violent hands on a person: manus inicere, inferre, afferre alicui