INITIA, initia
Sounds Like: ih-NIH-tee-ah
Translations: beginnings, origins, elements, first principles, rudiments
From the root: INITIUM
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is the plural form of the Latin noun 'initium'. It refers to the starting points, origins, or fundamental elements of something. It can also denote the basic principles or rudiments of a subject or discipline.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative, Accusative, or Vocative, Neuter
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, INITIUM.
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- INITIUM — beginning, a beginning, start, an origin, commencement, a commencement
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