initialis

ĭnĭtĭālis, e, adj. [initium], initial, incipient, original (post-class.).

• I Adj.: elementorum origo initialis, Ap. Met. 4, 30, 2; saeculorum progenies, id. ib. 11, 5, 3; controversiae status, Aggen. ap. Front. de Limit. p. 63 Goes.—
• II Subst.: ĭnĭtĭāles, ium, m. plur., those who first assembled together in a collegium, Inscr. ap. Marin. Iscriz. Alb. p. 12.

initiālis, e (initium), I) am Anfange stehend (Ggstz. finalis), Mar. Victorin. art. gramm. 2, 2, 40. p. 74, 11 K. Censorin. 11, 8. – II) anfänglich, ursprünglich, status, Gromat. vet.: origo, Apul.: sapientia, Amm. – subst., a) initiālēs, ium, m., die zuerst in ein Kollegium Eintretenden, die Gründer eines Kollegiums, Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 631. – b) initiālia, ium, n., der geheime Gottesdienst, initialia Cereris adire, Capit. Anton. phil. 27, 1.

initialis [CL] 1 (in temporal sense) relating to or constituting a beginning, initial, first: a (of time, period, or event); b (of elementary instruction); c (gram. & log., of form of disjunctive question properly asked first); d (timor ~is) ‘initial fear’ (theol.; see quots., and cf. Dict. de Théol. Catholique III (Paris, 1906–8) 2014). e (w. gen.) constituting the beginning (of), productive (of). f (n. pl. as sb.) beginnings, first stages. a [episcopus] circa ~ia sue promotionis tempora ‥ rigidus existens Gir. GE II 27 p. 304; s1136 Stephanus ‥ rex est ab omnibus acclamatum et ~e festum regale ‥ celebravit M. Par. Min. I 252; s1245 rex ‥ Ricardum ‥ balteo cinxit militari, et tirocinii sui ~ia festa gaudenter consummavit Flor. Hist. II 287; [tempus] incipit esse in nunc indivisibili sicut in termino ~i Kilwardby Temp. 84; feriam ~em illius mensis Bacon VI 99.  b s1248 [tiro] egregie, ut introductiones militie ~es addisceret, baculatus M. Par. Maj. V 18; ipsis ~ibus gramatice rudimentis Mir. Hen. VI I prol. p. 4 (v. 1 flos 13).  c ~es ‥ interrogationes dico ut cum de aliquo queritur num sit aliquid ‥, executivas vero ut num hoc ‥; ~es ideo, quoniam ceteris omnibus ‥ priores sunt Balsh. AD rec. 2 135; Ib. 163 (v. exsecutivus 2).  d sunt ‥ hi quatuor timores, servilis mundanus, ~is, filialis; ‥ ~is ‥ timor est pro pena evitanda cum perverso opere etiam cogitationes pravas resecare Ad. Scot TT 781C; ideo hic timor ~is dicitur quia sub hoc per bonam voluntatem ‥ virtus initium capit Ib. 781D; [timor] ~is dicitur quod ibi est initium caritatis Hales Sent. III 421; ~is [timet] primo ne pro peccatis sufficiat, secundo iterum peccare, ultimo penam Ib. 422.  e o ‥ mortis / iniciale malum, ventosa superbia Hanv. V 221.  f “parva” inquit “manu nunc advenimus, et solum nostri conaminis ~ia sunt ista” Gir. EH I 21; novus prior domui prefectus ‥ inter ipsa statim ~ia dictum cellerarium ad ratiocinia reddendum ‥ acerbe convenit Id. Spec. III 17 p. 238. 2 a constituting the beginning (of a literary work). b (in spatial sense) at the front. a difficilis [est] ‥ veritatis ordinata dispositio, et ab ~i puncto finalem ad usque ‥ recta per medium funis extentio Gir. EH intr. p. 212.  b s1198 densitatem ~em adversantis exercitus dissipaturus M. Par. Min. II 70 (cf. ib.: supra: cum ‥ densissimum cornu in fronte constituisset). 3 existing from the beginning (in quot., of God). sum ‥ ante tempora ~is, in tempore invariabilis, post tempora interminabilis (Peckham) Powicke Studies 279.

ĭnĭtĭālis, e (initium), primitif, primordial : Apul. M. 4, 30.