initia

initia is a Latin form of initium, meaning “beginning”. It is the accusative plural neuter noun.

Found 137 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 6.17.2: De his eandem fere, quam reliquae gentes, habent opinionem: Apollinem morbos depellere, Minervam operum atque artificiorum initia tradere, Iovem imperium caelestium tenere, Martem bella regere.

Seneca the Younger, Epistulae 2.14.16: Denique consilium rerum omnium sapiens, non exitum spectat. Initia in potestate nostra sunt; de eventu fortuna iudicat, cui de me sententiam non do. At aliquid vexationis adferet, aliquid adversi. Non damnat latro, cum occidit.

All forms of initium (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.