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ineo

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Latin

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Etymology

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From in- (in, into) +‎ (to go).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ineō (present infinitive inīre, perfect active iniī or inīvī, supine initum); irregular conjugation, irregular

  1. to enter, go into [with accusative or in (+ accusative)]
    Synonyms: introeo, subeō, intro, succēdō, accēdō, ingredior, invado, immigrō
    Antonyms: exeō, ēvādō, ēgredior, abeō, ēiciō
  2. to begin [with accusative ‘an activity, enterprise, business’]
    Synonyms: incohō, exōrdior, occipiō, incipiō, coepiō, ōrdior, initiō, ingredior, aggredior, sūmō, moveō, committō, mōlior, exorior
    Antonyms: subsistō, dēsistō, cessō
    inire consiliumto take a resolution, to determine to perform a plan
    inire societatem cum aliquoto enter into an alliance with someone
    inire rationemto count/ to form a plan, take an initiative
    inire numerumto enter upon a calculation
    1. (transitive, by extension, followed by the accusative) to take up (an office, position)
      magistratum inireto take up the magistracy
      imperium inireto come to power
      • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 26.1:
        Cn. Fuluius Centumalus P. Sulpicius Galba consules cum idibus Martiis magistratum inissent, senatu in Capitolium uocato, de re publica, de administratione belli, de prouinciis exercitibusque patres consuluerunt.
        When the consuls Gnaeus Fulvius Centumalus and Publius Sulpicius Galba took up the magistracy on the Ides of March, they summoned the senate to the Capitoline Hill and consulted the senators on issues regarding the state, the handling of the war, the provinces and the armies.
  3. to have sexual intercourse [with accusative ‘with someone’]

Conjugation

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Irregular conjugation, but similar to fourth conjugation. The third principal part is most often contracted to iniī, but occasionally appears as inīvī.

Derived terms

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References

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  • ineo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ineo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ineo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to enter upon a route; to take a road: viam ingredi, inire (also metaphorically)
    • to gain a person's esteem, friendship: gratiam inire ab aliquoor apud aliquem
    • to form a friendship with any one: amicitiam cum aliquo jungere, facere, inire, contrahere
    • to form a plan, make a resolution: consilium capere, inire (de aliqua re, with Gen. gerund., with Inf., more rarely ut)
    • to associate with some one: societatem inire, facere cum aliquo
    • to go through accounts, make a valuation of a thing: rationem alicuius rei inire, subducere
    • to gain some one's favour: gratiam inire apud aliquem, ab aliquo (cf. sect. V. 12)
    • to enter into office: inire magistratum
    • to begin a war with some one: bellum cum aliquo inire
    • to engage: proelium inire (Liv. 2. 14)
  • ineo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
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