ineo

Latin

Etymology

From in- (“in, into”) +‎ eō (“to go”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ne.oː/, [ˈɪneoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ne.o/, [ˈiːneo]

Verb

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 consilium ― to take a resolution, to determine to perform a plan

   inire societatem cum aliquo ― to enter into an alliance with someone

   inire rationem ― to count/ to form a plan, take an initiative

   inire numerum ― to enter upon a calculation

   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 7.24:

     vix ratio iniri posset

     a plan could hardly be formed

   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 7.9:

     si quid etiam de sua salute ab Aeduis iniretur consili

     if any plot against his own safety should have been begun by the Aedui

   1. (transitive, by extension, followed by the accusative) to take up (an office, position)

      magistratum inire ― to take up the magistracy

      imperium inire ― to 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

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

Conjugation of ineō (irregular)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ineō	inīs	init	inīmus	inītis	ineunt
	imperfect	inībam	inībās	inībat	inībāmus	inībātis	inībant
	future	inībō	inībis	inībit	inībimus	inībitis	inībunt
	perfect	iniī, inīvī	inīstī, inīvistī	iniit, inīvit	iniimus	inīstis	iniērunt, iniēre
	pluperfect	inieram	inierās	inierat	inierāmus	inierātis	inierant
	future perfect	inierō	inieris	inierit	inierimus	inieritis	inierint
passive	present	ineor	inīris, inīre	inītur	inīmur	inīminī	ineuntur
	imperfect	inībar	inībāris, inībāre	inībātur	inībāmur	inībāminī	inībantur
	future	inībor	inīberis, inībere	inībitur	inībimur	inībiminī	inībuntur
	perfect	initus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	initus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	initus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ineam	ineās	ineat	ineāmus	ineātis	ineant
	imperfect	inīrem	inīrēs	inīret	inīrēmus	inīrētis	inīrent
	perfect	inierim	inierīs	inierit	inierīmus	inierītis	inierint
	pluperfect	inīssem	inīssēs	inīsset	inīssēmus	inīssētis	inīssent
passive	present	inear	ineāris, ineāre	ineātur	ineāmur	ineāminī	ineantur
	imperfect	inīrer	inīrēris, inīrēre	inīrētur	inīrēmur	inīrēminī	inīrentur
	perfect	initus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	initus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	inī	—	—	inīte	—
	future	—	inītō	inītō	—	inītōte	ineuntō
passive	present	—	inīre	—	—	inīminī	—
	future	—	inītor	inītor	—	—	ineuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		inīre	inīsse	initūrum esse	inīrī	initum esse	initum īrī
participles		iniēns	—	initūrus	—	initus	ineundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		ineundī	ineundō	ineundum	ineundō	initum	initū

Derived terms

• initium
• initiō
• Inuus

References

• “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 (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication