# inicio
## Aragonese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin initium.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iˈniθjo/
* Rhymes: -iθjo
* Syllabification: i‧ni‧cio

### Noun

inicio m
* start, initiation
* home (software term)

### Further reading

* Diccionario ortografico de l'aragonés (Seguntes la PO de l'EFA)

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [i.niˈsi.u]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [i.niˈsi.o]

### Verb

inicio
* first-person singular present indicative of iniciar

## Ido
### Etymology

From iniciar +‎ -o.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iˈnit͡si̯o/

### Noun

inicio (plural inicii)
* initiative

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* injiciō

### Etymology

From in- (“in, at, on; into, onto”) +‎ iaciō (“throw, hurl”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /inˈi̯i.ki.oː/, [ɪnˈi̯ɪkioː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /inˈji.t͡ʃi.o/, [inˈjiːt͡ʃio]

### Verb

iniciō (present infinitive inicere, perfect active iniēcī, supine iniectum); third conjugation iō-variant
* to throw, cast, hurl or place in, on, into, upon, over or at
    Synonyms: coniciō, iaculor, adiciō, obiciō, abiciō, spargō, permittō, iaciō, iactō, trāiciō, impingō, ēmittō, mittō, lībrō
* to take hold of, lay one's hands upon
* to seize, take possession of
    Synonyms: acquiro, apiscor, comparo, paro, sumo, emo, nanciscor, adipiscor
* to inspire, infuse, cause
    Synonyms: pariō, offerō, ēdō, importō, addūcō, īnferō, afferō, efficiō
* to dwell or reflect upon
* to suggest, mention
    Synonyms: innuō, indicō

#### Conjugation

$^1$At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").

#### Derived terms

* iniectiō
* iniectīvus
* iniectō
* iniectus
* superiniciō

#### Related terms

* abiciō
* adiciō
* circumiciō
* cōniciō
* dēiciō
* disiciō
* ēiciō
* iaciō
* intericiō
* obiciō
* praeiciō
* prōiciō
* rēiciō
* subiciō
* superiaciō
* trāiciō

#### Descendants

* ⇒ English: inject
* ⇒ French: injecter
* ⇒ Galician: enxeitar
* ⇒ Italian: iniettare
* ⇒ Romanian: injecta
* ⇒ Spanish: inyectar

### References

* “inicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “inicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* inicio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. to lay violent hands on a person: manus inicere, inferre, afferre alicui to mention a thing incidentally, casually: mentionem inicere de aliqua re or Acc. c. Inf. a doubt arises in my mind: dubitatio mihi affertur, inicitur to inspire fear, terror: timorem, terrorem alicui inicere, more strongly incutere to inspire any one with hope: spem alicui facere, afferre, inicere to rouse a person's suspicions: suspicionem movere, excitare, inicere, dare alicui to inspire some one with religious scruples: religionem alicui afferre, inicere, incutere to build a bridge over a river: inicere pontem to rush into the midst of the foe: in medios hostes se inicere to throw grappling irons on board; to board: copulas, manus ferreas (in navem) inicere

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /i.niˈsi.u/, /i.niˈsiw/ [i.niˈsiʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /i.niˈsi.u/
* Hyphenation: i‧ni‧ci‧o

#### Verb

inicio
* first-person singular present indicative of iniciar

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

inicio m (plural inicios)
* Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of início.
** 1930 January 2, “Os novos medicos evangelicos realizaram um culto de Acção de Graças [The new evangelical doctors performed a Thanksgiving ceremony]”, in Correio da Manhã, volume XXIX, number 10741, Rio de Janeiro, page 7:Com a presença de avultadissimo numero de membros de quasi todas as egrejas evangelicas desta capital e de Nictheroy, o programma do culto teve inicio pouco depois das 4 horas […]With the presence of a very large number of members from almost all the evangelical churches of this capital and Niterói, the worship program began shortly after 4 o’clock.

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /iˈniθjo/ [iˈni.θjo]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /iˈnisjo/ [iˈni.sjo]
* Rhymes: -iθjo
* Rhymes: -isjo
* Syllabification: i‧ni‧cio

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin initium.

#### Noun

inicio m (plural inicios)
* start, initiation
* home (software term)

##### Derived terms

* al inicio
* página de inicio

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

inicio
* first-person singular present indicative of iniciar

### Further reading

* “inicio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10