A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

iniens, gen. sg. ineuntis (part.B): entering in, going in, commencing, initiating; embarking on, beginning [> L. ineo,-ii (-ivi) -itum, 4. to go in, enter, to commence; to embark on, begin; (of a period of time), to begin, usually in present participle; also passive; tr. to form the beginning of (a period) (Lewis & Short)]; opp. exiens, gen. sg. exeuntis (part.B); cf. ingrediens; see iens, gen.sg. euntis;

         singular                    plural
nom.    iniens                 ineuntes (n. ineuntia)
gen.     ineuntis                ineuntium
dat.     ineunti                 ineuntibus
acc.     ineuntem (n. iniens)    ineuntes (n. ineuntia)
abl.     ineunti (e)             ineuntibus

ineunt: third-person plural present active indicative; they commence, initiate; begin.

- [algae] plerumque autem typum bicellularem magis complicatum ineunt, cellula vegetativa vario modo ramificata indeque cellulas fructifìcatorias plures, nonnullis pro gonidiorum et sporarum diversitate diversas, gerente (Braun), usually, however, they [i.e. the bicellular algae] begin a more complicated bicellular type, with the vegetative cell branched in various ways, and bearing thereupon many fructificatory cells, different, with some to be used for a variety of gonidia and spores.

- ineunte hieme, at the beginning of winter (winter coming in).

- iniens aetas, youth.

- ab ineunte aetate, from youth.

- specimina semel legimus; ineunte Aprili (S&A), specimens which we collected one time; at the onset of April.

- initia aestate, at the beginning of summer.

- ineunte vere, at the beginning of spring.

- ineute hieme florens et fructificans, flowering and fruiting in the beginning of winter.

- hactenus nonnisi semel inventus in fruticetis frondosis umbrosis, ineunte Septembri (S&A), thus far only once encountered in shady, leafy [i.e. deciduous] thickets, at the onset of September.

- semel, ineunte Januario , in pyris sub dio projectis (S&A), one time, January coming in, on a pear tree out-stretched under the open sky.

- callus ad basin stigmatis (styli sic dictus lobus v. dens), haud constans videtur et imprimis ineunte anthesi observatur (B&H), the callus is at the base of the stigma (hence called a lobe or tooth of the style), seems hardly constant and especially at the onset of anthesis is observed.

- hi caracteres etiamsi e partibus minutissimis eruti, optime videntur in seminibus, praecipue ante perfectam maturitatem aut ineunte germinatione (DeCandolle), these characters even if extracted from the smallest parts, are best seen in the seeds, especially before completed maturity or the onset of germination.

Rubus iniens Bailey, “starting on a journey; because of rapidly creeping canes” (Fernald 1950).