Usages of initium
In initio fabulae una pars facilis est, sed postea alia pars difficilior fit.
At the beginning of the story one part is easy, but later another part becomes more difficult.
Mater dicit initium itineris facile esse, sed partem viae prope finem saepe gravem fieri.
Mother says that the beginning of the journey is easy, but that the part of the road near the end often becomes difficult.
Discipuli gaudent, cum finis horae venit et initium prandii iam prope est.
The students rejoice when the end of the hour comes and the beginning of lunch is already near.
Pater rogat quid in illa oratione difficillimum sit, et filia respondet initium sibi clarissimum videri.
Father asks what is most difficult in that speech, and his daughter answers that the beginning seems very clear to her.
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