Beginning Latin, I repeatedly translated (7)
I believe the answer is:
initial
'beginning' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'latin i repeatedly translated' is the wordplay.
'i repeatedly' means two substitutions for 'i'.
'translated' indicates an anagram.
'latin'+'i'+'i'='latinii'
'latinii' is an anagram of 'INITIAL'.
(Other definitions for initial that I've seen before include "Original; beginning" , "Word's first letter" , "Introductory" , "Occurring at the beginnng" , "subscribe, minimally" .)