instituo
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /inˈsti.tu.oː/, [ĩːˈs̠t̪ɪt̪uoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /inˈsti.tu.o/, [inˈst̪iːt̪uo]
Verb
īnstituō (present infinitive īnstituere, perfect active īnstituī, supine īnstitūtum); third conjugation
- to set up, establish, found, institute or arrange
- to train, teach, instruct, educate (usually by a course of training)
- to make (something) a habit, practice, or custom
- to build, construct
- to appoint (typically, a guardian or heir)
- to begin, undertake, purpose, determine (typically, some purpose, plan or project)
- Delectum tota provincia habere instituit ― He decided to have a levy throughout the province (Caesar, de Bello Gallico, VII, 1)
- oppugnare instituit idque biduo circumvallavit ― He determined to attack and draw a line of circumvallation around it in two days (Caesar, de Bello Gallico, VII, 11)
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References
- “instituo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “instituo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- instituo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to teach a person refinement: aliquem ad humanitatem informare or instituere
- to receive instruction from some one: institui or erudiri ab aliquo
- (ambiguous) a theme, subject proposed for discussion: institutum or id quod institui
- to introduce a new religion, a new cult: novas religiones instituere
- to enter into conversation with some one: sermonem conferre, instituere, ordiri cum aliquo
- to raise towers: turres instituere, exstruere
- to build a ship, a fleet: navem, classem aedificare, facere, efficere, instituere
- (ambiguous) a theme, subject proposed for discussion: institutum or id quod institui
- (ambiguous) to remain true to one's principles: institutum tenere
- to teach a person refinement: aliquem ad humanitatem informare or instituere
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