instruo

Esperanto

Noun

instruo (plural instruoj, accusative singular instruon, accusative plural instruojn)

1. instruction, teaching

Derived terms

• instrumaterialo

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Latin

Etymology

From in (“in, at, on”) + struō (“pile up, arrange; construct”).

Verb

present active īnstruō, present infinitive īnstruere, perfect active īnstrūxī, supine īnstrūctum.

1. I build in or into, insert; erect, construct.
2. I arrange, organise or organize, plan; devise.
3. I prepare (for), provide (for), make ready, set up, furnish, provide, equip, fit out, procure.
4. I provide with information, teach, inform, instruct.
5. (military) I draw up (in battle formation), array, set in order, form.

Inflection

In Classical texts, the only passive forms for this verb are third-person singular and plural. The second-person singular perfect indicative active form īnstrūxistī is sometimes written as īnstrūxtī. Please note that there is a disagreement between whether or not there is a macron on the third and fourth principal parts and the subsequent verb forms from these (īnstruxī for īnstrūxī and īnstructum for īnstrūctum).

Third Conjugation

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	īnstruō	īnstruis	īnstruit	īnstruimus	īnstruitis	īnstruunt
	future	īnstruam	īnstruēs	īnstruet	īnstruēmus	īnstruētis	īnstruent
	imperfect	īnstruēbam	īnstruēbās	īnstruēbat	īnstruēbāmus	īnstruēbātis	īnstruēbant
	perfect	īnstrūxī	īnstrūxistī	īnstrūxit	īnstrūximus	īnstrūxistis	īnstrūxērunt
	future perfect	īnstrūxerō	īnstrūxeris	īnstrūxerit	īnstrūxerimus	īnstrūxeritis	īnstrūxerint
	pluperfect	īnstrūxeram	īnstrūxerās	īnstrūxerat	īnstrūxerāmus	īnstrūxerātis	īnstrūxerant
passive	present	īnstruor	īnstrueris	īnstruitur	īnstruimur	īnstruiminī	īnstruuntur
	future	īnstruar	īnstruēris	īnstruētur	īnstruēmur	īnstruēminī	īnstruentur
	imperfect	īnstruēbar	īnstruēbāris	īnstruēbātur	īnstruēbāmur	īnstruēbāminī	īnstruēbantur
	perfect	Use īnstrūctus m, īnstrūcta f, īnstrūctum n followed by the present indicative of sum.
	future perfect	Use īnstrūctus m, īnstrūcta f, īnstrūctum n followed by the future indicative of sum.
	pluperfect	Use īnstrūctus m, īnstrūcta f, īnstrūctum n followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	īnstruam	īnstruās	īnstruat	īnstruāmus	īnstruātis	īnstruant
	imperfect	īnstruerem	īnstruerēs	īnstrueret	īnstruerēmus	īnstruerētis	īnstruerent
	perfect	īnstrūxerim	īnstrūxerīs	īnstrūxerit	īnstrūxerīmus	īnstrūxerītis	īnstrūxerint
	pluperfect	īnstrūxissem	īnstrūxissēs	īnstrūxisset	īnstrūxissēmus	īnstrūxissētis	īnstrūxissent
passive	present	īnstruar	īnstruāris	īnstruātur	īnstruāmur	īnstruāminī	īnstruantur
	imperfect	īnstruerer	īnstruerēris	īnstruerētur	īnstruerēmur	īnstruerēminī	īnstruerentur
	perfect	Use īnstrūctus m, īnstrūcta f, īnstrūctum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
	pluperfect	Use īnstrūctus m, īnstrūcta f, īnstrūctum n followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum.
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	īnstrue	īnstruitō	īnstruitō	īnstruere	īnstruitor	īnstruitor
	plural	īnstruite	īnstruitōte	īnstruuntō	īnstruiminī	—	īnstruuntor
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		īnstruere	īnstrūxisse	īnstrūctūrus esse	īnstruī	īnstrūctus esse	īnstrūctum īrī
participles		īnstruēns (īnstruentis)	—	īnstrūctūrus-ra, -rum	—	īnstrūctus-a, -um	īnstruendus-nda, -ndum

Derived terms

īnstructē īnstructiō īnstructor

īnstructūra īnstrūctus īnstrūmentum

Related terms

circumstruō construō dēstruō exstruō interstruō obstruō

perstruō praestruō rēstruō struō substruō superstruō

Descendants

English: instruct French: instruire Italian: istruire

Jèrriais: înstruithe Spanish: instruir

References

• instruo in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879