instans

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of īnstō

Participle

īnstāns (genitive īnstantis, adverb īnstanter); third-declension one-termination participle

1. standing or pressing upon
2. urging, pursuing, insisting
3. (by extension) eager, urgent
4. (by extension) present

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	īnstāns			īnstantēs	īnstantia
Genitive	īnstantis			īnstantium
Dative	īnstantī			īnstantibus
Accusative	īnstantem	īnstāns		īnstantēs īnstantīs	īnstantia
Ablative	īnstante īnstantī1			īnstantibus
Vocative	īnstāns			īnstantēs	īnstantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

References

• “instans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “instans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• instans in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin īnstantia, via German Instanz

Noun

instans m (definite singular instansen, indefinite plural instanser, definite plural instansene)

1. an authority
2. an instance

References

• “instans” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin īnstantia, via German Instanz.

Noun

instans m (definite singular instansen, indefinite plural instansar, definite plural instansane)

1. an authority
2. an instance

References

• “instans” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Etymology

From Latin īnstantia, via German Instanz.

Pronunciation

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Noun

instans c

1. an instance

Declension

Declension of instans
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	instans	instansen	instanser	instanserna
Genitive	instans	instansens	instansers	instansernas

Related terms

• förstainstansrätt