instinctio

Latin

Etymology

īnstingvō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈstiːnk.ti.oː/, [ĩːˈs̠t̪iːŋkt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈstink.t͡si.o/, [inˈst̪iŋkt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

īnstinctiō f (genitive īnstinctiōnis); third declension

1. instigation, impulse, instinction

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	īnstīnctiō	īnstīnctiōnēs
Genitive	īnstīnctiōnis	īnstīnctiōnum
Dative	īnstīnctiōnī	īnstīnctiōnibus
Accusative	īnstīnctiōnem	īnstīnctiōnēs
Ablative	īnstīnctiōne	īnstīnctiōnibus
Vocative	īnstīnctiō	īnstīnctiōnēs

Descendants

• → English: instinction (learned)

References

• instinctio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “instinctio”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC